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 Oct 9, 2009 in
Girl Talk,
Personal Development Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions. ~Woody Allen
There are some very compelling reasons why you should be having sex. A lot of sex. Common sense tells us that the male orgasm directly serves to propagate the species. Although the female orgasm has puzzled [...]
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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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Posted by Susan Walsh on Aug 25, 2009 in
Relationship Strategies You’d like to meet someone new, someone who has real potential for a meaningful relationship. You know there are a million fish in the sea, but you keep coming across the same bottom feeders again and again. How do you meet a good guy?
I. Go where the good guys are.
Go west, young woman, go west!
Wow, [...]
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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:
One or [...]
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“I have no power. Why should she have the upper hand? Once in my life I would like the upper hand. I have no hand. No hand at all. She has the hand. I have no hand.”
George
“We all want the hand. Hand is tough to get.”
Jerry
Willard Waller was a sociologist who coined the phrase [...]
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Robot Heart is one of my favorite blogs. Katie, the blogger, posts numerous (many!) things on there every day. In fact, Katie is an amazing woman, with five blogs:
Robot Heart
Twenty Something
Sex, Religion and Politics
Daily Beagle
Things I *Heart* About Oregon
She’s really into photography and design, so there are amazing visuals on Robot Heart. I find great [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Jun 8, 2009 in
Girl Talk,
Tidbits 1. I love Indexed. Jessica Hagy is brilliant and funny. You must subscribe to this – I do and I get so excited when it shows up in my Google reader! Here are a couple of my faves, but there are waaaayyyy more where these came from, so head on over there.
Ouch
Harmless? No: Calculating.
But He’s Got [...]
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