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Giving Dating Advice-Are the Blind Leading the Blind?
Here's the thing. I never claimed to be a dating expert. Someone called me a dating guru once, but I'm pretty sure he'd been drinking...a lot! The truth of the matter is I'm not an expert. I'm just a 40something girl who's trying to muddle her way th...
Mixed Messages or Scrambled Signals?
Communication is almost always given as one of the most important things in a relationship. But what about in dating? It seems that every woman I have talked to lately has been exasperated by what she perceives as mixed messages from potential dating...
Got Preferences?
So there's been a lot of talk on 40s Singleness lately about dating preferences. First, I talked about my preference for taller men, then there was my list which added younger and athletic, and finally yesterday there was the yummy man's preference f...
Afraid of Failure...You Shouldn't Be
Cheekie featured a post a couple of days ago from A Dress A Day having to do with failure that got me thinking. Now A Dress A Day is a site all about sewing but, as Cheekie points out, you don't have to be a seamstress to find value in this post. Of ...
When a Relationship Ends
My friend recently ended a year and a half long relationship. Watching her heal and find herself again is like watching a flower bloom. She calls me daily with revelations and discoveries. Friends tell her that she seems more like herself than she ha...
Dan & Jennifer's Live Show Rescheduled!
As some of you know the world premiere of Dan & Jennifer's Live Show came with technical difficulties and had to be postponed. Tune in Sunday, May 4 at 5 P.M. central time for the rescheduled premiere.Just click the link!Dan & Jennifer's Live...
The World Premiere of Dan & Jennifer's First Live Show!
Be sure to check out Dan & Jennifer's first live show! The show will premiere tonight at 5 p.m. central.You can hang back and watch or chime in on the live chat.Just click the link and enjoy!Dan & Jennifer's Live ShowIn the meantime, enjoy Da...
Put Me in Coach
So I was thinking about yesterday's post and especially about Hot Alpha Female's comment:Well you know while we laugh at that amount. Wouldn't it be great to be that dating coach? I wonder how much hitch charged? I think its a great industry and whi...
I Shoulda Been a Dating Coach
As much as I love my job after reading this article, I'm beginning to think I'm in the wrong line of work.Apparently, according to Glamour magazine, women are paying $9050 to hire dating coaches. $9050!!! Really?And isn't this basically the same dati...
What Women Want...Not!
(Photo Source)Recently my girl, Hot Alpha Female, posted a couple of posts that got me thinking. You have to read Sometimes It's Good to Be a Bitch and If You Look Up to Me Then I'll Look Down On You.Anyway, read any dating forum and you'll find a po...
Friends Don't Give Friends Bad Dating Advice
A friend of mine at work recently found herself single. She's doing her best to get back out there and into the dating game...despite the crappy advice her friends are giving.Yesterday she stopped by to tell me she'd met someone, but wasn't sure if s...
No More Drama
(Photo Source)My girl, NML, is running a 30 day series about being addicted to what she calls "relationship crack." She is talking about drama. You know, that crap that keeps you in that place where if things feel like they're too good to be true, yo...
First Date Tips
No ex talk, no burping and don't make the girl buy her own drink. Professional matchmaker Samantha Daniels share these first date don'ts along with some first date dos.The dos? Keep it short. Drinks, never dinner. Keep it light and fun.And, as Samant...
Success in Relationships
I had an email from Lance over at Honey and Lance a couple of days ago. Seems they decided to hold their first ever kick ass contest. Lance asked if I'd be interested in joining in. I had such a great time the last time he asked if I'd contribute to...
Online Dating 101-Thou Shalt Not Smother, Stalk, or Otherwise Irritate
Point #3-How to Get the Guy...Advice For the Ladies: Get a life.Men do not want to be smothered. They want their space. They want someone who is interesting and has interests outside of their own. Any man worth his salt will be curious about the fabu...
Mr. Unavailable & The Fallback Girl
Just the other day, I was tooting my own horn about how much I'd grown in the last year. As luck would have it, that very same day I received an email from NML of Baggage Reclaim, a wonderful blog about emotionally unavailable men and the women who h...
Online Dating 101-Writing the Email That Gets a Reply
see more crazy cat picsThe real truth of the matter is if you're going to date online, you have to be proactive. Sitting around looking at profiles and favoriting the ones you like will get you nowhere fast.Think about the emails that you have receiv...
How to Get the Girl...A Real Life Scenario
If personal growth could be measured with a yardstick, I'd have grown about 47 million yards in the last year. And though it can't, sometimes life gives us the opportunity to see just how far we've come.Saturday morning, out of boredom, I decided to ...
The Journey
(Photo Source)Yesterday, I discussed an observation a friend made about wanting an epic love. Today, a question he asked. Is it worth the risk; worth the pain?I believe, unequivocally, yes. And there will be pain. You will get hurt. When you open you...
Looking for an Epic Love
(Photo Source)Recently I received an email from a MySpace friend. He and I have been 'friends' for awhile, have exchanged emails, talked about meeting for coffee and have just never quite made it happen. Yet, he is definitely one of my favorite frien...
Dating Online? 5 Signs You Should Run Like Hell!
(Photo Source)Read my latest article at askdanandjennifer.comSometimes the big bad world of online dating can be very confusing. It seems it gets harder and harder to know when to trust a potential date. Use these 5 tips to know when you should purs...
Sometimes it's All About Disclosure
(Photo Source) Love unrequited. It's happened to the best of us. You meet someone, things click, and you really believe it could all end up going somewhere. You spend time together, have fun together, and before you know you begin to have ...
Ugh. eHarmony Wins Award
If this isn't enough to make you wretch into your Cornflakes, you probably shouldn't be reading this blog.But seriously, according to the article eHarmony is "now poised to deepen its customer relations with expansive new products and services..." I ...
When He Seems to Good to Be True
(Photo Source) I find myself in a position to follow some of my own advice. Remember How to Get the Guy...Advice for the Ladies? Remember that part in Get a Life where I told you that if a guy wants you there every time, all ...
How to Get the Guy...Advice for the Ladies.
(Photo Source)Yesterday I wrote a post for the men giving them the skinny on getting the girl. Today, it's your turn ladies.It's the same for you as it is for the men. If you want to attract the man, you have to be attractive to the man. And no, that...
How to Get the Girl...Advice for the Men.
(Photo Source)I've been doing some thinking about what it is that makes us attractive to the opposite sex. How is it that we come to a state where we attract not only a man or a woman, but the man or the woman that was made just for us? Specifically,...
Can I Get Your Vumber?
Does this sound too perfect for me or what? Obviously, I'm not the only one out there with a phone phobia. And apparently for damn good reason. Lord knows I should have had a Vumber Sunday and maybe I would have avoided the date from hell!...
How to Lose a Girl In 5 Days
(Photo Source)Remember How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days with Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey? I ran into an old college boyfriend last weekend who could have played the lead in that movie, so I decided to post my own version.Call yourself her boyfrie...
Dating Someone Who's Been Married Multiple Times
(Photo Source)Read my latest article at askdanandjennifer.com It finally happened. You met someone you really like. There seems to be a connection, you have a great time together, and you think that maybe it’s time to take the relationship to the ...
Get it Cooking!
A novel new way to meet people. I'm all over a man who cooks for me!...
