Love

*excuse the delay and general lack of writing. 5 days until the Tribeca Film Festival. Now this is interesting. In a sentence: eligible men become less and less available as we age because decisive girls swoop them up early leaving choosey girls with the last of the litter. It’s a bold statement, but when you pick it apart, some of it is terrifyingly logical. I’m …

How economics and game theory explain the shortage of available, appealing men. “Shouldn’t there be about as many highly eligible and appealing men as there are attractive, eligible women? Actually, no, and here’s why?” Read it, twice. Comments shortly. Hopefully.

A career-focused, cynical post after a job-draining, thoughful week. 5 weeks until the Festival… I took this course my freshman year of college called Shop ‘Til You Drop. It was, despite its name, taught by the well-known, social economist Juliet Schor. The class took a surprisingly in-depth look at modern American consumerism – purchasing patterns, consumption trends, value and status as it applies to goods. …

Sometime between the end of high school and the beginning of today we stopped saying “I have a crush on.” I can’t remember the last time I heard it. I’m not sure if it was replaced by “I’m saying I like like him” or the very mature “you guys, I think I have feelings for her” – but somewhere, it dropped off. I consulted my …

You meet someone at a bar. Chances are it happened one of three ways: He sidled over and gave you a random but acceptable line (“hey, is that a vodka soda you’ve got there, or a vodka tonic?”). You danced around him until you were essentially dancing with him (watching this happen is among life’s greatest joys). Or someone introduced you two (meaning you don’t …

I’ve been hard on the guys these past few posts. Today, a little criticism for the other side: Why is it that you never hear a woman say, “I picked this great guy up at this bar the other night.” Think about it – even just as it applies to yourself. It’s always, “I met this nice guy,” or “I talked to this really good-looking …

Monday’s post prompted heated reactions. The guys who reached out were uniformly obstinate. “Obviously it means he’s interested. I mean what more do you want?” And “You know it’s harder than you think to ask a girl for her number.” Also, “Some really confident guys are actually very self-conscious about approaching a girl.” Then finally “What’s wrong with the Facebook, girls use it too. Don’t …

There’s this whole list of things I can’t quite figure out. Not, like, the stock market or how some people still don’t accept homosexuality – not, like, mysteries of the universe. It’s more social things where the rules are unwritten. Like – what you’re supposed to do if you’re 100% certain your best friend shouldn’t marry the guy or if it’s okay to pursue a …

Valentine’s Day got me thinking about ghosts from my relationships past – and by “relationships” I mean guys I’ve given my number and/or emailed. I decided I have some things to ask these guys who’ve disappeared – some things to ask and some things to say. I have a feeling I’m not alone. Time for a blog social experiment. We ask the questions we’ve been …

You can tell how a person feels about Valentine’s Day by the way they say it. Listen for it. The sentiment is carefully packed inside each syllable just like when people say President Bush or New Jersey. A word like that means people have opinions – strong ones. Add in the fact that the subject at hand is relationships and, more specifically, how they’re expressed …