One of the reasons that young people prefer to hook up casually is that they are hesitant to get emotionally invested in a relationship with an expiration date on it. The school year ends, people study abroad, job offers come from different cities, as do acceptances to graduate school. Most people can expect to be [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Mar 10, 2009 in
Hooking Up Realities,
Tidbits Once a week, Daily Intel takes a peek behind doors left slightly ajar. We all need guilty pleasures. I’ve gotten totally addicted to the weekly Sex Diary at New York Magazine. That’s OK, right? Not too sketchy or anything, right? Right. Well, who cares what you [...]
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The comedian Steve Harvey has written a bestseller called Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. He says it’s his first project ever that isn’t about the money: “This book right here I did purely to empower women.” He was inspired to write it after his father-in-law asked his daughter’s boyfriend what his intentions [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Mar 4, 2009 in
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Relationship Strategies Now that Zagat’s has announced new Dating (and Dumping) Guides for New York and LA, I’m bracing myself for some nasty stories. Zagat’s selected their dumping grounds based on the number of exits and proximity to transportation (so you can get the hell outta there), as well as the attractiveness of the clientele, so [...]
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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. I always knew it was weird, but after a while it became intolerable. Wears Old [...]
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“I’m really attracted to you. I have a great time with you. You’re awesome, you’re the coolest girl I know. Your friendship means a lot to me. I don’t want to date you.” WTF? This seems to be the standard hookup dump line these days. In fact, if you get that much, you’re lucky; [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Jan 2, 2009 in
Relationship Strategies,
Tidbits OK, so it’s more like How to End a Relationship the Way You Wish He Would End It. There’s a pretty interesting blog called the Art of Manliness that’s coming up on its first anniversary. From their About page: The Art of Manliness- a blog dedicated to uncovering the lost art of being a man. [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Dec 2, 2008 in
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What Guys Want “Mr. Right’s coming, but he’s in Africa, and he’s walking.” Oprah Winfrey Aunt Sue, Ugggghhhhh, I don’t get it! I am so frustrated. I thought for sure this boy was different. I mean, I’ve been through this a million times. I figured out a long time ago that guys will hardly [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Nov 20, 2008 in
Hooking Up Realities “Our brains are identical to the ones that emerged from Africa 100,000 years ago. You take a caveman, shave him, give him a three-piece suit, and put him on Wall Street, and he looks like all the others barbarians on Wall Street. Our brains haven’t changed at all in the last 100,000 years.” Michio Kaku, [...]
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