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

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Baggage

We’ve all got baggage. Wait, let me take that back.  I know I have a handful of young-ish readers.  Some of you might still be relatively baggage free. The rest of us, we’ve got baggage. Truth is, I don’t think I could respect a person who made it to 25 without collecting some baggage.  The [...]

Empty Relationships, Kinda Like Empty Calories

Yesterday I wrote about a conversation I had with a friend about my ideal man (and not a single one of you mentioned the picture of a robot I used to go with the post – it was a joke people, my ideal man = robot, sheesh). One of the many other things we talked [...]

My Ideal Man?

I was hanging out yesterday with one of my great guy friends.  It was a spectacular day in the city, and we spent the afternoon outdoors, walking and talking. At some point, out of the blue, he asked me what my ideal guy would be like. I answered with a sigh and a softly uttered, [...]

“If he were a social worker he could still be an asshole…”

I was catching up with an old friend the other day.  She and I go way back to a job we had in the mid 90s, and have stayed in touch (and also worked together, again) since then. I was telling her about my upcoming 3rd date with Mr. Midwest (tonight) and that he was [...]

Cheater, Cheater

One week 183 Total Votes No, 53% Yes, 47% This means that in all probability, approximately half the people reading this have cheated. Sure, the Nos win out with a slight majority. But only ever so slight. Looks like we had an awful lot of cheaters drop by in the last week (in case you’re curious, [...]