Aug 132012

BREAKING UP IS [not so] HARD TO DO!

Rejection. What a word. Rejection has been mentioned to me a lot lately and if there’s one thing a man fears more than being rejected, it’s being the one doing the rejecting. Telling a woman…Continue Reading

May 042012

SPINSTERS ‘R US?

  Last summer, during my period of *actual dating*, I hadn’t been looking for the love of my life or anything! I’d known better than to expect fireworks or shooting stars, I was simply trying…Continue Reading

Apr 302012

OW ABOUT *YOUR* MID LIFE CRISIS!

  Recently I wrote this: “I’m sorry if this sounds cruel, but if you were born in nineteen-fifty-ANYTHING, you are too old for me. That’s just the way it is.” I only know this because…Continue Reading

Apr 282012

Suicides and Spinsters?

  A Victorian magazine advised late nineteenth century women: “Marry for a home! Marry to escape the ridicule of being called an old maid? How dare you pervert the most sacred institution of the Almighty!?…Continue Reading