Last night, after I had dinner with a girlfriend, we weren’t quite ready to go home yet, so we stopped by a bar a few blocks down the street for a beer. The place was pretty crowded and we grabbed the last two seats at the bar. Just as we were sitting down, some guy […]
You know how going on a first date usually feels like dipping your feet into an icy cold river of anxiety and self-doubt coupled with a growing hatred for whatever gender you’re attracted to? Well, what if while you were feeling all these things, you were able to carry a device that scientifically measures how […]
When it comes to dating, if someone won’t accept you for the way you are, it’s always best to tell them to get the heck out of your life. Or take lessons from Karishma Walia, who turned down an arranged marriage because the man didn’t like her dog. No dog, no go. According to Buzzfeed, he’s still sort of in shock […]
As if online dating weren’t already difficult, you can now link your Spotify to your Tinder profile, which means someone can legit reject you because they don’t like the fact that you’ve been known to rock out to Katy Parry now and again. And what’s wrong with that? Just like your bangs, location, age, and whether […]
Merriam-Webster announced their 1,000 new additions to the dictionary for February 2017 and the internet is reeling from the realization that millennial daters’ refusal to connect emotionally has officially become enshrined in the English language. Now that Merriam-Webster has made sure that you definitely know what ghosting is, we figured we’d supply a cheat sheet […]
One of the things about being a little different from society’s standard is that you tend to seek out and consume the kinds of things that you see your reflection in. This is why “The L Word” stayed on the air for as long as it did. This is also why Jews still go to […]
I’ve been dating a guy who I’ll call Mitch for nine months, and recently I’ve been feeling like the relationship isn’t going to work out. He’s a great guy, but this isn’t a love connection for me. The problem is that his best friend is getting married in June, and I’m invited to the wedding. […]
A study by the University of Basel discovered there’s some truth to the cliched belief that men and women process their feelings differently. Maybe John Gray was on to something? The study, which will be published in the Journal of Neuroscience, “focused on determining the gender-dependent relationship between emotions, memory performance and brain activity.” The results show […]
It’s been a few years since I’ve seen a therapist, but with the new year comes new self-discovery. Just last week, I bit my ring fingernail down to a three-centimeter stub and decided it would probably be in my best interest (and my fingernails’ best interest) to tackle some of the anxiety I’ve been having […]
