Love

You (should) know you’re in trouble when your editor says, “Wow Jessie, you’re a really brave girl…” I’m not sure if “brave” is the correct word, but I wrote the following piece none-the-less. The subject-matter should be pretty clear from the title. The reasons why I thought this was a good idea…still fuzzy. I Skype-met the Parents “It’s important at this point to mention that …

Someone sent me a very smart follow-up query following last week’s past about chameleon daters. Forget about whether or not you, yourself are a chameleon dater. What do you do if your friend is downright chronic? How do you make her realize the ridiculousness slash wrongs of her ways? Good question. Tricky answer. I think the best method is to orchestrate a very carefully constructed …

–> Most girls live for the so-do-you-think-we-should-we-be-exclusive? conversation. They bite their tongues on the issue from the moment they’re sure he’s a contender to the moment they finally break down and ask. Most girls are dying to say, “this is my boyfriend __________” or “my boyfriend and I were at ____________” or “ugh, do you know what my boyfriend is making me do this weekend??” …

“It’s like she becomes whoever it is she’s dating,” C said over one, plate-sized ricotta-stuffed ravioli with a fried egg on top (trust me – it’s perfection). “Like a chameleon,” R said, probably because chameleons are lizards and lizards are like dinosaurs and dinosaurs are second only to trucks in coolness to a boy, I’m told. “Hmmm, chameleon daters…” I said, “…there’s a blog post …

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 …

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, …

It happened again last night. One of the girls we were with pulled me aside and said, “you need to tell him to set me up with one of his friends. The “him” is Robby, and yes I’ll eventually explain both that back and current story. For purposes of this post you should know that he is the kind of guy who inspires your girlfriends …

This whole Courtney Cox and David Arquette break-up has become a very divisive issue around my various groups of friends (seven weeks in LA, and I’m proud to boast not one but three unique sets of people whose houses I know how to get to and park at). For those not tapped-in to the celeb gossip ring, David and Courtney were having issues in their …

There are catch-phrases of the dating and relationship world that we throw around without thought: You know, it’s just that I’m a giver and he’s a taker The reason she’s needy is because she’s immature Some people just need to fight to really communicate And, the most oft-used of the bunch: I’m just a/she’s such a/we’re all really guarded at first There are guarded men, …