OK, here's my scoop. I was committed to my wife since I was 17 years old, married at 20, divorced at 28. I am single for the first time in my adult life, and boy is this interesting. I've learned a lot in the last 10 months, and here are a few tidbits I picked up.

Rebounds last 8 months.

If you meet somebody and exchange numbers, call in 2 days or don't call at all.

Don't pick anyone up in a bar. If you do happen to meet somebody intriguing in a bar, find out where they work or where they go for fun etc. and try/hope to run into them again in a more appropriate venue.

On first dates, honesty is key.

Be yourself, you wouldn't want anyone to fall for a character you've created. You'll tire of the charade.

Ask questions to compel your date to talk about him/herself. No one wants to talk too much about themselves, so present them with an invitation to do so and everyone wins. Ask women about their fathers, and men about their mothers. This will offer info on how your relationship may go.

If you are dating more than one person, make sure they are in different routines. If one person likes to pop in on you to say hi, make sure the other doesn't. Never take a different person to the same place as another for a date. Make sure they call before coming over.

No sex on the first date. Unless it's also the last date, then you might as well get laid.

You are as attractive and interesting to others as you are to yourself. YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE YOURSELF TO BE LOVABLE.

Don't date outside yourself. I drink and smoke, I would have serious reservations dating a health nut jogger.

Everyone wants the same thing. It seems that the ingredients to get to the next level, an actual relationship, is… Good Sex and Good Conversation. For those A-Sexual Mudcatters, you can substitute Good Love or Good Snuggles or something.

The point is to have fun.

Well, that's all for now, though I could probably spend all day… If I have offended anyone, I just hope I have offended all genders equally.