Big Little Wolf's Daily Plate of Crazy

Thinking about Valentine’s dating already?
Those of you who are single are surely feeling the pressure. And if you’re “lightly” involved, you may be wondering if things will heat up for the robust red romantic holiday. And for any who are happily in love, you may be lubricating your love machines for a night (or day) [...]

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“I want to get married,” he says.
The words are fired off into the air and seem to settle there, stark and defiant, as though some invisible structure of wires and pulleys holds the phrase in place so I cannot turn away. Then each letter tumbles down through the air, disintegrating.
These are special effects. Perhaps I [...]

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Are you part of a non-traditional couple? Committed or married, but not actually living in the same residence as your partner?
I’m reminded of an early episode of Sex and the City, in which Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie asks her love interest, Mr. Big, what his ideal living arrangement is. “This,” he says, lying next to [...]

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What is the unassailable appeal of the Bad Boy? Is it his elusiveness? His edge? The fact that he cannot be “had” no matter what? Why are some of us drawn to the Bad Boy, and keep going back for more?
The Bad Boy
Is it really as simple (and complex) as desiring what cannot be [...]

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Why must we marry?
Scandalous little question, isn’t it? Flies in the face of convention! After all, we’re past the 60s and early 70s. We’ve tossed away our peace symbols and sitar music; am I proposing free love? Romantic anarchy?
Hardly. But yesterday’s discussion of Mr. Right and Mr. Good Enough sparked more than a little conversation [...]

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Timing is everything
You miss the commuter train by 5 minutes. There’s another 30 minutes later, but now you’re hurrying and anxious; you have a first date this evening. You leave the station, heading for home, take a turn too quickly, and blow your tire on a curb. You never make it to the date, and [...]

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English version : Why Facebook sucks for your sex life © D A Wolf
Vous consultez le statut de celle ou de celui qui vous intéresse deux fois par jour ? Six fois par jour ? Vous consultez Facebook pour voir si le statut n’est plus « célibataire » ? Eh alors ? [...]

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Checking that status on Facebook every few days, or every few hours? Waiting to see if he (or she) switches from “single” to “in a relationship?” Able to see that the honey-of-your-dreams is online, but won’t respond to your chat requests? Feeling forlorn because you think it’s over before it’s even begun?
And I’m not talking [...]

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Fear of flying – not
I once convinced a tree service owner to belt me into a harness and haul me up some 80 feet into the air, so I might see what it was like. It is something I had always wanted to experience. Other than a bit of stress to the feminine regions due [...]

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He was a rather rumpled gentleman, 40-something, about 50 pounds overweight. The type to be overlooked by women glancing across the room. He wore an easy grin, let loose a contagious belly laugh, and the fact is – he reminded be a bit of Oliver Hardy – yes, as in Laurel and Hardy.
He was also [...]

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