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

My first-date track record is hit-or-miss, but I chalk that up to chemistry and not what I wear (thank you very much). When I'm picking out what to wear on a first date, I'm a creature of habit.

At the beginning of summer, I found myself going on such a spontaneous first date that I did not have time to go home and change beforehand. (Ah, the joy of modern dating apps.) For many, this could ...

I was 62 when I began dating again—41 years after my last first date. My husband, Steve, and I met in graduate school and were married for 32 years. We built a partnership grounded in love, mutual ...