Friends First
A first date recently asked me if my take on dating had changed after driving around the country to go on a first date in every state. We were sitting at the lake, drinking coffee and eating bagels on a weekday morning. I stared at the coots ducking into the water like miniature dolphins before […]
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Texts With Megan
People who knew you before right this moment tend to bring a different insight on your YOU-ness than people you will meet after this moment. It’s one of the reasons I love strangers: they are able to show you who you can be. Old friends show you who you were though, and recognize when […]
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Dismissiveness in Dating Culture
This status update appeared in my Facebook Newsfeed recently. I say appeared as if the apparition was magic, but of course, there was no bibbity-bobbity-boo involved; just someone I vaguely used to know wanted to share something. My jaw dropped a little. Here’s a woman […]
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The Bystander’s Quandary
(Todays guest post comes from my friend, Honor. She’s married, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t found herself in a relationship-related pickle. Feel free to leave advice/thoughts in the comments section! Honor, the floor is yours.) So I’m in a quandary. I have a friend, let’s call him Mike, that I’ve known since before we […]
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What Should You Do on Valentine’s Day?
There’s that whole “What are you doing New Year’s Eve?” song, that yes, is very sweet — but I feel like there’s a market for a “What are we doing Valentine’s Day?” that isn’t being tapped into. Except, instead of being a lullaby about if you wanted to hang out, it’d be a zippy tune […]
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Feeling Like a “Like”
Sometimes you feel like a like. Sometimes, you don’t. If you’re feeling “Like-y” today, head on over to Story Play Me’s Facebook page, where Alicia has entered a contest you can vote for The goal: tell the story of a great or gruesome date. The prize: your story directed and acted out by others. The […]
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On Fear Based Decisions, Yo
“You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.” – Michelle Obama In the past seven days, more than one person has told me they based a choice on fear. They have been “too scared” or “too weak” or “too afraid” to make a decision that was, indeed, scary, so […]
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“To die would be an awfully big adventure.” – JM Barrie
Thoughts of adventure have been in the air lately. Maybe it’s that the cosmos have aligned and everyone I know is having restless dreams, unable to stay asleep but unable to pull themselves from bizarre moments that leave them with shivers. Maybe it’s the turning of the seasons, a crazy switch from summer into autumn, […]
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A Quick Dating Story
I never officially announced this, but since wrapping up production on 50/50 (aka, the majority of the filming, aka, I went on over 50 first dates) I have taken a full time job as a writer for a tech company. Which means I now have access to over a hundred coworkers and their dating tales […]
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Second Date Reasoning
On Saturday afternoon, I got a text message from a reader. Who fine, is also my friend. But still – I was pretty stoked that someone sought me out for dating advice for her boyfriend’s roommate. I was doing something insipid, like moving or standing in Target, when I read the message: Need a good […]
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