dating Archive

0August 21, 2011
“Unsolicited Advice To Adolescent Girls With Crooked Teeth And Pink Hair”

I absolutely adore this piece by Jeanann Verlee: Unsolicited Advice To Adolescent Girls With Crooked Teeth And Pink Hair When your mother hits you, do not strike back. When the…
0August 17, 2011
The Weinerlogues, Performed By Bill Maher & Jane Lynch

I don’t get HBO, so I can’t see . But since I love Mahr and Jane Lynch, I just had to share this clip in which the dynamic duo read…
0August 12, 2011
The Only Way I’ll Date You…

Words to stitch and live by. Via.
0July 27, 2011
Dating Rules: Should You Say “I Love You” First?

From the “Rules that everyone tells you that are just plain stupid” files… Relationship rule myth: Never, and I mean never, say ‘I love you’ first. OK, suppose every single…
1June 9, 2011
Dating In This Economy Part One: Meeting Someone

Hey Alessia, With all this talk about people staying home in this economy, do you have any tips for meeting new people to date? I’m thinking going door-to-door is a…
1February 24, 2011
Once Upon A Time… Mail Order Girlfriends

Found at Chateau Thombeau, a lovely look at these pages from Photo Album No. 11, apparently a vintage dating help publication featuring “lonely maidens, widows and divorcees searching for love,…
0February 14, 2011
Help For The Gold Diggers Of Victorian Times

A rundown of Victorian Atchison’s most eligible bachelors, as published in The Atchison Globe, January 6, 1885. Via Ye Olde News, a Tumblr site that actually does document where stuff…
0February 14, 2011
“To My Valentine I’ve got a Mortgage on you, too!”

Ah, yes, another reminder that women belong to men; we are so much their property, that you can woo them with that fact on a Valentine. (Vintage Valentine via kimmly.
0February 7, 2011
Responding To AskMen.com’s Top 10 Scary Girlfriend Behaviors

Alessia here, responding to AskMen.com’s Top 10 Scary Girlfriend Behaviors, so that they — and you — can, you know, learn something. 10 She knows things about you that you…
7January 19, 2011
Ranch Romances & Adventures

Ranch Romances & Adventures, May, 1971. Contrary to what Jack Martin/Gary Dobbs says, I do not see Ranch Romance (& Adventures) magazines as primarily for women. Jack/Gary says they must…
0January 17, 2011
Cougar Dating Tips

Don’t tell him your first car was a Studebaker If he ask if you’re on the pill, he’s probably not talking about the hormone pill you take to help you…
0February 27, 2010
Dogs, Cats, Mr. Right, And Other Companion Animals

When making a list of qualities you are looking for in a mate, don’t overlook some of the basic fundamentals of companionship you’ve enjoyed in relationships with pets. Forget about…
0February 14, 2010
If You’re Lonely & Wistful This Valentine’s Day…

If the holiday of romance has you looking backwards, remembering a love you once had, a first love, instead of celebrating a romance of today or eagerly looking for the…
4November 19, 2009
13 Things Not To Say On The First Date

Funny and wise tips found on Twitter: marceldavis #nottosayonfirstdate I love you RyanDenyse #nottosayonfirstdate my ex cheated on me and gave me a STD SecretSiren I’m sorry if I seem…
2November 13, 2009
Does Makeup Keep You From Getting Laid? (Or, When He Professes He Likes The ‘Natural’ Look)

Don’t you just hate it when your man turns to you and says, “I like you better without make-up,” or makes some comment about how he “prefers the natural look”…
0November 13, 2009
Make-Up Works: Exaggerated Beauty Gets Noticed

Also in the December issue of Psychology Today, Mina Shaghaghi reports on the findings of a series of studies by Richard Russell of Gettysburg College which explains the “allure of…
0November 11, 2009
Can He Last Three Minutes?

In the November issue of O (and that stands for Oprah, not Orgasm or Overstock.com),
0November 5, 2009
College Co-Ed Dating Humor, 1950

“The relationship of a boy and a girl is like the hands on a clock…” The above was said by a student on NBC’s Halls of Ivy, a show which,…
0November 3, 2009
Why Asking That Trite Astrology Question May Not Be So Dumb

In the December issue of Psychology Today (fast becoming my favorite magazine), Matthew Hutson shares unusual and revealing information about birth months and personality, saying, “Astrology may be bullocks, but…
0October 29, 2009
The First Lady On What To Look For In Your Number One

This November, history will be be made when — for the first time in Glamour‘s 70-year history — a First Lady will appear on the cover of the magazine. Michelle…
0October 22, 2009
Boo-Hoo, Poor Wife-Beater Complains

I was going to write a rabid response to this bozo who wrote into “Since You Asked” at Salon, whining that it’s unfair that he should have to worry about…