Our culture makes it pretty easy to focus on the problems. The issues. The deal-breakers and red flags. After all, critics decide where we go to eat and what movies we want to see. Parents teach children to watch out for the car that could hit you instead of why it’s fun to stay on [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Culture’
November 30, 2009
How To Survive The Holidays With Your New Significant Other
Holiday survival kit:
Items needed are as follows…
Several cups of good cheer (small bottles pack better)
One “free pass” in case of foot in mouth syndrome
One “free pass” for laughing at an embarrassing family story or baby picture
Code word for get me the h*ll out of here now
Decoder ring for spotting signs of social or emotional fatigue
Cheat [...]
November 2, 2009
How to Date with Extra Weight: Do you have a Fattitude?
We all know that everything from chemistry to compatibility come into the picture of defining the “whole package” for most people. Frankly, it’s easy for a dating “guru” or “expert” to suggest that you have to get it all into shape before you’ll be considered ready to date. After all, it brings them business in “fixing [...]
October 27, 2009
Is Age Really Just A Number?
Disclaimer: today’s blog is more along the lines of personal musings and not intended to smite other’s opinions on this subject. I know age is a tricky topic when it comes to dating and mating.
I’ll admit, I’m a bit sad today. I’ve been reading through a lot of dating blogs and articles online and am [...]
August 18, 2009
Fishbowl Dating: The Affects of Social Media on Relationships
We live in a fishbowl nation.
With the advent of social media and ease of information dissemination, all it takes is a comment, status update or text to seriously torpedo another person’s life. And many times, the commenter goes on their merry way… none the wiser for the detritus left in the wake of one, seemingly [...]
August 6, 2009
More To Love
I’ll admit it, I catch the new reality dating shows when I can find time to sweep through my DVR in-box. These past two weeks of TV have been a bit personally disturbing for one big reason… FOX’s latest Bachelor type spin-off, “More to Love.”
For those of you who missed it (or who use their [...]
July 29, 2009
It may be a heart breaking economy but what’s the upside?
According to a survey released by ING Direct on Monday, (don’t ask me why an international bank would be asking questions about romance on a survey… but anyway…) this recession is breaking American hearts. Apparently, we are weathering the storm less gracefully than our romantically inclined counterparts in other countries.
Survey says
July 28, 2009
Is Your Dating Life Looking A Bit Too Much Like A Chick Flick?
Thanks to the 100+ temps, I decided that it was a movie marathon kind of weekend. A little behind on my chick flick quota for the summer, I pushed “The Ugly Truth” and “The Proposal” into one weekend. I’ll admit, I liked one much, much better than the other, but I thought they both brought [...]
July 27, 2009
Turn Right Before You Pass Old Maid Street: Or Desperately Seeking Relationship GPS
I’m not sure about you, but there are times when I really wish I could buy a GPS for dating and relationships. A GPS with the voice of someone like Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan so when it said something like, “I TOLD you to turn left to avoid that super-sized manhole” it wouldn’t seem [...]
