Real stories about dating and relationships in New York City. Truth is more interesting than fiction.

Archive for June, 2010

Do You Spend the Night?

A long, long time ago I remember having a conversation with a friend.  I honestly can’t remember who I was talking to, but I remember what we both said. She, “I fuck who I want to fuck. I don’t get into this whole boyfriend thing.” Now mind you, this was way back in the 90s, [...]

Do You Have a Goal?

A couple of weeks ago I was at a daytime BBQ at a friend’s place (one of my favorite things about summer, rooftop BBQs) when one of the other guests started to get herself together to leave early.  She had a date and wanted to go home to change. As she was saying her goodbyes, [...]

It’s a Feeling (you stupid cow)

I had a strange weekend.  At first, it look like I’d overbooked myself with work, dates, family obligations, friends I wanted to see and things I wanted to do.  And then, Friday afternoon, I realized that a lot of the things on my calendar were non-essentials. The dates, for example.  I didn’t really want to [...]

Being Mean For No Reason

I love Sundays. For me, Sundays are all about sleeping late, brunch and A Guy’s Story – what’s not to love?  This week’s Guy’s Story is by my good buddy Tom Miller, aka Tomfoolery (his blog is guaranteed to make you smile, NO JOKE). Being Mean For No Reason Everyone’s been the bad guy in a [...]

Open Mouth, Insert Foot

So everyone knows that Simone Grant is a pen name. No big deal. My family doesn’t know about the blog and I don’t tell the guys I date up front. I have told a couple of them, at random times, kinda like an experiment.  And a couple others have found out.  None of that truthfulness [...]