Bloody Facebook. I knew there was a reason I became a reluctant convert. It’s all very well having hilarious banter with my actual friends, who are an international crowd, but there’s the well-documented difficulty of “people from the past.” I don’t mean a dark, shady past like everyone on Days of our Lives reveals just ...
Dear Madame X, I am 24 and still get really nervous when men talk to me. I run away from perfectly nice guys who hit on me in bars. What is wrong with me? Can I overcome this, or am I doomed to be alone? Lonely Lady Dear Lonely, You are definitely not doomed to ...
I’m a Valentine’s Grinch. There, I said it. I don’t understand the obsession with celebrating this holiday and frankly, I refuse to. I wrote a piece on Hallowe’en and my distaste for the way it is often celebrated for the 13 – 35 crowd. Most of it stems from my lack of understanding about why ...
We know that a lot of women love cats. And we know that a lot of single women supposedly have far too many cats to replace the children and husbands they don’t have. But did you ever stop to wonder if it’s not singleness that causes cats, but cats that cause singleness?
Do you spend more money when you’re single or in a relationship? The University of Minnesota conducted a study which correlated perceived sex ratio to increased spending in males. According to the results men living in an area with more men than women are less likely to save and more likely to borrow money. Are ...
Dear Madame X, I have dated lots of women over the years, but never seem to be able to form a long-lasting relationship with any of them (longest was five months). For some reason, I never fall in love with any of the women I date and lose interest in them after a few weeks. ...
Standing as the only childless single among a circle of friends can seem like a tumultuous feat as you navigate the shifting terrain of your social landscape and struggle to evade the three most dreaded questions: Are you married? Do you have kids? And, why not (you selfish, emotionally dysfunctional, irresponsible, chronically immature narcissist)? A ...
Dating is a lot of work. It’s no surprise that often singles dream of the end result and dread the process. So screw it. As a man, single life means going out with your boys guilt-free, not having to spend time and money into pleasing a lady and pampering yourself for a change. The downside ...
Maybe we’re hopeless romantics watching Sleepless in Seattle over and over again and waiting for the one or maybe we’re just cynical about relationships in general. Whatever it is, it seems we’re getting married and having sex less than ever before. A whopping 30 percent of Americans have never been married, according to US census ...
Despite what Judd Apatow would have us believe, men actually want to get married. A new study found that single men want a wedding just as much as single women. They are more likely to believe in love at first site, are more prone to combining finances and more likely to want kids. The survey ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
