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The Date Rape Story I'll Some Day Share with My Daughters

5/7/12 10:22am by shannoncolleary
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Young Woman on Beach

When I awoke that bright spring morning of March 21st, 1986, in a pensione in Venice, Italy, I didn’t expect the day to end on a dark, deserted beach with a boy I'd just met pinning me to the ground hissing in my ear that he had "un coltello" (a knife) and that "ho intenzione di ucciderti" (he'd kill me) if I didn't "f--k" him.  Read more >

Single Abroad: I Don't Want to Be Your Fantasy Tour Guide

5/2/12 9:00pm by Cakes McCain
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Is the ex-pat's life ideal? Italy is beautiful but the men aren't really cutting it. They're too aggressive and have a generic idea of romance. And the foreigners aren't much better -- all they want is a no-strings, no-pressure fantasy tour guide who'll show them the ruins in eight-inch heels, engage them in witty conversation and generally tend to their entertainment. It's enough to make you want to give up on dating altogether!  Read more >

Is Playing "Hard to Get" A Losing Game?

2/23/12 2:00pm by Hooking Up Smart
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Women's magazines have made a tidy profit telling us how to behave to capture the attention of the man we want. While most of it inspires fits of rage, some studies relating to patterns of attraction are quite interesting. Here, Susan Walsh summarizes a study that found why playing hard to get is not all it's cracked up to be.  Read more

Seven Tips for Mixing Business and Pleasure

2/14/12 7:15am by avflox
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Like any well-executed covert liaison, the office romance is both incredibly exciting and entirely mundane, depending on who is looking at it. And like any covert liaison, it is a very, very risky proposition. The number one rule, if it can be said that there is such a thing, is to avoid it. But if you're like most people in the workforce, you know that's not always entirely possible. Here's how to make minimize some of the risk associated with office romance.  Read more >

Does Valentine's Turn a Woman into a Despotic Venus in Furs?

2/12/12 4:00pm by avflox
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He and I don't feel cherished because of the flowers he sends, the meals he makes or the little gifts that I get him. It's about the time we spend arranging those flowers in a vase, sharing those meals, and playing with those little gifts. Valentine's Day isn't about stuff and it shouldn't be. It should be about reminding ourselves that our relationships matter.  Read more >

Glass Slippers Just Show Our Nasty Feet to Everyone

1/10/12 9:25am by MissAmandaJane
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Lets remember how smashed up our toes get in a pair of normal shoes. We don't see it and neither does anyone else, so we don't care. Now remember that glass doesn't breathe at all. So what we have are perfectly visible, smashed up, sweaty feet. Now this is what we are supposed to wear out with our dream man to dance on? Oh, come off it. Cinderella's fairy god mother was a sadist.  Read more >

A Single Girl's Holiday Survival Guide

12/15/11 12:48pm by PsychSingleGirl
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The holidays are a notoriously difficult time for many singles. Invites to parties are rolling in and dates are scarce, the weather is getting crisper and you're sans a snuggle partner, and the impending familial gatherings often come with a grande relationship status inquisition. It is the season to be merry, but the reality is that many are not when faced with circumstances that veer far from your (or other's) expectations.  Read more >

When A Passionate Encounter Goes Horribly Wrong

11/22/11 12:00am by avflox
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Her wet hair clung to her body, and her wet body pulled the sheets along with it as the two of them collapsed on the mattress, soaking it through. And then a pause. A pause? Yes, a pause. Pause as in: what now? It was like watching something on Netflix, and just when you're getting into it, that dreaded word: buffering. A bad case of life imitating... art? This is her sex life, one tired (and tragic) cliche. It happens to the best of us.  Read more >

Dr. Romance: The Truth Made Me Feel Worse.

10/7/11 2:06pm by Tina B. Tessina
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She wasn't so much hot and cold as she was emotionally available. Every time he got too close, she pulled away, asking for space. Wanting to maintain self-identity while dating is one thing, but when does the need for space become a red flag? As Tina explains to a reader in this post, sometimes the best thing to do is to let go.  Read more >

Advice for Dating People With Children (When You Are Childfree)

10/6/11 3:00am by BlondieChicago
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She was in a relationship with a man who had a 10-year-old son, and while she was in love with both the man and the kid, she was totally lost. It turns out there is very little literature on how to date someone who has children. She was on her own. This is her advice on dating a single parent while childfree.  Read more >