Love

…sort of. College kids are “sort of” totally over hooking up. It’s kinda like how they feel about Vera Bradley bags. It’s like, “enough already,” but also they’re pretty reliable and everyone has one, so… This topic came up thanks to an article Chicago reader Laura sent my way (thanks LL!). Why College Students Don’t Like Hooking Up As Much As You Think I hadn’t …

Believe it or not, I’m not a hopeless romantic. Not deep down at least. Despite my public love of all-things Nora Ephron and private love of way too many things Nicholas Sparks, I don’t believe in love at first sight, I’m not so sure about soul mates, and three years ago, I couldn’t have even told you what I was looking for in a future …

I can’t believe I’m asking this question…on a blog that my Mom reads. I also can’t believe I don’t instantly know the answer. Back story (to prevent your imaginations from running wild…): The other day I was reading a friend’s script that included a scene featuring a man receiving a Happy Ending (which I assume we capitalize?). Later in the script his girlfriend finds out …

For not the first time in recent history, R and I were referred to as a couple that single people can tolerate being around. Yes, #humblebrag, but I like to think it counts less since I called it on myself and since I’m about to deliver you some well-researched information. What’s that? Still counts the same? Yeah, you’re right. Regardless, I wanted to know what …

Over the past three months, seven people that I personally know have gotten engaged. Prior to these past three months, I hadn’t even been to seven weddings. It is completely out of control. Not that I didn’t expect this exact mass influx of engagements to strike right around the time of my 30th birthday. I’ve been anticipating it for the whole of my late 20s. …

It is Valentine’s Day, and so I feel inclined to share a little something I’ve learned about love. This, like so many love lessons, is one I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t understand for a very long time. Actually, it’s worse than that, I didn’t even know that I didn’t understand it. I didn’t know it was missing from my knowledge base at all. …

Sometimes when I haven’t come up with an idea for a blog post the next day I’ll go to bed thinking about it, hoping to will myself to dream something genius, and sometimes it actually works! I will wake up, and in those moments of snoozing before I’ve actually committed to being awake, the idea will surface. The problem is, it’s rarely genius. It’s rarely …

  There was a period of time when Katie and I were planning on writing a whole book about hook up culture. It was going to be feature our honest opinions about the state of romantic affairs. We were living in a time when all bets were off – no one texted what they meant, no one asked you out in person, and no one …