Apologies for being MIA. I’ve been busy and the blog went to the back burner! Anyway, I had an interesting conversation with two friends of mine about dating and winter. If you live in a place with seasons, winter is a time when it’s really difficult to go out. It’s cold, you have to schlep [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Locking it down before going into hibernation
Posted in Dating, Relationships on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t be this guy/girl: The Flake
Posted in Dating, Don't Be This Guy/Girl, Pet Peeves on November 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If there’s one thing I hate more than all the other things I hate (including goat cheese, dirty snow, and control-top pantyhose), it’s flakiness. Listen, I don’t always show up on time to stuff. I don’t own a car and I’m at the mercy of the whims of public transit. I’m not perfect, either. And [...]
On getting too comfortable
Posted in Dating, Relationships, Self-Help on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A lot of young parents work in my office. I was talking with one new dad, who I’d say is in his mid-30s, about how sometimes it can be hard to do something life-changing like having a kid when you’re older and more accustomed to your life the way it is.
That got me thinking about [...]
Sense of entitlement holding you back?
Posted in Dating, Links, Self-Help on November 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In one day, I came upon two different blog postings about the same thing: Women who develop a sense of entitlement when it comes to what kind of man they want and think they deserve.
Here’s the first, by Moxie (interesting blog if you’ve never read it) — memorable quote: “We assume that we bring XYZ [...]