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BEHIND THE BLOG: Do You Ever Feel Like a Failure at Dating/Life?
Tweet A very good friend of mine has a great saying. Never compare your insides to someone’s outsides. I think something that really exacerbates this feeling of failure that pretty much everybody struggles with from time to time is social media. There are days when I have to hide various columns and people from my [...]
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What’s Up With These Awful OK Cupid Messages?
Tweet Name: AP Comment: I’ve recently joined OkayCupid and I’m a little baffled at bit of behavior I’ve seen and was hoping for some insight. Living in the Midwest I feel that the dating experience for gay men and women is a little more limited when compared to our straight counterparts. I recall recently reading [...]
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Why He’ll Have Sex With You But Won’t Date You
Tweet Name: Lindy Comment: I met a guy through my work a while back. At first, he was just another customer, but he became a regular and so most of our staff got to know him by name, what he liked, chatted about little details in ours/his life, etc. I wasn’t interested at first, he’s [...]
Should You Ignore Dating Fatigue?
Tweet Name: Wondering Comment: I am a 49 female and recently divorced and did the online dating profile thing went out on a few dates and more or less concluded that dating does not appeal to me right now. I am balancing full time work and part time school so I do not have much [...]
Why Doesn’t She Have Custody of Her Kids?
Tweet Name: Lou Comment: I have been online dating for a few years and I do not have any kids. Most women in my age range have kids. But I have come across something that is new to me. The woman I am dating for 3 weeks now does not have residential custody of her [...]
Has Hanging Out Replaced Actual Dating?
Tweet Name: Christine Comment: My question is: at what point should you become a top priority in the guy you’re dating’s life? I’ve been seeing this guy for about 2 months. We met through okcupid. He’s 28, and I’m 26. Our first 3 dates were very nice – dinner followed by drinks at a bar. [...]
Signs You’re Dating a Guy With No Options
Tweet Name: Scared Comment: I am with this great boyfriend. He is a hardworking businessman, with a passion for fishing. We live 200 miles apart. He cares for me and spends a lot on buying me stuff. I met him online a couple of years ago, and we got close over the months. Problem was, [...]
He’s Not Shy, He’s Just Not Interested
Tweet Name: AB Comment: Three months ago, I met this guy at his place of employment as a client. We chatted for a long time before getting to why I was there. One month later, I saw him again for a follow up appointment. We chatted for nearly an hour before discussing business. In the [...]
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The Sexy Feminist: At Least *I* Have a Boyfriend
Tweet Here’s my latest for The Sexy Feminist “Why should I take dating advice from you? You’re single.” This is a comeback I’ve heard many times for the six years I’ve been writing my advice column, And That’s Why You’re Single. Apparently, in order for a woman who writes about dating to be taken seriously, she [...]
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Article Round Up: What’s Wrong With Men Wanting To Date Slender Women?
Tweet I’ll just leave the link here and let you guys discuss it. http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/i-went-to-skinny-mini-speed-dating/ I am at a sports bar waiting for “Skinny Mini Speed Dating” to start. I am here “undercover” as a journalist and should be mingling with the men who are here to meet “women under size 8 only,” but instead I [...]
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Role/Reboot: Your Time Will Come
Tweet My latest for Role/Reboot: When I was about 9 or 10, I decided that I would be married by age 27. I don’t know where I got that number. It sounded like a good age at the time. At 10 years old, I thought I was supposed to be married and have children before [...]
Role/Reboot: The Don Draper Mystique
Tweet Women may be drawn to the Don Draper types, but he’s an illusion. I Dated A Don Draper While out of bed Don was cloaked in mystique, in bed he was completely transparent. Once his clothes were off, his submissiveness shocked me. His moves were tentative and hesitant. While I wouldn’t categorize him [...]
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HAS DATING BECOME TOO CASUAL?
Is Your Desire For Monogamy Keeping You Single?
Tweet Name: Anonymous | | Location: Pittsburgh , PA |Question: My ex-boyfriend and I dated for about 7 months (the last 3 months of it, we were exclusive). I am the one who broke it off. This is why: one day, when I went to watch TV at his apartment (which is hooked to his [...]
What Single Women Are Really Up Against Today
Tweet Name: Lisa State: TX Age: 37 Comment: Hi Moxie & friends, I think I need some perspective here. Situation: Meet guy online, chat a few times. Meet guy in person, have hours of delicious fun sex. Both consistently make plans with each other for sex over summer. Both do not ‘chase’ the other. This [...]
Why Dating 2.0 Scares Men
Tweet Name: John Age: 45 State:NY Question: My divorce was finalized 12 months ago and now I am online dating for a couple of months. I am not looking for a casual hookup but something with LTR potential. Here is a scenario that happened with a woman I met. She is 45, divorced and has [...]
Poll – Who’s More Responsible If She Gets Hurt?
Tweet POLL QUESTION: Man and woman date and begin a sexual relationship. After a several dates (more than 5) the woman says she wants their relationship to become exclusive since they are now sleeping together regularly. The man says he does not wish to have an exclusive relationship. She continues to sleep with him regardless. [...]
Landscaping “Down There”
Tweet Guys watch so much porn these days that they expect perfect landscaping, and some even think “bare down there” is sexy (instead of prepubescent and unnatural looking). I’m currently getting a laser treatment because I got a great deal and I’m sick of dealing with it (plus waxing makes me break out), but yes, [...]
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