Posted by Delaine - August 18, 2009 - Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches
What woman hasn’t found herself in this scenario? You’re at a bar, chatting with a girlfriend, when all of a sudden, the bartender or waitress suddenly puts an unordered drink in front of you. “It’s from that man over there,” she says, pointing across the room. You look over, only to see a man you aren’t [...]
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Posted by Delaine - May 29, 2009 - Concerns & Fears, Dating & Sex, Internet Dating
Yesterday, I received an email from a newly-separated woman who’d recently signed up on a dating site. She wrote: “I read your article that said you don’t spend a lot of time talking to prospective dates on the phone or IM because you find it sets up false expectations. My concern is that I’m going to meet [...]
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Posted by Delaine - March 18, 2009 - Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches
When my best friend Hali and I found ourselves newly separated and back out in the dating trenches, we kept hearing the term “Friends With Benefits.” We both liked the sound of it and decided it was something we wanted. After all, we weren’t ready for serious, but we wanted to have sex. Thus a sexual ‘friendship’ verses a love [...]
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