Post-Dating Glossary

the full glossary of the post-dating world


Those of you who have met me and Becky know that she is the organized one. In 8th grade, Becky had all her pens, pencils and highlighters color-coded in a stylish little pencil box (probably the sexiest one that Big Top sold). I, on the other hand, was always digging around in my overflowing backpack, [...]




By popular demand– and on the verge of a sure-to-be-ambiguous-interaction-filled weekend – it’s time to talk about the Play-Non-Date! Remember the Non-Dates? I’m sure you’ve been on a few since we last talked about them, so here’s a quick refresher: Introducing…The Non-Date The Networking Non-Date The Group-Non-Date The E-Non-Date The Surprise-Non-Date The Friend-Non-Date DISCLAIMER: Despite [...]




Can men and women be friends? Not ‘friends’ like Harry and Sally were friends, or Dawson and Joey, or Ross and Rachel. But really, truly friends? I say yes, but only under very specific circumstances. We’ll save that topic for another blog post! Let’s just say that Rabbi Shmuley and I have a lot to [...]




Now, I don’t know too many women who complain about getting caught on one of these. Free dinner, delicious wine, a well-dressed man, mature conversation…all of the things that are missing from other non-dates! But not even the good stuff is safe from ambiguity and miscommunication these days. Case in point: the Surprise-Non-Date.




Sorry, guys. I got a little too excited about The Bachelor and lost track of what we were SUPPOSED to be discussing right now…Non-Dates! First, let’s recap: (seriously, stop reading about The Bachelor! Focus!) Introducing…!!!!!! The Non-Date The Networking-Non-Date The Group-Non-Date Good? Good. I’ve been catching up on emails since 9am and only have 74 [...]




As the one half of this blogging duo who is NOT currently stricken with swine flu (take your meds, Bexs!), I just got home from a night of hanging and dancing with various wonderful groups of people around NYC. The evening got me thinking about the complicated romantic politics of group outings. And, I’m a [...]




You breathlessly run into Starbucks after work, wondering how it is that you manage to arrive exactly 10 minutes late to everything in your life. Smoothing out your “business casual” attire and breathing in the smell of espresso, you see Matt, an up-and-coming web designer, playing with his iPhone on a comfy chair in the [...]




During the next few days, we’ll be introducing an interactive feature on this site called “Date / Non-Date / Not-A-Date?!” It’ll give us all a chance to share our confusing and ambiguous “Was I just on a date or not?” stories and (since it’s always easier to be objective about other people’s love lives) to [...]



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