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Hunt Ethridge is the co-founder and CMO of the MatchmakingAcademy.com as well as senior advisor and board of directors at other firms. He has been featured in well over 100 media sources and currently "coach on record" for most of the top matchmaking firms in the U.S. and internationally. You can follow him on Instagram or Clubhouse.
By: Hunt Ethridge • 4/21/22
Falling in love is the greatest thing in life and one of the most powerful experiences that humans can go through. ...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 3/9/22
Everyone has a bad first date story. I mean, we are all learning when we start dating! One of my worst was meeting...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 2/16/22
This has happened to every man at least once. You are sitting there minding your own business and BAM, you see her....(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 1/19/22
As soon as you’ve gotten your SO’s family to love you over the holidays, you’re headed straight into V-Day...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 11/30/21
With the holiday season approaching and the world opening up a bit more, you will likely have more opportunities to meet...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 10/26/21
First dates can be some of the most magical experiences, or they can be downright panic inducing! ...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 9/23/21
Say you’ve been dating your girlfriend for a while and things are going great. You’ve had a few fights but...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 8/30/21
Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, dating was a lot less complicated. Getting a first date could be ridiculously...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 7/15/21
When I proposed to the woman who is now my wife, it happened unexpectedly. I knew I was going to ask her to marry me...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 6/8/21
At the beginning of January, I was laying out my 2021 plan in my mind. Carmelia Ray, a fellow dating expert, and I would...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 5/11/21
As a dating coach, I constantly hear how hard it is out there for singles -- pandemic or not. From ghosting and...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 4/13/21
It’s been a weird year, to say the least. No matter who you are or where you live, one thing is certain: You probably...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 3/9/21
Whelp, it’s March. That makes it a full year for us here in the United States dealing with the pandemic, lockdowns,...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 2/9/21
Our style of communication and social interaction was thrown for one gigantic loop over the past year, to say the least....(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 1/26/21
When I first started working as a professional dating coach at New York Dating Coach in New York City, I used to get a...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 1/12/21
Relationships form the backbone of society, whether they're romantic, platonic, or professional. The definition of...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 12/15/20
Even in the best of circumstances, dating can be difficult. But if you’re an introvert, it can be all the more...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 11/3/20
People say relationships are work, and I agree with them. But it doesn’t have to be hard or difficult work. Anything...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 10/6/20
Let me start off this article by sharing that on March 2 my second daughter was born. When my wife and I left the...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 9/1/20
We are all hyperaware of how in flux the world is right now. Among the changes I’ve noticed in my circle is how many...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 8/4/20
Dating is a mix of biology, sociology, psychology, and anthropology. By definition, so is everything we do, as these are...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 7/6/20
Many of us have been there. You’re hanging out with friends and making jokes, and one of the women in the group says...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 6/1/20
How we date the world over is endlessly fascinating to me. What is totally normal in one city or town is totally taboo...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 5/4/20
We're in an unprecedented time, aren’t we? Right now, I am quarantined with a newborn, a toddler, and my wife, and we...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 4/2/20
Plenty of dating advice can be found out there. Sometimes it’s good, and other times... well, it's not.
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By: Hunt Ethridge • 3/3/20
As a society, we are obsessed with breaking things down into stages or categories. We want to know what generation or...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 2/4/20
As Taylor Swift once intoned, “So it's gonna be forever, or it's gonna go down in flames.”
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By: Hunt Ethridge • 1/3/20
In my humble opinion, women are the universe’s greatest creation. Not only do I love women, but I actually helped...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 12/16/19
Dating can be hard, even when you're fully up on your skills and know all the latest dating lingo.
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By: Hunt Ethridge • 11/4/19
When I first meet with new clients, I ask them “What is dating supposed to be?” The answer is usually "fun." It...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 10/7/19
I basically grew up on the runway. My mother was a model when I was younger, so I was introduced to that world early in...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 9/3/19
Albert Einstein said, “Once you stop learning, you start dying," and I wholeheartedly agree. I'm constantly trying to...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 8/6/19
The dating world is ever-evolving, especially in terms of the language used. Most of us are familiar with terms like...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 7/2/19
Most people understand the concept of a physical affair. It usually involves sneaking around behind your partner’s...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 6/3/19
Being in a relationship is awesome. You get to listen, talk, laugh, tease, cuddle, and touch. However, you’re probably...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 5/1/19
One of the things I explain to my clients and audiences during conferences is that there are three entities in any...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 4/1/19
Bad dates suck -- most of us have been on them. If you’re single, then you probably have some bad dates in your future...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 3/4/19
Most of us have watched scenes of domestic abuse on TV and in movies. Often there's screaming, throwing things, punching...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 2/5/19
Discovering the secret to finding a good woman has been a topic of conversation since the beginning of time, and the...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 1/4/19
As men, we're often incorrectly and unfortunately taught that the epitome of maleness is a stoic exterior. Don’t show...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 7/3/18
Summer is always an exciting time. Everyone is a little happier, you can do more activities outside, and romance is...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 6/3/18
Breakups can be difficult -- there's just no getting around it sometimes. Most people don't want to get dumped or do the...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 4/4/18
In the advice-giving game, I come across a lot of sensationalized clickbait headlines. "Wear This Color to Instantly Get...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 2/5/18
Whelp, it’s here again. When guys hear the acronym VD, I don’t know which version inspires more fear and pain --...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 1/4/18
Every time we meet another person, we automatically size them up, trying to figure out who they are. This is even more...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 12/6/17
If you're sitting at home and thinking to yourself, "Dang, I need a girlfriend," you're not alone. Well, I guess you...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 11/1/17
So you just got dumped. You feel crushed -- like you just got kicked in the gut. After getting drunk and eating an...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 10/4/17
Men love to impress women. Let’s put it even simpler: Males love to impress females. It happens all the time in the...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 9/7/17
According to the US Census Bureau, out of about 12 million single-parent families in 2016, more than 80% were headed by...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 8/2/17
For the most part, girls have a higher dating IQ than do guys. Dating IQ is basically knowing how to date, what to do,...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 7/10/17
Cheating is bad -- let’s just say that right off the bat. It’s a betrayal of trust and is never healthy in a...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 7/5/17
Some people may not think having to choose between two women is a problem, but it is. Oh boy, it is. Many times, it...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 6/7/17
The ugly truth about the dating advice game is there are relatively no barriers to entry. This means anyone can wake up...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 5/3/17
Dating is supposed to be fun, right? I know it may not feel like it when you’re out in the trenches, and going on your...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 4/7/17
When you're online dating, the first thing you see after the person’s photo is their username. Choosing a username...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 4/5/17
Many of my male clients are in their late 20s and mid-30s, and I'd say it's because of the rise of online dating,...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 3/15/17
I remember being in a bar with a friend one time watching the two hottest women in there get hit on all night long,...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 2/9/17
For some, online dating is like perusing sweets in a candy shop. For others, it’s a slow and painful slog through...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 2/7/17
Before I was married, I was out on a date with a woman, and we were making out and getting a little handsy. Out of the...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 12/13/16
All of us struggle at times to show someone we like them or to figure out if they like us. When I was a boy, if I liked...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 10/10/16
I’ve always loved dating — meeting new people, winning them over, flirting, the fun tension, all of it. One thing I...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 8/30/16
In the early ‘90s, words like “seduce” and “seduction" often conjured up images of Michelle Pfeiffer getting...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 7/19/16
Figuring out how to get a girl to like you can be confusing and frustrating, but it doesn't have to be. Not only can we...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 2/16/14
The word fetish conjures up images of Christian Grey, ball gags, stilettos, spankings and more.
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By: Hunt Ethridge • 1/31/14
There’s a lot of advice out there for hetero dating and much more now on gay dating, but the bisexual world doesn’t...(read more)
By: Hunt Ethridge • 11/21/13
I love flirting. It’s so much fun! It’s playful and provocative and makes you feel good.
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