Monthly Archives: November 2015

Headed home alone from the Match.com party

In my last column, I compared signing up with Match.com to stepping alone into a big, loud, ongoing party. There you are, feeling a little intimidated, a little vulnerable, a little foolish, waiting for someone to come over and chat you up, scared that they will and scared that they won’t. Since I’m an introvert, […]

How Match.com saved me from my fears

A Next reader emailed me recently, wondering about online dating. Is it safe, she wondered? Which sites are best for midlife singles? Would I share my experience, now that I’m out the other side and happily partnered up? To tell the truth, I’m a bit of an evangelist for online dating. Not only because it’s […]