After 76 first dates, I stopped trying to optimize for love and learned to enjoy the experience of meeting someone new.

First dates are The Worst. It’s likely you’re both nervous, you’re both awkward, and you’re both sussing out whether or not you’ll need a friend to ‘call with a major emergency’ in the next 30 minutes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I have been on 76 first dates in the past three and a half years since moving from a small town to New York City. I know this ...