Once we get beyond the easy yes/no questions, it’s all over for me. If the sign says “Ten items or less,” I check my basket and don’t start a pedantic conversation about whether it should read fewer. Carton of milk, box of Cheez-Its, brick of cheddar, two kinds of cereal, bag of popcorn, jar of extra […]
Depth doesn’t depend on constant physical closeness. Disclaimer: This post is for dedicated single women who aren’t into long-term, live-in relationships. I by no means want to offend those in happily monogamous relationships, and this is based on where I am right now in my relationships and sex life. So please, no “well that isn’t […]
Why resign yourself to the dull pain of a mediocre relationship when you’re doing just fine on your own? During Rebecca Traister’s many single years, she was often irritated when the men she dated disrupted her routine. She didn’t like it when they urged her to leave work earlier than she wanted, or when their […]
Here I am, now knocking on the door of 30, completely alone for the first time in my life—and is it ever terrifying. “You can’t wear that jersey here,” a random kid I meet at a festival warns me, his face deadly serious. It’s about 3am, and we’re halfway through a shared fifth of Colombian […]
