If you’re an obsessive fan of Sex and the City, like me, you’ll probably remember the scene where Carrie goes off to therapy after her friends talk her into it. Remember when her therapist tells her maybe her choice in men is the biggest (excuse the pun) problem she faces when dating?
“I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it’s a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.”
Whether you're hitting the bars or going the online dating route, meeting the right guy and building a relationship can be a very, very difficult task. Sure, it should be easy when you're in college and there are thousands of guys milling around. But it's not. Why? Because some guys (most guys?!) are just undateable.
In early relationships, before I was the Bold Girl I am today, I would hide my feelings, no matter the cost. I would let things build and build until I was banging my arms against the dashboard of my car screaming, "I'M FINE, GOD! WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME."
Instead of anxiously hanging around campus, hoping to meet a cute guy, try some of these tactics that’ll make meeting him seem a little less hopeless.
I asked about 10 of my girl friends their thoughts on sex on the first date, and I also sent out a survey to the same number of dudes. Almost all straight 20 somethings—and almost all agreeing on one thing...
Before you completely flip out because an ex is rearing her beautiful head by trying to be “just friends” with your boyfriend, let’s breathe and keep a few things in mind.
In one of my most recent romantic situations, I was constantly convinced it would turn out like a romantic movie. Like, "Oh you don't like me now. That's cool. We're meant to be." I actually had full-blown day dreams where we would both end up in New York at some hip bar.
Figuring out what to wear for a date is a surprisingly tricky process. You want to look cute, obviously, but not like you tried to look cute. After all, he can't know you spent 45 minutes getting your hair to look all Beyonce I-woke-up-like-this.
Lingerie is one of the reasons we love being women because beautiful, lacy underthings will make you feel sexy even under a pair of sweatpants at the gym. We believe quality innerwear is just as important as what you wear on the outside, so we rounded up some of our favorite pieces for you to shop.
Let's talk about the stuff you don't mention to your friends when describing your amazing run-in with the guy you obsess over. You know, the part about you choking on your food or spitting on his face while talking? Yeah, that stuff.
Two of the most important ways to survive the break is to establish what the rules of the break will be (before you ACTUALLY take the break), and to respect those rules. This makes us ask: what are the rules?
I cannot even form full sentences, that's how completely in shock I am right now. BlindGossip, my favorite site for getting the early scoop on celebrity scandals, has just solved one of their own items. The blind was concerning a world-famous young performer who fathered a child with one of his fans.
You don’t have to sit and wonder what he or she thought of your first date anymore; just hop on twitter and see their thoughts on the date in real-time. The question is no longer “Will I get a kiss on the first date?” The more common question asked now is, “Will we have sex on the first date?”
Instead of filling up precious girl time with questions that can’t be answered by a room full of confused women, let’s debunk some ambiguous situations with the male species so we can figure out where he’s placed on us on his relationship totem pole.