This originally appeared on The Frisky. Republished here with permission. On our fifth date, eating tacos and drinking margaritas, my boyfriend Tom and I agreed on two things: 1. What we felt for each other was serious, and 2. Marriage was off the table for the foreseeable future, and maybe forever. For me, my mixed […]
Loving an alpha male can make you vulnerable in a way you may not have been in a long while, says Samantha Eyler. In response to a piece last week by Kasey Edwards here on Role/Reboot about the dangers of being attracted to an alpha male, I have to admit something a bit unpleasant about […]
This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. Sometimes, when I’m talking to the 20-something girls I work with, it’s fun to tell them horror stories about my wedding. What? Did someone throw up on the dance floor? Did your husband grope the maid of honor? The best man? Did your limo driver get […]
This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. I’m getting married in April. What’s your immediate reaction to that? Let me help you. Common responses include: “Oh my God! This is a big year/time/day for you!” “Ooh…babies are next!” “Are you on a wedding diet?” “He’s finally done it!” For the past few months, […]
I’ve absorbed society’s harmful and false suggestion that “guys like that” only like a certain type, and “girls like me” aren’t it. So a few months ago, at rush hour in a downtown train station, this handsome guy starts chatting me up. He was cologne-model good looking, with weirdly perfect sandpaper stubble on a square […]
This originally appeared on Everyday Feminism. Republished here with permission. I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel like declaring and then explaining my sexual identity when it’s irrelevant to the conversation. I’m in love with my best friend. She’s a woman. So am I. Sometimes that information is required, but you’d be surprised […]
Elizabeth Scarboro’s husband died of cystic fibrosis, leaving her a 29-year-old widow. She shares her experience trying to find love again. Wednesday morning, 7am, the radio alarm blaring. Keep your eyes closed. Don’t move, because you have miraculously woken up in your old life. The bed’s warm, your husband’s snoring next to you. Only the […]
This originally appeared on The Daily Life. Republished here with permission. Last fall, I read that Princess Diana’s step grandmother Barbara Cartland had penned over 600 romance novels before she died in 2000. And now 57 of her unpublished manuscripts are being released as ebooks. But before we clear our schedules to reacquaint ourselves with […]
