Next week we’ll be running the first official installment of Jerrod Melman’s column, “Advice from a Jerrk.” If you have relationship or guy-related questions for Jerrod, just send him an email at AskJerrod@PoorlittleRichGirls.com. When he’s not working on his advice column, Jerrod is a managing partner of Hub 51, River North’s hottest dining, nightlife and social establishment created by him and his brother, R.J. But, first, we’ll allow him to introduce himself…

I am not a relationship expert. At the rate I’m going, I will probably never be. I didn’t go to graduate school and get a PhD in this subject. Even if there was such a thing, I wasn’t that good at school. On paper I am in no way qualified for this job. I’ve been on great dates and terrible dates and everything in between. I’ve dumped girls and been dumped, I’ve blown girls off and been blown off, dented hearts and had mine dented. I’ve done and said things that made girls cry, then done and said things I didn’t necessarily mean to make them stop. I’m not always proud of these things, and I’m certainly not trying to brag, but in my few years as a dating adult, I think I’ve learned a lot.

C'mon, does this guy look like a jerk to you!?

I admit that I am fascinated by the way men and women relate, and if that doesn’t make me an expert, it may make me a kind of student teacher. Hopefully this column will help share a little of what I’ve learned, and maybe shed some light on the way men think, from one man’s perspective. The PLRGs and I wanted to call the column “Advice from a Jerrk”, hopefully not because I’m a jerk (I do have my moments,) but because my advice tends to be blunt and non-sugar coated. That being said, I’m here to try to help guide my readers through the dating maze. I confess I’m both nervous and excited, and I commit that I will do the best I can to call your situation like I see it. Ask me anything you want, just email me at AskJerrod@PoorLittleRichGirls.com. I’ll give you my best most honest answer, and hopefully it won’t make you cry.

(Jerrod Melman)