eliot spitzer
Being a relationship doormat, weird advertising from Viagra, Eliot Spitzer in the aftermath.
Love Bytes: three must click sex, dating and relationship links.This woman pays her boyfriend's bills, he lies about his spending, and for some reason she doesn't know what to do. Seriously, what's there to be confused about? [Smitten]He's an apprentice in school right now, so he's on government loans until he goes back to work. The funds are not enough to cover his bills, so I have been paying the rent in full, his insurance and truck payments, his phone and credit card bills, and giving him other spending money--all on top of my own bills. I absolutely … Read More
New York's former governor has interesting tastes in bed.
OK, this is admittedly gossipy and a touch tawdry but let's be a sewing circle for the next 10 minutes and gab about it anyway. It'll be fun. We promise.
So last year, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer (Client 9 if you're nasty) was outed in a rather embarrassing prostitution scandal involving a hooker ring called Emperors Club VIP and a prostitute named "Kristen." Client 9 was a loyal customer of the high-priced ho stroll and is thought to have spent $15, 000 on sex in a six-month period. His swan song to the world of high … Read More
Female statutory rape suspect receives husband's support in court.
A 29-year-old female elementary school teacher from Abington, Massachusetts faces statutory rape charges after allegedly having sex approximately 300 times over the course of 18 months with a 13-year-old boy.
Described as an obsessive predator by police, Christine McCallum first embarked on her relationship with the boy as a surrogate mother figure. The relationship allegedly progressed to snuggling and kissing after McCallum plied the boy with alcohol, and then eventually, to sex.
Needless to say, we find the whole situation distressing, to put it mildly.
That being said, our aim in presenting this story is not to celebrate a scandal or express derision … Read More
The best love, sex and relationships vocab from 2008.
Every year lexicographers add a handful of words to the old Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Among ones added in 2008 were fanboy (one who is obsessed with the minutia of comics, video games, cartoons, sci-fi and/ or fantasy) and webinar (an online, interactive learning session, any portmanteau beginning with 'web' sounds high-tech, I think it smacks of mental websturbation). But the world of love and relationships had a few good adds this year to the vernacular. Sure, nothing was as awesome as the 'wardrobe malfunction' that JT and Janet Jackson gave us back in 2004, but there are a few keepers. … Read More
Celebrity relationships were big news in 2008. From Jennifer Aniston to Beyoncé, it's all here.
The year 2008 AD was another barn-burner for celebrity breakups, hook ups, make-ups and hiccups. Some things were only a matter of time (Hugh Hefner's harem heads home and George Clooney breaks Sarah Larson's heart), some were a bit shocking (Christie Brinkley's husband paid that girl how much to keep quiet?) and some we really should have seen coming a mile away (Oh, David Duchovny's character on Californication is an aspiration, got it), but here we have chosen the top 10 celebrity-related love stories of 2008.
10) Please finalize your divorce already! There has always been some feeling that Heather … Read More
On 20/20, Gov. Spitzer's call girl apologizes to the scorned wife.
Junior year of high school, my first serious boyfriend cheated on me -- with a soccer referee who was also named "Jessica," if I remember correctly.
I should have seen it coming -- he was a soccer playing jock, a "bad boy," and so handsome that even my father said he looked like a "Greek god. But I was in loooooooove and so I did what any other 17-year-old girl would have done in this situation:
I found out that girls's AIM screenname and confronted her over the Internets.
But things didn't exactly go as … Read More
Craigslist cracks down on those "erotic" services.
Craiglist.org announced yesterday it is helping to weed out prostitution from its "erotic services." (Uh oh! We thought that being a lady of the night was a recession-free gig!)
At the behest of attorney generals around the country hoping to regulate prostitution, Craiglist.org asked the posters advertising in their "erotic services" section to provide a valid phone number last March, The New York Times reports.
But today Craigslist agreed to require a valid ID and announced it would charge such posters a small fee -- possibly $10 -- to post. The funds earned from that charge … Read More
Proposition K fails, Craigslist rethinking prostitutes, and homemade porn.
Per the Boston Globe, popular listings site, Craigslist, promises to cut down on the prostitution. And Craigslist's traffic just dropped 95%. It’s OK, no one asked them to yank the reigns on casual hookup postings. And 50% of that traffic is contemplating returning.
Seriously, why go through Craigslist when you can just use the Emperor's Club and get off Scot Free? The New York Times is reporting that former New York governor and chin-y fellow Eliot Spitzer is not going to face any charges in his prostitute purchases.
And the people of San Francisco feel … Read More
"It’s a bad time to be an high-paid/over-paid prostitute in New York."
Interesting post on Debauchette today, about how the economic downturn, has affected high-class call girls. With wealthy investment bankers and other Wall-Streeters losing their jobs, expensive companions may have fewer clients and less money.
Debauchette, you might remember, is the courtesan (she prefers the term "whoretesan," heehee) and blogger, who came to national attention when Diane Sawyer interviewed her earlier this year in the wake of the Eliot Spitzer scandal. Yesterday she wrote that three of her clients have called this week to make sure she's financially solvent. In case you're wondering … Read More
John Edwards is just the latest powerful man to stray from his wife.
We've been around the block. We've seen enough political figures dropping trou to, if not yawn at the John Edwards scandal, then to certainly not be surprised by it. We've learned that even those politicians with an upstanding rep, adorable kids, and a kick-ass wife—maybe even especially those—seem to stray. The thing we've yet to uncover, though, is why.
We get the human nature thing. A USA Today/Gallup poll conducted in March of this year — right after the Eliot Spitzer scandal broke — found that 54 percent of Americans know someone with an unfaithful spouse. We're no math … Read More