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November 2010

Hypotheticals: The case of the financially-stalled future fiance

admin - November 8, 2010

New week, new series. If there’s one thing we 20-nothings do very well it’s maintain that we have no clue as to how to direct our own personal and professional lives while being fully in control of how everyone around us should live theirs’. It’s not that we’re hypocrites (though many of us are that too) – it’s more like we’re chronic back seat drivers …

LA Week 9: my very first visitor

admin - November 5, 2010

This weekend is the very first time someone is coming to visit me in L.A., and I’m nervous. At the moment my primary nervousness surrounds the fact that I’ve never picked someone up at LAX, and I’m worried I’m going to somehow do it wrong and leave my guest stranded or confused or, worse than that, under the assumption that I’m really bad at living …

The pros and cons of letting your gay friends play matchmaker

admin - November 3, 2010

On Monday I killed some buzz with the news that your girlfriend’s boyfriend is likely not the source you hoped he’d be for good-guy set ups. Today I hope to Tink-clap that buzz back to life with the news that a friend of the gay variety could possibly be the right guy to find your right guy. This like all my advice should be taken …

Is 30 our self-imposed deadline for marriage?

admin - November 2, 2010

The other day my editors at Lemondrop passed me a Media Week article referencing a new study specific to the 20-something set. The research covers a bunch of issues facing the “transition generation” – as they refer to us, but it was one in particular that jumped out at the Lemondrop team as something I’d love to sink my teeth into. “Per the TRU survey, …