Recently,  I've been getting messages from readers wanting to know why men stop calling without an explanation. This is a huge component of a single girl's dating life, so let's address it!

In my experience, I find that if a man disappears for good, it's because of one of two reasons. They are:

1. He did something wrong or hurtful

I've never met a man who liked facing me and admitting wrongdoing. Neither have my friends. I once explained it to a girl like this: A lot of men are all about pride and dignity. Women are too, but we know we can't … Read More

I was 10 years old when my mother took me to the movies to see Dirty Dancing. I, like so many women, fell head over heels in love—with the movie, with the soundtrack, and most definitely with Patrick Swayze. I loved that movie so much that when I couldn't sleep at night I used to recite the movie in my head line by line.

That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me Baby, and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to join the … Read More

In the first episode of Entourage this season, Turtle, a frumpy-but-lovable goofball, is utterly confused by the premise of Knocked Up. He can think of no possible rationale for beautiful Katherine Heigl's character taking dumpy Seth Rogen's character home and becoming impregnated with his baby.

The unattractive-man-bags-attractive-woman situation is not unfamiliar—in Entourage Turtle dates a woman played by Jamie Lynn Sigler (and in a bit of life imitating art, the two fell for each other during filming and are now dating in real life); in According to Jim, Courtney Thorne Smith is married … Read More

When you hear the word "detox" all sorts of things come to mind: spas, juice fasts, colonics, rehab centers. People enter detoxification programs to rid their bodies of toxins, lose a little weight, maybe look and feel better about the damage they've done to their bodies. Detoxifications are done when you eat too many chips, drink too many drinks, do too many drugs. But how do you detoxify from poor love decisions? Is there a Promises out there for people who have had one toxic relationship after another? How do you take the damage done from too many Read More

For those who question the maxim, 'love conquers all,' the Los Angeles Times feature, "A Quarter-Century Marriage To A Man Behind Bars," by Joe Mozingo, is a must-read.

Meet Pamela Dowden and her husband, Robert Griffin. The couple married in Folsom State Prison, beneath a guard holding a .30-caliber rifle, after which, the bride drove off the prison grounds to spend her wedding night alone. The best man had recently been snagged by metal detectors hiding knives in his rectum; the groom, an inductee into the prison's racist Aryan Brotherhood gang, wed wearing jeans and a prison-issued … Read More

Men are simple creatures. Women spend much more time pondering our desires and motivations than  than we do, but nobody said we don't value introspection. Women want to know what men want, and men—when plied with alcohol—want to tell them. So armed with a pen and an open bar tab, I set out to find the information that will help you snag your man.

First, know what you're after. More and more women are holding off on relationships—at least for a while—and, like countless men before them, complaining that they can't get no satisfaction. Emphasis on 'action.' So the first question … Read More

Good news for a******s everywhere!

A new study shows a 'dark triad' of Spencer Pratt-ian personality traits -- a narcissist's self-obsession, a Machiavellian's deceit and a psychopath's callous behavior -- are just the lust-cocktail some guys serve up get ladies in the sack, says New Scientist magazine.

Two hundred college students took personality tests and were also asked about their number of sexual partners. Only the young men showed a direct correlation between 'dark' traits,' like narcissism, and notches on the bed post. Another study of 35,000 people across 57 countries found a similar … Read More