About the Expert

About the Expert

Hunt Ethridge

Hunt Ethridge

Men's Dating Expert

Hunt Ethridge is an award-winning dating and relationship expert with 15+ years of experience helping singles and couples build meaningful connections. Founder of the International Dating Coach Association, he’s been featured in Men’s Health, CNN, and Fox News and named one of the “Top 10 Most Influential Dating Experts.” Hunt has coached thousands worldwide, blending science-based strategies with practical advice to boost confidence, improve communication, and create lasting relationships. You can follow him on Instagram or Clubhouse.

Hunt's Top Posts

99 posts • Last Updated 4/16/26

DatingAdvice Icon

Great “texting chemistry” doesn’t always translate to in-person attraction. You might be having a great textual relationship with someone you met on an... Read More »

Men appreciate processes. Leaning into the logical side of our brain, we look for fixes and understandable pathways. That can be great for engineering, but... Read More »

When coaching singles, I like to say that dating is a mix of biology, sociology, psychology, and anthropology. And now it’s also about technology. With... Read More »

What do women want? Whelp, that’s basically been running through guys’ minds for millennia, perhaps even tens of millennia. While I probably won’t have... Read More »

Relationships, romantic and otherwise, can sometimes seem to be magical or kismet, or they “just happen!” Just like this old song says, “Some... Read More »

To date a coworker or not date a coworker, that is the question. From 1983 to 2007, the second-most common way of finding a partner was at work (the... Read More »

Dating can be a whole lot of mixed messaging. Is it “metrosexual” or “lumbersexual?” Dad bod or gym bod? Act aloof like you don’t care or chase her for all... Read More »

What do Toby from “The Office," Jess from “New Girl,” and Regina Carpenter from “Mean Girls” all have in common? They are energy... Read More »

For the most part, humans are built to support each other. We are social animals. We're physiologically wired to be in communities, villages, and tribes.... Read More »

Quick admission, I am a study junkie. I love to read scientific studies. I’m a science dork, so I often read about new science, but I also want to keep... Read More »

You’ve met a gal, and that’s great! She’s awesome and fun and gives you butterflies. But you aren’t really much of a talker… and you’ve never been accused... Read More »

I am a big fan of quotes. When I was in theater in high school, I loved having a Shakespeare quote or two handy.  Even before the internet — I had books of... Read More »

Sometimes it seems that what women are looking for can change on a dime. One minute it’s Manic Pixie Dream Boy and the next it’s Lumbersexuals. They... Read More »

The evening has been magical. The conversation was easy and fun. The location was a perfect choice. The wine was flowing like, well, wine. Music lilts on... Read More »

Falling in love is great! You get butterflies in your stomach when you think of that special someone, you write sappy poetry, and you moon over them to... Read More »

It happens all the time.  You meet someone, online or at a party, and you swap info and start texting each other. Maybe you go out a few times. At... Read More »

“Do it or don’t do it – you’ll regret both.” - Søren Kierkegaard Truer words were never spoken.  No matter what you choose in life, there are going... Read More »

While we can alter and improve almost every aspect of ourselves, the one thing we’re pretty stuck with is our height. And the media doesn’t help with its... Read More »

When I proposed to my wife, she laughed at me. Definitely NOT the reaction I was hoping for! Once she realized that I was serious and that it wasn’t, in... Read More »

It’s that time of year again. When a young man’s thoughts turn to gifts and the nagging question: What the heck do I get people for the... Read More »