Kissing and Dishing
There’s a new website called Kiss and Dish that looks like fun. It’s a place to share stories, commiserate and get advice if you need it. I learned about it in an article at the Ohio State student online newspaper.
Kristen Ricordati and her business partner Daniel Kiepfer started the site where users can share and [...]
Are You Too Smart to Date?
“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words, but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?”
Winnie the Pooh
As the author of The Tao of Dating: The Thinking Man’s Enlightened Guide to Success with Women, Dr. Alex Benzer is primarily known as a guy who helps other guys get women. [...]
Humour Me
Yesterday, in writing about a hilarious blog written by Welsh Girl, I stated that no one does self-deprecating humor like the Brits. Today I’m more convinced than ever, thanks to my English friend Annabel, who called something equally amusing to my attention: the personal ads in the London Review of Books. They are so outrageously [...]
Single and Surviving (Just)
I’ve discovered a new blog for you! It’s called Single and Surviving (Just), and it is penned by Welsh Girl. The first time I visited it, I read a post entitled NOT Hugh Grant, then… and I laughed so hard chicken soup came out of my nose. Now I check her blog every day to [...]
Move Over St. Valentine, Rabbis Are the Real Romantic Experts
This morning I checked my inbox knowing that my Google Alerts would have coughed up numerous articles about romance, just in time for the imminent, dreaded, Holiday That Must Not Be Named. Sifting through the trite and the cute, I found four separate articles describing recent college speed dating events. Huh? I thought speed dating was [...]
Bros and Hos: Relationship Foes?
When we want something, we employ strategy to help us get it (hopefully). It might not be a sound, well thought-out strategy, but we choose one path or another. Obviously, our chances for success are greatest if we have considered all the angles. One of the most important factors to consider in any strategy is [...]
A Man’s Take on Advice in Women’s Magazines
The other day a guy left a comment expressing frustration at Sexual Attraction + Compatibility = Nothing? His point was that he gets jerked around by girls all the time, especially when he is a nice guy. They lead him on, flirt and fuss, and then say they don’t want to date. It got me [...]
Is Marie Claire’s Rich Santos an Ignorant Beast?
Marie Claire has a dating blogger named Rich Santos, and I find his bits kind of sweet and charming. And he’s very honest. Too honest, sometimes, as in TMI, and he’s not always, er, PC on the feminism front. Well, over at Jezebel, they’ve been none too pleased with Mr. Santos lately. They’ve got a [...]
10 Ways to Get Inside His Head
“Never frown, because you never know when someone is falling in love with your smile.”
Anonymous
Many women make the mistake of thinking that if a guy finds them attractive, they are on the path to a relationship. Even though they understand that the path may be full of twists and turns, still they believe that attracting [...]