A producer's quest for real stories of how people meet each other in the current dating environment, and how they negotiate their dating relationships. Along the way, we'll hear from matchmakers, relationship experts and common-or-garden daters. We'll explore how the written word still rules romance and dating etiquette -- from staccato text-message shorthand to classified ads, postcards and email. We'll meet the Dating Coach who advises clients on putting their best face forward; New York City's own cupid cab driver who tries his hand at amateur matchmaking in Manhattan gridlock; a political activist who runs a booming online dating service for like-minded lefties (motto: "take action, get action"); and a woman who blogs her private dating activities in a public online diary... with some surprising results.

Resources

Links:

This Fish Needs a Bicycle
Writer Heather Hunter's blog.

The ManDates: 25 Real Rules for Successful Gay Dating
Writer Dave Singleton's book.

SMART Man Hunting: How to Get Out There, Get Dates, and Get Mr. Right!
Dating Coach Liz H. Kelly's book and coaching information.

Relationships911.org
This website contains several links which provide both dating and relationship advice.

Tech Time: Digital Dating
Planning the Date: For dating etiquette, what to wear and much more.

Act for Love
The dating site for activists, leftists, news junkies. This is the place to take action AND get action.

Books:

The Etiquette of Dating
by: Lynn Claire Taylor, Vicky Burgess 2002
Read more on the Do's and Don'ts for dating.

Matchbook: The Diary of a Modern-Day Matchmaker
by: Samantha Daniels 2005
See what it is like to be a modern day matchmaker.

The Good Dating Guide: The Do's and Don'ts of Dating
by: Hillie Marshall 1998
One of England's foremost professional matchmakers reveals her rules for dating after solving thousands of people's dating woes.