“Enough,” my mom said to me as I lay on a hospital stretcher. In two of her past three trips to visit her kids, she’s ended up in the ER, first with my brother and now with me. “You need a husband to take care of you.” I’ve been thinking about what she said. I’m [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Someone to watch over me
Posted in Boys and Girls, Feminism, Relationships on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Valium makes me bold
Posted in Talking to Strangers on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No post this past Sunday because I threw out my back and spent seven hours in the ER. I learned an important lesson: If you want them to get you on a stretcher really fast, pass out from the pain in front of a lot of people.
Anyway, they hooked me up with sweet, sweet medication. [...]
Guest Post: L on married people sucking up single people’s free time
Posted in Friends, Guest Posts, Smug Marrieds on March 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My friend L is back with a situation that happened to her recently (and was the inspiration for my earlier post about what to do when friends are in a different life stage). My commentary appears at the end.
My weekends are sacred. I like to use my time to relax, exercise and obviously go out [...]
Best. Pickup line. Ever.
Posted in Talking to Strangers, Working the Room on March 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well, maybe not the best. Pickup lines, by definition, are awful. But a friend of mine was the recipient of one that totally worked and didn’t leave her skeeved in the least:
“You here for the birthday party?”
Yeah, that’s it. We were at a bar and several birthdays were going on, and a guy asked her [...]
Book Review: Become Your Own Matchmaker – 8 Easy Steps for Attracting Your Mate
Posted in Book Review, Dating, Physical appearance, Relationships, Self-Help, Yenta Power! on March 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I promised to review this book, so here goes!
For those of you who love Patti Stanger’s no-holds-barred advice on Millionaire Matchmaker (and there are more of you than I realized, as I learned this weekend when talking about TV viewing habits with some people I just met, all of whom watch the show religiously), she [...]
Update
Posted in Talking to Strangers on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the urging of a co-worker, I called the guy from the bar. “What do you have to lose?” co-worker said. So yesterday I called during prime commute time, praying to reach his voicemail as I dialed. Success! I left a breezy message with my phone number.
Of course, he hasn’t called back and it’s been [...]
What would you do in this situation?
Posted in Talking to Strangers on March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You’re female. You’re at a bar with friends. You start talking to this guy who seems pretty nice, but you’re tired and he’s wandered off to his group of friends, so you leave without exchanging numbers (you figure he’s uninterested, and your shoes hurt, so you’re not going to wait it out). He asks your [...]
Ah, the cycle of life
Posted in Friends, Miscellaneous Advice, Self-Help, Yenta Power! on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When you’re in your 20s and 30s, you’re not going to stay in the same life stage as all of your friends for long. In college, you were all students. Now, some are in grad school, some work. Some are married, some are dating, some are single. Some own their own homes, others rent, others [...]
From the mouth of babe
Posted in Boys and Girls, Physical appearance, Talking to Strangers, Working the Room on March 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Valentine’s Day I struck up a conversation with a gorgeous guy at a bar. Too bad he was just in for the weekend and lives halfway across the country! Relevant to the story: It was cold out, so I was in jeans, a black shirt, and a cropped blazer, with a huge coat and [...]
