Portrait of a Palm Beach Player
1,000 First Dates
After a brutal divorce, he set out to understand modern women — and accidentally became the most experienced first dater in Palm Beach County. This is what dating really looks like when you're older, wiser, and unwilling to settle.
Forget the rom-com fantasies.
One thousand first dates. Not a metaphor — a count. What began as one man's attempt to understand modern women became the most thorough, unsentimental record of dating anyone has bothered to keep.
It's an unapologetic chronicle of romantic misadventures, shocking red flags, emotional landmines, and the hidden truths men learn the hard way.
Every date was a data point. Every red flag, a lesson paid for in full. What's left is a portrait — of the players, the games, and the man who finally stopped losing at both.
It will make you laugh, cringe, nod in agreement — and maybe even change the way you play the game.
What the record shows.
Five findings from a thousand nights in the field.
Why some women are addicted to drama — and how to spot it on the first date.
How modern dating apps rig the game against you.
The red flags no man should ignore — yes, even the hot ones.
Why feminine energy — not beauty — is the real secret to attraction.
How to walk away, stay sane, and never lose your power again.
Whether you're divorced, dating, or just damn curious.
Not for the faint of heart — or the easily offended.
Johnny Depth
Johnny Depth writes from the deep end of Palm Beach's dating pool — with a notebook, a sense of humor, and zero interest in pretending it's all fine.
He isn't selling romance. He's reporting from the field: older, wiser, and unwilling to settle. The result is honest, funny, occasionally brutal, and impossible to unsee once you've read it.
— Johnny Depth