Solo-ish

Thomas Edwards gives tips to Lisa Bonos and two colleagues -- Veronica Toney and Lavanya Ramanathan -- on how to approach strangers in a bar, show interest and eventually exchange digits.

Bad first dates usually don't result in a second try. But this couple -- Ashraf Bouajina and Max Ashwill -- managed to turn things around. Hear all about why Ashraf gave Max a second chance.

What does it take for a blind date to lead to love? Shared values or a similar outlook on life need to be there, say Christina Antoniades, who sets couples up for The Washington Post's Date Lab, Paul Carrick Brunson, a professional matchmaker.

Lisa Bonos chats with a Washington Post couple who met in the newsroom 20 years ago and are still together. And work advice columnist Karla Miller gives some tips to those considering an office romance.

Lisa Bonos chats with novelist J. Courtney Sullivan about the single woman who sold Americans on the idea that a diamond is forever; Jon Mervis discusses what it's like to sell engagement rings; and we meet a couple who got engaged without a ring.

When you have opposite tastes in food, where do you go on dates? Lisa Bonos chats with Adam Chandler and Emily Saladino about their fast-food romance.

Lisa Bonos thought she knew all about how her parents met and got together in the 1970s. Decades later, she gets the full story.

Can an extrovert handle nine weeks of solitude? Lisa Bonos chats with Philippa Hughes about why she went to Italy to work on a book. Plus, comments from Fenton Johnson and the role of solitude in a writer's life.

When's the right time to invite a new love interest over for dinner?

Who decides to freeze their eggs – and why? Lisa Bonos asks a colleague and a fertility doctor, who’ve both frozen eggs, about the experience.