What is love? But more importantly, what’s Takes One? I have my spiel at the ready. Memorized really. Whenever somebody asks about this blog, and why I started it, I tell them the same story. I started this blog because of my super single doctor friend. I’ve known him for a decade now, and he’s a perfectly normal guy. Smart, not too weird, and attractive (reasonably). But somehow, he has just never found love. You hear about all these unconventional love stories every day. Prison inmates finding someone, pen pal lovers who’ve never met, arranged marriages that end up lasting 50+ years, and etc ..read more

I’ve been slacking hard as a relationship blogger these past few months, but people still come to me for advice. Pandemic or no pandemic, people need to love, and they need help doing so. Understandable.  My favorite phase of other peoples’ relationships is always the start. The beginning where the most butterflies exist, and where the nerves, doubt, and potential are at its greatest. It leads to my most frequently asked question; “Am I moving too fast?” How fast is too fast? This is one of dating’s most rear end enticing topics, it seems everyone just has to butt in. Damn, incl ..read more

Hello my dearest readers. I know it’s been a while since I’ve last posted, sorry about that. I’ve been busy with my real life job and some other personal ventures, but I’ll try to get back into things. Busy time of the year, and especially so with it being February and Valentine season. Valentine’s Day has always been an eventful day for me; I consider it as a sort of litmus test for how life is coming along. Of course, yes, there’s a lot more to life and happiness than relationships. But you know, kind of run a dating blog and all here. A lot of people think otherwise about the holiday though ..read more

A weekend in Williamsburg  Steam blows off the cup of coffee.  Friends smile as we sit around a wood grain table, spending time in the warm silence, content with life and its subtle way of saying “just be”. Quiet conversation flows as we move through the streets. Presiding merriment from old Saint Nick,  It steeps into our experience, tea. Grateful for the time. It was a great weekend. Sometimes you have those weekends where everything flows together perfectly- it’s serendipity. Reminds you that everything is going just fine.  Living in New York is a cool opportunity too- y ..read more

Little backstory here, I met this girl named Steph a few years ago on a dating website. We went on a whole bunch of dates, but no romance ever developed between us two. Nonetheless we became good friends, and front row spectators to each other’s dating lives. She’s 28 years old now, and has decided to stop dating entirely. Was it because of all the terrible dates I took her out on? Let’s find out. Ronald: So Steph, what are your thoughts on dating currently? Steph: I often think about how much I can offer if I were in a relationship but at the same time, I feel like I can’t be bothered to even ..read more

By Andrew Gavin Hey guys, I’m just adding a prelude here, to tell you this post is a two-for-one read. I started out writing this article posing the question of “What is your ultimate goal in life” with some concrete steps you can take to tackle that. But to be frank, as time elapsed between when I first wrote this article to now, life happened and I realized I was trying to develop a slightly different mindset. I discuss this towards the end of this post. What is it about? I can’t tell you – you gotta keep reading! Well, actually, fine, I’ll give you a one sentence preview: ultimate goals can ..read more

Man it’s been a while since I’ve last posted on this blog. Time really flies by when you keep on telling yourself that you’ll do something “next week”, week after week. Dating endeavors aside, a lot of my time has been taken up recently by two major projects. The first project is something I call, “trying not to get fired at my full time job.” The second is an attempt at a New Year’s resolution that I’ve been making for the last 10 years or so, trying to get a six pack.  Trying to get a six pack is hard, as is trying to find love. There’s always people around you that seem to do it with e ..read more

Wow. The two year anniversary of Takes One already, how time flies. Nowadays, two years doesn’t sound like that long of a period to me, but it’s kind of crazy thinking back at where I was two years ago. I had just quit my first full time job and moved abroad. I spent a month living in a hostel and wondering what I was going to do with life. It was a typical quarter-life crisis, and I really didn’t know. What was I actually talented or knowledgeable at? My grades in school were good, but I think that was more so hard work rather than being smart. I wasn’t artistic or athletic. Did I even have ..read more

Guest Post by Sherry Kimball. Bio below. First date tips are essential to ensuring that you and your partner both have a good time. This article focuses on crucial first date tips you should implement for success on the first and subsequent dates. Read on and discover where you’ve been going wrong. Have you been in a relationship for so long that you can’t remember how it felt to be on a first date? It can be nerve-racking! Whether you are newly out of a long relationship or need some first date tips after your previous dating fails, we have your back.  If you’ve never been on a serious d ..read more

Guest Post by RomeoRevamped, more of his writing available at https://medium.com/@RomeoRevamped Uh oh, you’ve done it now. You’ve gone and told the girl you’ve just met that she should smile more. Or maybe you’ve made some mean comments about management to the person that you didn’t know was your new manager.  It’d be nice if every encounter we have with someone new happens just like in the movies. You meet each other and immediately enter into a witty yet mysteriously engaging back and forth of banter, which inevitably leads to you making out in the closet.  Unfortunately, that’s ra ..read more