I hosted a 'vouch party.' My single friends brought men they liked but didn't want to date to a bar,
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Eimear Draper, a dating coach who founded the dating service Kindling. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Today, at 40 years old, I'm married and have two little girls, but during most of my adulthood, I was single. Since I didn't have anyone