It can be pretty scary out there, what with all the soul-sucking blind dates, shamelessly cryptic Match profiles, drunken bar advances, third-date-will-I-won’t-I-dances, date ‘n dash speed dating whatchamacallits, and “friendly” set ups. In instances like these, a single gal can get A LOT of advice…most of it really, really bad…
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At first I said to myself, “Betty Crocker must hate women. Who else would put chocolate in a bowl for us to heat up and eat ourselves to death with?” The commercial of that woman, popping chocolate into the microwave and shoveling it into her mouth like it was some sort of budget-priced youth serum [...]
I am at the ballet, sipping my Cabernet in my pink chiffon and black velvet dress, awaiting the curtain for Giselle. How exquisite! How happy!
After weeks of sitting home, watching my relationship slowly strangled, I decided it was time to go out on a Saturday night. All out. The hair, the nails, the dress, the [...]
If you’re a regular reader, you’re aware it’s been a bit of a tough week around here. So I have to say, I’d been looking forward to 30 Rock and The Office a bit more than usual. Ultimately though, I came away feeling “meh” about both. I don’t know, maybe I’m just having a serious [...]
Before he left last week, before that insufferable silence, we were in the car together as my phone rang, playing my SATC ring tone. “Who’s that? Mr. Big?” he asked from the driver’s seat, peering at the screen.
“Ha ha…it’s my mom,” I humored him as I pushed her call to voicemail. “You’re my Mr. Big.”
“I [...]
I need to run, need to go somewhere- anywhere- just to be. Just to catch my breath.
I need to stop typing, walk out the door, down the stairs, down the street, into the night. I need to feel the wind on my face, hear it rush past my ears. I need to breath in the [...]
You called me on a Monday. You were 3000 miles away in your London hotel as I sat crouched over my desk phone at work, quietly listening to your words dangle. You told me you were feeling uncertain, but didn’t think it was going to work after all. You knew I would, and didn’t want [...]
