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• Starting the Summer Single? Create a Match.com Summer Singles Event and Win!
Show me someone who is single in New York City and hasn’t tried, or at the very least considered, online dating. Since I moved here 5 years ago, this method of meeting people has evolved from...
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• My Boyfriend Is Gonna KILT Me
I am so looking forward to summer. To rooftop bars, outdoor movie screenings, beach days. To gin and tonics and mojitos becoming my drinks of choice. To blackberry season, tomato season, and slices of...
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• 5 Years Ago: NYC Dating Initiation
You tell people you’ve lived in NYC for five years and you feel their attitude towards you shift. There’s a new level of respect, sometimes a palpable feeling of admiration, and always the look of...
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• If I Don’t Say “I Love You” My Brain Will Explode
I can not pinpoint the moment I realized I loved Harry*. But soon every time I saw him it became more apparent. I was finally in love for the first time, at the ripe old age of 26! At last I can verify...
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• Sometimes It’s a Long Trip to “I Love You”
Some people plan romantic moments to say “I love you.” Some people blurt out the words in a moment of spontaneous passion. Then there is yours truly, who shows up unannounced with a half-empty box of...
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• Wrestling with the Fact My Man Enjoys Pro-Wrestling
Cliché: a person’s quirks are much easier to accept if you love him. Sometimes, the quirks even make you love them even more. Case in point: my boyfriend Harry is a fan of pro-wrestling. Wrestling has...
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The Fraught Business of Birthday Gifts
It was the first birthday I ever celebrated with a boyfriend. Last week I turned 27, it took my 27 years to cross that one off the “Things-That-Should-Happen-in-Life List”. My boyfriend didn’t have...
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• Rocky Terrain, Rocky Relationship
This summer has been rocky. In ways I never imagined it would be. My boyfriend Harry and I ended up working on a show together: myself onstage, him behind the scenes. I imagined this would be...
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• “It’s Not You, It’s Me”: A Deluge of Breakup Clichés
“We need to talk.” That’s how it begins. That’s how it always begins, isn’t it? The gold standard of cliché breakup openers. These four little words send me into an unprecedented daze. I prepare myself...
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In Hell I Can’t Escape My Ex
What would be your own personal Hell? One created with all the specifications to maximize your suffering for all eternity? Have a snake phobia? Then they are slithering all around you, always. Fear...
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The Breakup Haircut I Never Saw Coming
It was the last night of my summer theatre gig. The one I had accepted with excitement that my boyfriend and I would get to work and spend the whole summer together. The one that ended in heartbreak...
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No Shame: Yes I Miss My Ex
I won’t send the cliché “I miss you” text. Seriously, I won’t. I promise. Hold me to that. You have my permission to throw my phone out the nearest window if- actually, let’s raise the stakes. If I go...
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The Other Woman (Part 1)
It took me over three months to tell my mother I was dating him. It took me less than three hours to tell her he’d dumped me. “Is there another woman?” She asked after I told her the vague, not exactly...
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Beware Mistaking the Green Eyed Monster
I felt the steam pouring out my ears. I sat silently in the front seat of his Jeep Cherokee, aware that the driver and his other passenger were chatting away. I stared out the window, wishing the...
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Life As A Chick Flick: Can Men and Women Just Be Friends?
The idea popped into my head about half way through my third drink. I was almost drunk enough to spew out word vomit, any unfiltered thought that crossed my mind. But not quite. Wait. Should I say...
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The Post I Wrote Instead of “The Other Woman Part 2″
Her mouse hovers over the “Publish” button. She spent the last half hour editing a blog post. She carefully crafted paragraphs, structure, sketching a scathing portrait of her ex-boyfriend’s new...
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I Don’t Kiss on the First Date
He wanted to kiss me on the first date. I could feel it. It had been a great night of beer and chicken wings. Laughing at the smear of blue cheese on my cheek and our matching buffalo sauce claws. Easy...
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Hopelessly Devoted: Musings on Loves Past and Present
Today is a day I can’t help but think about the past. (Didn’t really know where I was going with that in the beginning. Usually when that’s the case I end up with a vulnerable, from-the-heartkind of...
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The End of the Bohemian-Bum Man-Child Era
I recently realized that I, like so many women, keep dating the same type of guy. If I make (out with) the mistake over and over and expect different results- they say that’s the definition of...
View ArticleI Don’t Know What It’s Like To Date A Blogger
It is something no one wants to hear on a first date. Especially if you’re a blogger. Especially if you’re a blogger who details epic stories from your dating life on your blog. “I googled you.” We...
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