Sorry, I can't promise it won't happen again, I recognize that it upsets you, but I'm still stuck CBS's decision to run three primetime sit-coms on Monday evening revolving around the consequences of treating women shabbily. Barney, Charlie and Russell (the fun-loving womanizers from How I Met Your Mother, Two And A Half Men and Rules Of Engagement, respectively, played by Neil Patrick Harris, Charlies Sheen and David Spade, also respectively) were eyeball-to-eyeball (figuratively) with a Don Juan's scariest adversary*: the wrong, pissed-off woman. (I'm all out of love for the term "scorned woman" at the moment; let's … Read More

Musicians who bag an obscene amount of chicks may have a genetic advantage to thank. Well, that's not to discredit the more obvious, literal advantages—singing love songs in leather pants surrounded by dim lights and whisky shots can't hurt either.

According to a recent study by Northwestern researchers, musicians hear the emotion in sounds more than non-musicians. This means a flat and pissed off, "nothing's wrong, thanks" will have a harder time passing the trained guitar strummer's ears than say, an aloof blogger, who may just take you on face value and continue thinking of … Read More

I've always felt a little aloof, a little apathetic. It's as if I missed the chapter on how to deal with others' emotions. Turns out, it's a disorder. Well, psychotherapist Douglas LaBier thinks so, at least. He was quoted in this CNN article on the subject.

The writer detailed personal interactions, and LaBier diagnosed her. Ok, so you're a little cold. Big deal, right? Well, LaBier says EDD causes everything from war to divorce. Ack!

Ok, how do I fix this? By faking it! The key to learning to be empathetic, says LaBier, is to first learn and model to … Read More

Oh man, so does some sunshine and warm weather change everything or what? It’s funny, every year it seems New York does this—goes from chilly, rainy, will-it-ever-get-warm-again spring to all of a sudden: SUMMER. And every year I almost don’t believe it’s going to happen. This year it managed to coincide with the start of summer holiday, so that’s even more awesome.

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this a million times, but I am a person whose mood is very much controlled by the weather, so though sad news about other people continues apace—two friends who’ve been cohabiting since college recently broke … Read More

You have the same taste in movies, furniture, and pets (cats, never dogs) and the same hopes for the future: kids, financial security, and disinterested mothers-in-law. So there’s no question that you'll live forever in marital bliss—right? Not so fast, says Dr. Patricia Covalt, a psychotherapist specializing marriage and author of What Smart Couples Know: Using Emotional Intelligence as a Revolutionary Way to Guarantee Greater Success in Relationships. "Success in marriage is likely to be dependent almost entirely on how much you develop and use your emotional intelligence," she warns. And your engagement period is the perfect time to assess … Read More