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Dallas native Leah Shafer has been navigating the world of relationships for more than two years as a dating columnist and has been a professional writer for nine. She's a well-versed ink slinger and podcaster who freelances for newspapers, magazines, and websites. Leah's work has earned her several awards, and has appeared in O at Home, American Way, Modern Bride, Dallas Morning News, AAA Texas Magazine, and an unwieldy pile of other publications she stores in a box in her closet. She spent years as a semi-pro dater and always has a back-up plan on blind dates.

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5 ways to get more dates

If there's one question a dating columnist gets more than any other, it's "How do I meet someone new?" So I've put together this list of...
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Bring yourself to love

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Feng shui your dating life

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After years of study, Ellen Whitehurst now practices “Lucky Day Shui,” her take on the ancient Chinese art of feng shui. Whitehurst is...
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Outsource your dating life

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Online dating is great an all, but it just takes so much time. Too bad someone can’t do it for you. Well, gentlemen, that someone has come along...
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Make your first date great

Having gone on somewhere between 50 and a hundred first dates in my Singledom career, I have learned a trick or two for making the good ones...
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Meeting singles at church, synagogue? You bet!

My mom always told me that churches are the best way to meet “a nice single boy.” Turns out, she was right. Dallas-area churches and...
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Pump it up for the hump

Let’s be honest. One of the nicest parts of dating someone for a while is having a steady sex partner. Fitness expert Jennifer Cassetty says...
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Great outdoor dates for summer

The summer months sizzle in Texas, and cool outdoor activities are a great way to make a memorable date. Check out these five fabulous date spots. 1....
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Dating and food a perfect combo

Many a person has fallen in love with food: bacon-wrapped deep-sea diver scallops; beef saté with ginger-lemon and peanut sauces, molten fudge...
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May-December dating more common than before

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Older man, younger woman: it’s a familiar romantic equation played out in the pages of tabloids and around the country, too. Celebrity couples...
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