Tag: online dating

Why This Speed Dating Site Should Change Its Name

I recently tried online speed dating called “Fun Singles.” Spoiler alert: It was not. It was advertised as “Fun Singles Columbus Metro Area.” I thought I was stretching it when I called Acropolis any kind of “metro area.” But Fun Singles defined the Columbus metro area as everything from the East Coast to Texas. That…

October 3, 2023
If We Told the Truth in Online Dating…

January 24, 2023
Adventures of a Single Parent: Online Dating (Part 3)

The Call of Nature The first time I introduced a guy to my son, I got it all wrong. I mean on every possible front. We hadn’t been dating that long but it was going really well. On the way back from a trip, my son and I were passing through the city in which…

September 27, 2022
Adventures of a Single Parent: Online Dating (Part 2)

July 20, 2022 When last we left in Adventures of a Sole Parent: Online Dating (Part 1), I had just rebuilt my Binge profile mere weeks after having vowed never to date online again. That was Day 143… Day 232 I’ve paused Binge in frustration more times than I can count. I’ve unpaused Binge in…

July 20, 2022
Adventures of a Single Parent: Online Dating (Part 1)

July 18, 2022 Last night, a friend grabbed a beer, pulled up a chair and asked for my latest online-dating (horror) stories. “I’m finished with that!” I exclaimed. My married friends have been glued to my cyberspace misadventures like the latest reality TV show. I credit myself with having saved marriages. My experiences do not…

July 18, 2022