Ladies, has this ever happened to you? You’re at a bar with a female friend when a guy walks up to chat with your friend and totally ignores you. You’re left standing there awkwardly, staring into your gin and tonic as if it’s the most interesting thing in the world. Your night has just been [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Don’t be this guy: The Solo Artist
Posted in Don't Be This Guy/Girl, Talking to Strangers, Working the Room on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A message t-shirt I can get behind
Posted in Links, Talking to Strangers, Working the Room on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hello, readers! I was on summer vacation, which included a break from blogging. But it didn’t include a break from bitching about dating, so I’ll have some new material up a few times a week.
Stumbling around the internet led me to Single Tease, a site that not only offers dating advice, it sells awesome message [...]
Rant!
Posted in Relationships on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What is up with people who are always in a relationship? I even knew a girl who was right back in one after breaking an engagement. Don’t these people have dry spells? Where are they meeting dates? Can I follow them around for a week and see how they operate?
Just a thought.
Don’t be this girl: The Bitter Single
Posted in Articles I think you should read, Dating, Don't Be This Guy/Girl, Self-Help, Talking to Strangers on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There’s an article in today’s Washington Post about a woman who works as a consultant, helping Baby Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y people get along in the workplace. Often, she teaches Boomers how to figure those Gen Y kids out. As a Millenial, I’m stereotyped as having a poor work ethic. Supposedly everything was [...]
On economics, the lack of eligible bachelors, and settling
Posted in Dating, Feminism, Relationships, Self-Help, Smug Marrieds on July 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here’s an oldie but goodie from Slate: The Eligible-Bachelor Paradox: How economics and game theory explain the shortage of available, appealing men
So, the assumed lack of men who are good catches, according to this article, is that the good ones get caught earlier, while the awkward ones stay single. As for women, the greater of [...]
A corollary to “he’s just not that into you”
Posted in Breakups, Dating, Links, Mindfuckers, Self-Help on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Evan Mark Katz linked to an advice article from his Twitter feed. Read it here.
Andrea Nemerson’s advice to the letter writer, who was getting mixed signals from a guy she was dating, was spot-on, in my opinion. This part really stuck with me (bolding is mine):
Here’s the secret, the nugget, the important truth buried under [...]
Mailbag: An update on one reader, and thoughts on giving exes second chances
Posted in Breakups, Dating, Letters to CHO, Relationships on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A reader who recently wrote in about how her ex-boyfriend was trying to win her back emailed me with an update. This one, I certainly didn’t expect, and I’m pretty sure she didn’t either! Read on:
Thank you for the advice.
I would be lying if I said that I don’t miss him. But I’m writing to [...]
