Posted by Susan Walsh on Nov 25, 2009 in
Girl Talk,
Relationship Strategies Is there a woman alive who doesn’t adore Tina Fey? I mean besides Sarah Palin. Tina Fey is an incredible role model for women. A self-described high school AP nerd, she lost her virginity to her husband at the age of 24:
Amy Poehler interviewed her for Marie Claire magazine, here’s my favorite bit:
Amy: There are [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Oct 26, 2009 in
Relationship Strategies Early this year, the Boston Globe magazine started a feature called Dinner with Cupid. They’ll pay for a blind date, and they do the matchmaking based on interests, education, age, etc. A photo is required as part of the application, so I assume they’re trying to match up people of a similar level of attractiveness [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Oct 16, 2009 in
Tidbits I’ve been thinking about advertising, and how sexy it’s gotten. Every time I turn around, there’s another advertising scandal. First there was the Quiznos commercial scandal — how large is the gay male market for Quiznos, anyway? Then came the Burger King print ad. Of course, using sex to sell stuff is not new. A [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Oct 14, 2009 in
Relationship Strategies This list of 35 brutally honest truths will tell you what women really want from men. Let’s just say I’m trying to promote cross-cultural understanding. Think of this as an Instruction Manual.
1. Women don’t tell each other everything.
We don’t share a lot of intimate sexual details. OK, if you’re hung like a stallion, it [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Sep 24, 2009 in
Tidbits Bringing you a little laughter link love this afternoon:
1. The Los Angeles Times features a couple of interesting iphone apps to help you date and mate.
The Girlfriend Keeper generates text messages to send to your SO, allowing you to specify the relationship level: strangers, casual dating, heating up, serious or married.
I would consider this app [...]
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I love Jason Mraz’s song I’m Yours. Doesn’t every woman? It’s been on Billboard’s Top 100 chart for 74 weeks, a record. It’s the third-best selling digital song of all time, having sold 4.4 million downloads, and it’s still going strong. Why?
Surrender.
“Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Mar 20, 2009 in
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Hooking Up Realities
Dear Aunt Sue,
Do you think guys and girls can really be friends? Or does it always get messed up? My boyfriend and I recently broke up, and I really miss some of his guy friends. I hung out with them for more than a year, and now it’s like they’re off limits. I especially feel [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Feb 23, 2009 in
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Relationship Strategies
“If he did it without your knowledge, and stayed silent about it afterwards, it’s cheating.”
Aunt Sue
Frequently I hear from young women who are confused about whether they’ve been cheated on. They feel hurt and betrayed by a guy who hooked up with someone else, but the guy has coughed up some lame-ass excuse for his [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Feb 8, 2009 in
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Girl Talk Has weird sleep routines. One guy I dated used to take two Kleenex at bedtime. He would shake each out, fold it into a square and lay it carefully on the night table next to a glass of tepid water. [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Dec 18, 2008 in
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Relationship Strategies Dear Aunt Sue,
I just got home for the holidays and I know there’s going to be drama with my ex over the break. Everyone always says DO NOT hook up with your ex, so I figure it’s probably a stupid idea, but I’ve been thinking about him. We broke up at the end of the [...]
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