Love

No, this is not about me…yet. The following guest post is from a good friend and great writer who is exploring a new phase in her relationship through a lens I think many of you will totally understand. Enjoy! ADULTHOOD: Training Wheels Needed! I am the queen of taste tests – in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever walked into an ice cream shop and …

This is one of those questions that I’ve always thought about but never put to blog post. Say you’re just out of a long-term relationship, or say it’s been years since your last legit relationship, or say your Mom is more on your case about the fact that she thinks you’re a lesbian than she’s ever been before. Whatever the circumstance, you want a boyfriend …

I currently have $555 in rolled-up five dollar bills jammed into a Pat O’Brien’s hurricane glass that sits on my bed stand. Please don’t rob me. How and why they got there is a fairly simple story. Sometime around month two of dating I proposed the idea of saving $5 bills to R. It’s an idea that my friend Michael once told me his friend …

I am as mortified that I’ve never heard the term “Love-Puppy” in my four years of relationship-blogging as I am grateful to Sarah for bringing me up to speed. For those of you even more in the dark than I – a love-puppy is the dog you get with your significant other when you’re feeling pretty confident that things are going to work out long-term. …

You know that scene in IN & OUT – the classic “Kevin Kline-realizes-he’s-a-gay-man” romp – where Joan Cusak melts into a drunk puddle upon finding out that yet another man connected to her fiance is gay. “IS EVERYBODY GAAAAAY?!?!” she wails. Well that’s the move I pulled (minus the wedding dress, but including the piercing mid-western accent) upon finding out that yet another of my …

It happened on Friday, and I can’t say it was entirely my doing. It was technically Michael who started the whole thing, and if I had a nickel for every time that was the case I’d be a very rich woman (albeit with far fewer of my favorite clothes). I’ve racked up over 7 full years on the Facebook and haven’t once included a relationship …

So this is interesting. I know a couple who, upon ending their one year relationship, decided that they would commit to seeing each other for a drink or meal bi-weekly for an indefinite amount of time (yeah, it means every other week). The idea of the arrangement stemmed from the fact that the two have very intertwined friend circles and would surely confront spending time …

When lacking for people I legitimately know upon which to base my blog posts, I often turn to people I illegitimately know (read: reality TV stars). I possess an above average ability to “feel like I’ve known you my whole life” (read: judge you super quickly) making reality television a delightful source of new best friends. The newest additions to my circle are the stars …

I’m bumped into my roommate Mike last weekend on his way back from a run. “Oh…hey…you’re…here,” he said through gasps of air, “Good. I have a blog post idea.” (Implied inside that statement was a how are you?? Great to see you?? How’ve you been??) “The idea is that when you’re in a relationship you work together by default – even though you don’t work …