There’s a dating website for everyone and Ashley Madison has a specific clientele it caters to. If you’re married and looking to cheat, well head over to AshleyMadison.com and they’ll be happy to hook you up with a single person that doesn’t care you have a spouse at home. This week Ashley Madison released a “study” that named Washington as the…
So, I’ve still been thinking a lot about the New York Times’ assertion that courtship has kicked the bucket. I jotted down some thoughts about that. You can read them here. One point that the piece makes that I agree with is that lots of daters out there — men and women both — are unclear about the…
Let me make this clear: I don’t have a problem with dating a divorced man. No problem at all. What I do have a problem with is when a divorced man isn’t up front about it. Menfolk of the world, I’m going to lay down some real talk right now: if your online dating profile doesn’t disclose…
1) Creeper profiles — apparently they’re quite normal! Here I was thinking a few of you xoJaners were just a tad bit obsessive. Joke’s on me — looks like I might be the only one who refuses to poke around the pages of others using a secondary profile that I set up precisely for the…
Picture it. You and your fiancé decide to spend a long weekend visiting your parents. Their house is big so instead of staying at a hotel they insist that the two of you stay in their home. You arrive and spend the day laughing, eating and having an overall good time. As the night winds down…
I work from home, so I spend a lot of time alone. Eight hours a day, actually, and often more than that. I miss having coworkers (especially because my Frisky coworkers are so freakin’ awesome), but my ADD makes it really hard to get anything–especially writing–done anywhere other than a totally controlled, calm environment. When…
So, last week I’m watching Scandal with the rest of the free world. I’ll skip a recap because you probably saw it and know exactly what I’m talking about when I ask you to recall the scene when Liv and Fitz argue the night before the big debate and she points out the difference in…
I love the Original House of Pancakes — with my parents, or us holy-ghosters after church, or some fellow-revelers after a hangover-worthy night, or my little niece and cousins who deserve a nicer breakfast than an Egg McMuffin. But … for a date? I have a friend who had a man take her there for…
In the highly competitive dating world, where some women are seemingly having no problem finding companionship and most women are still trying to play catch-up with the ever-evolving definition of the courtship, one aspect of dating remains firmly rooted: Peacocking According to the Urban Dictionary, the most widely accepted definition of peacocking is “dressing for…
“I blame Steve Jobs and the invention of the smartphone!” That’s what my dear friend, E, shouted as we discussed the latest in my personal life during Scandal’s commercial break. I’d shared with her that a new guy, whom I’d named the “Texting King,” had fallen into the Black Hole of Dating after one too…
