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Dating Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dating Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

How you're ruining your own love life and making yourself crazy.

For so many women, there's one thing at the top of the list. Before sense of humor, cooking, a nice body, intelligence, even loves dogs and kids. That thing? It seems many women out there are looking for a mind reader. I have a friend, and that is to say have I have many friends, who have gone down this road. First comes the excitement. You get to lay down the ground rules. You say you don't want a relationship? Done. You say you just want to keep it casual? Okay. Just got out of a long/bad/boring relationship? It's all good. Everything goes well. He calls; he texts.

Can "Friends With Benefits" Turn Into A Relationship?
Do "FWB" relationships ever turn out well?

Can "Friends With Benefits" Turn Into A Relationship?

Is your "Friends With Benefits" relationship causing a bond or keeping you in the friends zone?

My Facebook page and private group (a support group for all my clients and book readers) are often stirred with endless debates and controvery surrounding "friends with benefits" arrangement or FWB.

Casual Sex: Sealed With a K.I.S.S.

Casual Sex: Sealed With a K.I.S.S.

One woman's rules for pursuing casual sex.

Keep It Simple Stupid. We learned it in school when we learned to write…keep it simple stupid (K.I.S.S)… but apparently some men missed the memo. I am in a unique place in my life, a place I’ve never been before, and I’m still adapting to it. I am busy, sincerely and legitimately busy, and I have little time for socialization. I am making time for friends I’ve known most of my life, and of course my family, but others are not a priority.

Beautiful Pieces of my Broken Heart -episode 1

Beautiful Pieces of my Broken Heart -episode 1

Story of broken heart and the events those helped me collect the beautiful pieces of my heart.

Episode 1 …...... Me who I am can't think what happened last night. Ooh my head is killing me; may be had too much of alcohol!! No don't leave me please don't leave me; why I was shouting these words. Becky where are you? Are you there in the kitchen? Why I have tears coming out of my eyes? May be Becky is still here she hasn’t left me. Let me have a look around in the house. Aargh hit my knee in the chair; reminded me Becky's words (I don't love you any more) hit my heart before she left last night.

Being a Lady isn’t an Option!!!

Being a Lady isn’t an Option!!!

Raising our level of standards to get the respect we deserve.

These blogs for me are about challenging the standards that people and mostly woman seem to accept on how we should be treated and how we behave. I ask my readers to take a glance at the behavior of #WomanNation and acknowledge that a change is necessary. At times what I say will make some say “who does she think she is” I’ll simply answer “Me”. If somebody being them makes you feel a sort of way about yourself, It’s oblivious; you have some questions about the choices you’ve made in life.

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Are you hanging out under the mistletoe this holiday season?

The 3 Types Of Holiday Hookups, Defined

Are you a booty call, friend with benefits or one-night stand? New study defines hookup types.

Holiday hookups may be all the rage this season — you know, right alongside temporary boyfriends and desperate attempts to hang out under the mistletoe.

woman mustache
Sometimes "being a man" is not a compliment.

6 Very "Male" Dating Mistakes Women Make

We think it's men who are insensitive or don't text us enough, but we can be just as guilty...

"Typical man." Ever heard a friend say that? Or be the one to say it? We're taught that for the most part, men just don't care as much as we do. We're taught that they are not as sensitive as we are, that they don't pay attention as much as we do or read into things like we do. Unfortunately, we're guilty of a lot of the same stuff.

Blind Date couple

How To Have A Successful Blind Date

Blind dates can be nerve-wracking. Make the date go smoothly with these five tips!

A Marine is about to get the date of his lifetime. In a YouTube video, Sgt. Scott Moore invited Mila Kunis to attend the Marine Corps Ball in Greenville, North Carolina, on November 18 with him. After some prodding from Kunis' Friends With Benefits co-star Justin Timberlake, the Black Swan beauty agreed. While the event is still a few months away, we thought we'd share five tips to help make a blind date go a little more smoothly — whether you're in the public spotlight or not!

How to NAIL the Morning-After Breakfast: 4 Tips To Remember

How to NAIL the Morning-After Breakfast: 4 Tips To Remember

Cooking a killer morning-after breakfast can score you major points -- if you do it right.

Cooking a killer morning-after breakfast can score you major points -- if you do it right. by Scott Alden for HowAboutWe Being able to offer breakfast the morning after a hook-up is a classy move -- though, let's be clear, you are in no way obligated to do so. Cooking up a little morning nosh is a nice way to say "Hey, I think I can stand your presence for another half hour or so, in the light of day."

Where to Meet Single Women

Where to Meet Single Women

Find a hotbed of unmarried women eligible, attractive and compatible phenomenal in many ways.

Find a hotbed of unmarried women eligible, attractive and compatible phenomenal in many ways is a Holy Grail of search among men. But finding no fruit often appears at both ends, leaving people scratching their heads and women wondering where all the good men are.