09th November 2010
I had dinner with my mother last week, which reminded me of the Ten Commandments.
That's because there's only one measly commandment telling you what to do: 'honor thy father and thy mother.' The remaining nine are a relentless barrage of 'thou shalt not...
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09th November 2010
I get many letters like this from readers (both male and female):
"I met this guy/girl/alien, and he took me to dinner, and it was really romantic, but he did/didn't try to kiss me, then he called/didn't call back, then he asked/didn't ask me out again, ...
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09th November 2010
Lately, women have been reporting on the proliferation of a peculiar creature in their neighborhoods. They say it's hairy, communicates in grunts if at all, is always trying to gain their favor, doesn't train very well, and tries to hump everything in sig...
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09th November 2010
Last night, I was talking to these two lovely young ladies -- let's call them Ashley and Sarah -- at a networking event in Los Angeles. They seemed preoccupied about a message Ashley was composing on her Blackberry.
They kept on going back and forth, w...
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09th November 2010
In a past post, I talked about a letter from our friend Beth. She was on the brink of separation, and wanted to know how to avoid emasculating behaviors around her husband. We talked about mothering, jealousy, criticism, competition and correcting.
Today...
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09th November 2010
Earlier this week I was having a conversation with a friend about how dinner dates are probably one of the worst ways of getting to know someone. It's basic stuff, but well worth repeating, because, well, people seem to keep on having these dinner dates. ...
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09th November 2010
Recently I've been noticing a spate of breakups amongst my female friends.
I was having dinner with my friend Katie on her birthday. She was coming off a 6-year relationship with her boyfriend Dustin. Katie's 30; he was 41.
You could tell that the bre...
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