You always bring others happiness. That was the message when I cracked open the cookie and read the fortune on the skinny slip of paper. Dessert, following Chinese take-out. Well. I suppose I made the restaurant happy when I purchased lunch for three. Does that count? Routines – ho hum Can’t say there’s been much […]
Loving X Two: In Love With Multiple People
Have you loved more than one person at the same time? I suppose I should make a distinction between “in love” and “loving,” but is that necessary, really, if the net effect is the same? When you’re involved with multiple people, you’ve got double the pleasure. Maybe. You certainly have double the trouble. And then […]
Why Smart Is Sexy
Smart is sexy. Yes, indeed. Smart men can morph themselves into the hottest, most charismatic sexual beings on the planet, no matter what they look like. So hold the plugs, lose the lifts, and come as you are. Let’s talk about smart men. Let’s talk about their irrepressible sex appeal. Let’s talk about their ample […]
Internet intros: Meet and greet on Messenger?
Should your first meeting with a new man (or woman) be through video? And can you introduce your kids to a new love interest online, say – via Messenger? Online introductions Frankly, an online intro is a quick way to discern if there’s a spark with a possible online date. Sound cold? I think it’s […]
Around, Around, Around We Go… Match Dot Com, You’re Awfully Slow.
The online dating merry-go-round. Oh, so slow…
Obama's invite for a beer at the White House
Tuesday morning’s French headline on yahoo.fr led with the story of President Obama’s beer invite to the parties involved in last week’s arrest of a prominent Harvard professor. I don’t know what struck me as more remarkable – the lead position of the headline (to a global audience), or its content. The original incident For […]
Sex and the Single Mom
“Single mom sex” isn’t as simple as movies make it seem.
Second Chances
“I didn’t think there were second chances. Not really,” he said to me on the phone. It was a friend I hadn’t talked to in some time. He sounded happy. He’d been through a lot in recent years – divorce, layoff, financial problems. And after five years, at the age of 50, he’d met someone […]
Personal Boundaries: Do You Cross the Line, or Move It?
Testing our own boundaries in order to grow.
More real than celebrity. A friend’s passing.
First Ed McMahon, then Farrah Fawcett, and then Michael Jackson. Each celebrity death, eclipsing the next, with the media storm over Jackson taking on a life of its own. As we knew it would. Yes, each of these three celebrities contributed to their industries in significant ways, impacted lives and memories of different generations, and […]