On Connection

Most first dates feel like they unfold over an hour or two. In reality, something far more decisive happens much earlier.

Across multiple strands of psychological and neuroscience research, the evidence points to the same conclusion: first dates are largely decided in the first seconds to minutes, ...

Few ideas in modern dating generate as much confusion as this one:

“Women say they want nice guys - but don’t choose them.”

Depending on where you encounter it, this claim is either dismissed as bitterness or turned into simplistic, often unhelpful advice. Neither approach really clarifies what’s ...

I am a life-long, die-hard romantic. And, I am a super-optimist.

Even in my happiest single moments, and my worst, wrong relationships (or situationships), the belief and knowing that true love conquers all gave me the strength and knowing that things would all work out. And they did! But, along th...