Relationships Articles

The relationship advice I’ve gotten (and okay, given) hasn’t always been spot on.  And although its nobody’s fault when the guy you pursue ends up being gay or already has a girlfriend, the most consistent piece of good advice out there is this:

Find somebody that you have fun with.

For me, this presents a different kind of challenge: I have fun doing almost anything.  Even on dates...

2010 was a banner year for me.  Not just because of what happened, but also because of what didn’t.  So what’s the best way to summarize 365 days? With words, numbers, and a few pictures - obviously.


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- baby squirrel narrowly escaped being caught with my bare hands
- friend who gave birth to a little human of her own
- brother who got married
- brother who got engaged the next day (a...

The past seven days have officially been Ex-Boyfriend Week.

Ex-Boyfriend Week is a magical time when former loves suddenly reappear in your e-mail inbox, text messages or Facebook feed, trying to see if the space they had formerly occupied in your life has been filled.

It’s as if every time I kiss a boy on the mouth, I equip him with a radar that alerts him when I’ve begun to see somebody new...

Chelsea and I met at my favorite dive bar, the kind of place where the smell of stale beer and tater tots punches you in the face as soon as you walk in.  We’d been texting and Facebooking for weeks before we finally agreed to meet in person, and we both had a blind-date exit strategy just in case the evening didn’t go as planned.

This isn’t a typical love story: This is the story of my...

In August, my cousins and I sat down to make online dating profiles together.  We traded laptops and gave each other feedback on our bios and our profile pics, and dutifully paid our fees for the 3-month trial.  We started out sending each other profiles and e-mails from guys we thought looked promising either for ourselves or for each other.

While we weren’t sure exactly what we were...

Most girls hit the peak of boy-craziness in their teens.

But then again, I’m not most girls.  No, nearly ten years after I left high school I’ve found myself in the heaviest crush mode of my life. 

I have crushes on movie stars (oh hey, Team Edward), crushes on casual acquaintances, crushes on the dudes who serve me coffee and the dudes who deliver my lunch via bicycle.  I have...

I don’t need to tell you that what goes around comes around, but that’s exactly what I am going to tell you. 

I realized this the other week while I fielded that awkward, uncomfortable phone call where someone on the other line is fumbling through a series of sentences that essentially say this: I know we went on a few dates and it seemed like we liked each other, but I thought about it...

You're reveling in the last mouthful of Tiramisu, a first date that has gone very well so far and then the bill arrives.  No, he doesn't push the check your way or suggest you "go halvsies"... he reaches into his pocket and produces a buy 1 get 1 free entree coupon. 


We recently read an article on Moneywatch that asks the question: Is this acceptable on a date?  Now before...

Last night at a dinner party, my friends and I were trading stories (and laughing our asses off) about the way men in our lives have abused the expression, "It's the thought that counts."

For example, he says:

"You know what, Baby?  For your birthday, I was going to rent a sailboat for you and your friends for a scenic tour of the lake.  But instead, I ordered takeout for the two of us...

Would you ever condone cheating on your spouse? South Africa's First Lady Nompumelelo Ntuli is being praised in the local blogosphere for doing just that.

It's a story even a soap opera wouldn't touch: South Africa's president Jacob Zuma is a polygamist, currently married to 3 women with more on the 'to-do' list. He proudly defends his situation as an...