Posted by Susan Walsh on Mar 19, 2010 in
Relationship Strategies
I’m traveling today, so I’m bringing you an older post that many of my newer readers will have missed. I originally called it Dating Advice From a Dead Virgin, and it didn’t generate a lot of traffic. Hmmm….maybe I should just have entitled it Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. Either way, it’s still full of [...]
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Dear Susan, I’m a 21 year-old college student, so I’m completely immersed in the hookup culture. Like many girls I know, I’ve been hurt by a number of jerks and players that I dated. A while back, I decided to stick to nice guys, but it’s very difficult to trust anyone. I can’t stand the [...]
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“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even though his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” Rebecca – age 8 Congrats, you’ve reeled in the big fish! He’s hot, he’s available, and he is definitely very interested. You’ve [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Aug 19, 2009 in
Hooking Up Realities,
What Guys Want
Recently a college-aged friend turned me on to The Average American Male by Chad Kultgen (2007), a book she found disgusting and reprehensible in every way. She went so far as to say she hated the author. She was about 50 pages in at that point, and it was clear that she had absolutely no intention [...]
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“You’re hot then you’re cold You’re yes then you’re no You’re in and you’re out You’re up and you’re down Someone call the doctor Got a case of love bipolar Stuck on a rollercoaster Can’t get off this ride” Katy Perry, Hot N Cold I want to write about integrity, but I don’t know what [...]
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Many guys think it’s OK have numerous sexual relationships at the same time. Most girls don’t. Recently in the Washington Post, advice columnist Carolyn Hax weighed in on this question: Anonymous: Hi Carolyn, I am having sex with three people right now. (Not literally right now, but you get the idea.) Two of them have [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Aug 3, 2009 in
Relationship Strategies,
What Guys Want
“Joey: You waited too long and now you’re in ‘The Friend Zone’. Ross: No, I’m not in the Zone. Joey: Come on, Ross; you’re mayor of the Zone!” Friends I’m one of those cynics who thinks it is really, really difficult for guys and girls to maintain platonic friendships. I think it works best when: [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Jul 27, 2009 in
What Guys Want
Here’s an article I think is worth sharing. It’s unusually good for this kind of thing. I know I can never get enough of guys explaining how guys think and what they want. Sort of an instruction manual! What Guys Wish We Knew By Sandra Prior Posted: July 26, 2009 One of the great things [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Jul 8, 2009 in
Personal Development
Yesterday after posting Are You Dating a Narcissist? I still felt curious about the topic and was thinking of other potential posts related to narcissism. (One is the possible correlation between narcissism and penis size. I’ll let you know if I turn up anything interesting!) Poking around online, I came across the Narcissistic Personality Inventory [...]
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Narcissus in Greek mythology is a hero, renowned for his beauty. He is exceptionally cruel, in that he disdains those who love him. As divine punishment he falls in love with a reflection in a pool, not realizing it is his own, and perishes there, not being able to leave the beauty of his own [...]
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