Posted by Susan Walsh on Jan 15, 2010 in
Tidbits Research shows that alcohol is a crucial ingredient in making a hookup happen. Women especially, but also men, rely on liquid courage to get up the nerve to get down and dirty with a stranger. Drinking just the right amount to get the job done can be problematic though – not enough and you’re awkward [...]
Tags: alcohol, Deadspin, drunk, hookup, hookup failures
‘Cause it’s a woman’s world
Might as well face it
Yeah they got what we want and we’re willing to chase it
It’s a woman’s world, boys like it or not
Men buy the drinks, girls call the shots
Steve Holy
Should men buy drinks for women? It’s a topic I’ve heard hotly debated recently. Most of the heat comes from [...]
Tags: alcohol, bars, buying drinks, clubs, game, Personal Development, picking up women, pickup, relationship advice, sending drinks over
There’s a new double-standard being applied to women in relationships, and it’s even more insidious than Studs. vs. Sluts. A favorite tactic of young men when questioned about their questionable behavior is to accuse the self-respecting woman of being a PSYCHO.
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a licensed psychologist. I may dish out a [...]
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David Cain has a blog called Raptitude. He describes it as “the gentle art of sanity amidst civilization,” and invites you to have a look around by saying, “Raptitude is a blog for helping each other to enjoy being human. If you are a human, I’m sure you’ll find something you like.” I can get [...]
Tags: alcohol, awkward, beer emotions, communication, date, drunk, emotions, ex, flirt, friend, guy, love, open, plan, regret, relationship, relationships, self-confidence, strategies, strategy, support, trust, youth and beauty
“Neon shines through smoky eyes tonight
It’s 2 AM, I’m drunk again, it’s heavy on my mind
Excuse me please, one more drink
Could you make it strong ’cause I don’t need to think”
Dave Matthews Band
How can you know what he really means if he says one thing when drunk and something else when sober? [...]
Tags: alcohol, alcohol level, beer emotions, communication, dating, drunk, drunk sincerity, emotions, guys, hookup culture, legal limit, love, relationship, romantic, secrets, sober, truth serum
Posted by Susan Walsh on Apr 28, 2009 in
Hooking Up Realities,
Tidbits,
What Guys Want “Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.”
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Q: Why are college guys acting like adolescent knuckleheads?
A: Because they can.
Wow. College guys are having such a good time! It’s hard to imagine that two generations ago college men were serious and earnest about beginning [...]
Tags: alcohol, Asher Roth, bromantic, college, college guys, college men, Eminem, Frat, guys, I Love College, jewish boy, kurt vonnegut, laughing all the way to the bank, maturity, online, phd students, real men, sex, social lubricant, tool, Vanity Fair
Resolution #1: uggg – will obviously lose 20 lbs.
#2: always put last night’s panties in the laundry basket.
Equally important: will find nice sensible boyfriend and stop forming romantic attachments to any of the following: alcoholics, workoholics, sexaholics, commitment-phobics, peeping toms, megalomaniacs, emotional fuckwits, or perverts.
Bridget Jones
Here’s an anonymous journal entry that made me [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Dec 30, 2008 in
Girl Talk,
Tidbits Oh man, here’s a scary New Year’s thought: even moderate drinking increases your chances of winding up with an ugly dude. Apparently facial symmetry is an indicator of good genes in a potential partner, and you get really bad at spotting deformities when you’ve had a couple of beers. I guess that means you should [...]
Tags: alcohol, beer goggles, DNA, drunk, ex, guy, guys, hos, hot, male, media, technology, text
Posted by Susan Walsh on Dec 27, 2008 in
Girl Talk,
Tidbits,
What Guys Want While working on a piece on Feminism and Hooking Up, I stumbled across a blog called The Clothes That Got Me Laid. I love it – it is a highly irreverent and fun series of stories about what people wear when they hook up. Girls work so hard to look good when they go out; [...]
Tags: alcohol, attitude, blog, boys, cell, college, college students, date, drama, drunk, emo, ex, facebook, fashion, flirt, friend, fuckwit, girl, girls, guy, guys, hooking up, hookup, hos, hot, love, media, player, power, rant, sex, text, winter
