deal breaker
Is your dating deal breaker radar discounting guys who could be The One?
There's been a lot of talk lately about settling for Mr. Good Enough, due to Lori Gottlieb's newest book, Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough. Despite the book's provocative subtitle, however, Gottlieb's latest opus isn't really about settling. Rather, it's a case for maintaining an open mind when considering new men, instead of nitpicking over inconsequential surface details. Which is why we put together a list of the 10 deal breakers that…well…shouldn't really be considered deal breakers. How To Fall In Love With Mr. Good Enough
1. He's considerably older or younger. A lot … Read More
Living at home has some overlooked romantic benefits.
So you've met a great guy. He's handsome, he's well-educated, he runs marathons, and he can even assemble an IKEA bookshelf in under an hour. Like most things in life, though, there is a catch: he still lives with his parents. It's not even as if he's 22, his parents are sick and need extra care, or that his bachelor pad just happened to burn down, leaving him out on the streets. Apparently, he just really enjoys being around Mom, Dad, Rusty the dog, and having immediate access to homemade cannoli.
Deal breaker? Don’t act too fast. Dating an adult male … Read More
Interracial marriage in Louisiana. Hot ladies love tall men. And the 24 types of women.
It's Friday and I know that most of you have already checked out for the weekend. I know I have. In that regard I've rounded up the best of the webnet on love and relationships. You can probably soak a good hour or so making it through all of these. Good luck and enjoy the weekend.
Our buddies at The Frisky know that sometimes friends are frenemies and sometimes frenemies can totally eff up your relationship. There are five personality types most likely to sabotage your love life. Kudos to the author on her profile pic; someone has a sense … Read More
Wearing the hair shirt in a relationship is bad for both parties.
It's Mohandas K. Gandhi's* birthday today and he would have been 140. The great leader and freedom advocate was known for a lot of things; uncommon wisdom, unwavering resolve, uncompromising compassion and seemingly effortless leadership, but the relationship lesson that some people take from him is martyrdom. Read: Love Lessons From Gandhi
Martyr is classically defined as "one who dies rather than renounce his/ her religious belief." And, generally, lots of people think that's a pretty good thing (the jury is out in my book). But, perhaps because of our love of pop psychology or its perverse use by … Read More
You may become a football widow this fall, here's how to handle your football fanatic.
The NFL kicks off this week (September 10th), the college ranks began playing ball sometime last week. On any given weekend (Thursday to Sunday), there will be up to 30 hours of gridiron action, and that doesn't include pregame shows, the highlights or any games that may have been recorded along the way.
Unless your guy is a complete diehard or employed by ESPN, he'll probably watch only a fraction of those games, say 6 – 15 hours… per weekend. That's not an insignificant amount of boobtube time. Being men, our hands are sort of tied on this. Football is … Read More
Are you a nightmare date? Benefits of being poorly endowed. An orgasm caught on MRI.
It's a hump day. Here is the best stuff the interwebs had to offer about love, relationships and a little bit of sex this week.
My homegirls, Em & Lo (EmAndLo.com), have a crazy video taken from a MRI machine. Essentially, it shows a couple having intercourse and the woman achieving an orgasm. I suppose I owe someone a buck, the female orgasm does exist... Not safe for work, it being a MRI of two people making whoopie and all.
Yoibles. Over at Asylum, a fellow called Alan Weider pimps his book The Year Of The C**k with … Read More
No one's actual name is what'shisname, forgetting his name could be a real deal breaker.
OK. Quick confession, I cannot get the catchy jam from The Ting Ting's out of my head… "They call me Stacy. They call me her. They call me Jane. That's not my name." Click here for the music video. It's a big bag of fun.
The new wave, dance punk jam is supposed to be about dealing with music industry "suits" who give vocalist Katie White a hard time. But the song could just as easily be about the age-old romantic eff-up of the face-name disconnect. Watch: Breakfast With What's His Name
In Scrabble, drawing a blank is a … Read More
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Famous couples aside, some women won't date "down" when it comes to a man's height.
Blame it on Jimmy Choo. More and more women are towering over their male counterparts these days.
While the average height for a man ranges between 5'8" and 5'11", popular high heel styles are stacked at 3, 4 and even 5 inches which means that if you're a stylish single woman on the prowl, chances are you might be looking down at your next date. Read: Tall Girl in Love
Rest assured, you're not alone. The Huffington Post just published a list of 14 Famous Couples With Taller Women and we must say, things are looking up. … Read More
We dudes aren't perfect, we should quash a few relationship mistakes ourselves.
Last week the editrixes at YourTango compiled a list of relationship mistakes that women should stop making. The list was solid but a bit heavy on the progesterone. I responded to their list with one from the Yang point-of-view. My list was fun, but I felt like it may have been a little heavy-handed. You decide: Read: 14 Relationship Mistakes We Wish You'd Stop Making
At any rate, in the name of making this space the Hannity And Colmes of YourTango (i.e. totally impartial and fair), I've compiled a list of stuff us dudes should probably quit doing … Read More
