Hooking up is easy, but meeting the RIGHT person to spend your time, and possibly life, with is incredibly hard. In these days and times, when the media is constantly telling women that there aren’t enough “eligible” men to go around, some of us have made the unfortunate decision to settle for Mr. Alright (if…
Communicating by text, email, and social media is comfortably becoming the new norm for many people with no desire to actually speak or make face-to-face interaction. Cyber-talking is the new phenomenon in cheating. Like any email, text, or Facebook message it can start out as an innocent hello… until flirting or misinterpreted flirting takes place and feelings start…
In case you didn’t already know, the people you meet in Los Angeles are unlike anyone else in the world. Always trying to become the next big thing, there is “the actor” (a waiter who’s been an extra on “Glee”… once), “the screenwriter” (a misunderstood blogger who lives on his mom’s couch), and of course…
Women across the globe have produced countless phone calls, debates, books, diary entries and, yes, blog posts regarding the search for that elusive “someone special.” But for all the fretting and worrying some of us do prior to entering a relationship, we don’t always anticipate what’s going to happen when he or she comes along….
Was it something I said? Was it my resume? My race?
I sent my ex an email, pretending to be someone else, to see if he wanted me back. How did I become a certified stalker? After being dumped by Elliot, my boyfriend of six months, I soon regretted the instructions I gave him when he ended the relationship: “Unless you’re calling to tell me you…
There have been books, movies, magazines, classes, songs, essays, etc. dedicated to showing people the way to go when it comes to romance and relationships. Many of us have sought our cues from these mediums, while some have preferred to learn their love lessons from trusted friends and family; others have made it their business to learn…
Are you “grown”? When you are grown, it means that you are comfortable with your “brand” whether you are the God-fearing church type, the vegan Buddhist, the free-spirited artist or environmentalist, the marketing executive that loves international travel and high-end luxury good or anything in between. But as grown folk, there are just some dating tips that…
Who better to tell you about the man you’re with than the woman who was in your spot before you? Let’s see there’s his momma, his sister, his female cousin, or even his grandmother. But truly knowing a man is afforded from an intimate relationship. Sure you can secretly pray for the day he leaves…
I feel like a traitor to my feminist values to admit this, but I expect the guy to pay for the first date. I know, I know! That is the lone issue about which I’m a traditionalist and perhaps it comes from my father. He has taught me myriad important lessons: respect for nature, how to…
