Above Being Average

GoodbyeGal
In the world of Online dating there is much room for deceit and deception, sometimes unknowingly. We are hidden behind words and images hand selected to show us in our best light. We include our strengths over our weaknesses and post our most flattering pictures over those which we feel are not. We intentionally project [...]

Tags: Average, Dating dos and donts, Online Dating don'ts

The Perils of Modern Communication

Singlegal
As many of you know, I’m reading “Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough” and running Virtual Book Club (come join us)! In the current chapter, the author relays a situation where a woman “dismissed” a potential suitor because he didn’t reply to her email within her desired time frame. She had [...]

Kissing a Pecker

Goodbye Gal
It’s been a while since I’ve encountered a bad kisser, and Local Guy is undeniably bad.  He purses his lips and pecks. Peck, peck, peck.
We had plans to meet for the first time on Thursday, but the weather caused us to reschedule. Since we had yet to speak on the phone I decided he [...]

Tags: 30-something and dating, Dating, Digital Dating

Sleep Overs

Singlegal
When it comes to Friends with Benefits, I don’t do sleep-overs.
This is not necessarily a hard and fast rule. Some circumstances have required that a sleep-over ensue, and I have obliged, but as a general rule of thumb, unless we are in love or on our way, I’m not sleeping next to you.
Why? [...]

To X The Ex

Singlegal
Last night I was having dinner with a friend and discussing what happens to your friendly Exes when you enter into a relationship. It’s a timely and interesting topic, and one that hits very close to home for me at many levels.
Zinc’s best friend is a former Ex-girlfriend. And I mean way former – [...]

I’ll Never Forget…

GoodbyeGal
I’ll never forget …
Your face, your smell, your touch, your kiss.
The laughs, the love, the longing.
First, last, and every second in between.
Watching you, watching me, watching you.
The music, the food, the feeling of being alone with you in the midst of millions.
The girl I was then and have since left behind.
The man I thought you [...]