Posted by Susan Walsh on Feb 18, 2010 in
Personal Development,
Relationship Strategies You can’t just order up the perfect husband á la carte – I’ll take a little of this, a little of that, less of this and more of that. A guy is a package deal, as are we. Recognizing that isn’t settling. It’s maturity. The key is to focus on the qualities that lead to [...]
Tags: Dealbreaker, Lori Gottlieb, marriage, Marry Him, Mr. Right, online dating, relationship advice, Undateable
Posted by Susan Walsh on Sep 21, 2009 in
Personal Development,
Relationship Strategies Brett and Kate McKay write The Art of Manliness, a successful personal development blog that is tailored to men, but contains many excellent, thoughtful articles that I enjoy. Recently, they wrote about a general condition of restlessness and anxiousness in our society, a sort of general malaise. They define it as feeling like there’s this great [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Sep 4, 2009 in
Hooking Up Realities,
What Guys Want Recently, the economics blog Marginal Revolution ran a piece called A Theory For Why Latvian Women are Beautiful, after a colleague returned from Latvia astounded by the beauty of the women there. This would hardly surprise Latvian women, 500 of whom marched in a Blonde Weekend parade last May to cheer people up during the [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Aug 31, 2009 in
Girl Talk,
Relationship Strategies Are women unrealistic in their expectations of love? Do we demand so much from men that none can ever hope to measure up? What is the love that we dream of as girls, and can we ever really find it?
My own views of love were undoubtedly shaped, at least in part, by the many books [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Jun 23, 2009 in
Hooking Up Realities,
Personal Development “Instead of fulfilling the promise of infinite orgasmic bliss, sex in the America of the feminine mystique is becoming a strangely joyless national compulsion, if not a contemptuous mockery.”
Betty Friedan
US feminist (1921 – 2006)
Many young women feel guilty and unsuccessful when they are unable to embrace a steady diet of casual sex. Perceiving hooking up [...]
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“Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.”
Woody Allen
Today I’m beginning a new series, and it starts with the backstory of my own most significant relationship. I sometimes share personal details here, but I’ve never told you this particular story. It’s the story that originally won [...]
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