so far, my coping strategy includes whisky

The main obstacle in my course to true love and happily ever after is the fact that I lose interest in men the minute I’m positive they’re into me. It’s unhealthy and emotionally masochistic, and it’s why only the guys who blow hot and cold can sustain my interest for longer than a month or two. I [...]

I mean funny ha-ha, not funny strange

I’ve been thinking lately about a conversation I had some months ago. A friend of mine had just broken up with his girlfriend because she wasn’t as into sex as he was. He worried for awhile about whether or not their emotional connection should be enough, and if he was a bad person for ending it over [...]

not ALL the produce has melted

Well, Dr. Vanilla called. Twice. I was at work, though, and unable to pick up. Which means, of course, that I have an awkward phone call in my future. Fun-tastic! I’m not saying I haven’t been a perpetrator of the old, stop-returning-phone-calls-until-he-gets-the-hint-and-stops-calling trick. I AM, however, trying to grow as a person, and face up [...]

I’m not knocking vanilla as a flavour–just as a date

I had coffee tonight with someone I shall henceforth refer to as Dr. Vanilla. It isn’t that he was boring, exactly (alright, it IS a little), but just… not as flavourful as one might have hoped. I mean, the man has travelled, lived abroad, and studied extensively, and yet none of those things seem to have [...]

with a little help from my friends

Spent most of the weekend hanging around with my best girl friends, eating junk food and talking about boys. It is absolutely essential to do this from time to time–particularly for a post speed dating round-up and an in-depth confab about relationships. Otherwise, you’d never get the reassurance that comes with knowing that your friends are [...]

heading on out there

Two of my matches from my first night of speed dating have called me, and I’m heading out for coffees this week. I suppose I should dive on in there and email the other ones–no point putting all my eggs in one (well, two) basket, after all. And what am I here for, but to put aside [...]

there was no “maybe” box, so I went with yes

Well, folks, my speed dating cherry has been popped. It was a mild clam bake (I’m trying to make it happen, Peter!), in that there were ten ladies to the eight gents, but it was actually kind of nice to get a little time to break and breathe. I’m terrible with faces, but instead of [...]

lying to small children since 1999

In my job, I sometimes have to deal with children. Like today, for example. I am better with kids than I am with pets, but that might not necessarily be saying much. Now, I assume that I would be pretty okay with my OWN children (unlike the heinous brats raised by others), but I just [...]