Tag Archives: relationship

10 Simple Tips That Might Save Your Relationship

Winona Dimeo-EdigerMay 14, 2013 //

Relationship advice Julie would give you if she were your friend. Read More »

Cohabitation Tips

How to survive moving in together. Read More »

Old Time Dating Rituals

Sweaty apples, dance cards, and dainty gloves, oh my! 10 Photos »

My boyfriend Nick and I recently made a new relationship rule: as soon as either of us feels any inkling of a bad mood coming on, we tell each other ASAP. Just a quick heads up, like, “Hey, I’m feeling a little irritable right now.” Announcing your bad mood before it causes a problem lets your partner know they shouldn’t take any crankiness personally, and forces you to be accountable for your own emotions. This is such a quick, easy thing to do, but it has worked wonders for our relationship. The success of the Bad Mood Rule inspired me to compile a list of other quick, easy tips that just might save your relationship. Read on for 10 more ideas from The Frisky ladies and me, and please feel free to add your own tips in the comments! Keep reading »

Online Dater Sues Match.com Because Her Date Tried To Kill Her

Ami AngelowiczJanuary 25, 2013 //

Online Dating No-Nos

Take these five phrases off your profile immediately! Read More »

7 Terrible First Dates

First Dates So Terrible They Made The News

First dates that were so terrible they made the news. Read More »

Online Dating Lies

Here's some of the whoppers people use in their profile. Read More »

I'm Never Dating Again!

"They don't say 1 in 5 are part of an attempted murder"

I think Mary Kay Beckman wins the award for the worst online date of all time. We complain about our online dates with weirdos and shitbirds (there have been a lot), but we’ve got nothing on her awful date. The 50-year-old real estate agent is suing Match.com for $10 million because her date tried to kill her. After a week of dating, Wade Ridley tried to stab her to death. “He broke into my garage … When the police arrested him, he said he wasn’t there to hurt me. He was there to kill me. His intent was to kill me that night.” Ridley stabbed Beckman 10 times with a butcher knife, and when the knife broke, he stomped on her head. Keep reading »

Dating Don’ts: How To Tell Dates From Non-Dates

Ami AngelowiczJanuary 22, 2013 //

Dating Don'ts: "Girls"

You shouldn't do these things with your ex. Read More »

R.I.P. Courtship?

Is courtship really dead? Read More »

Dating Don'ts: Canceling

Don't cancel plans this way. Read More »

So, I’ve still been thinking a lot about the New York Times’ assertion that courtship has kicked the bucket. I jotted down some thoughts about that. You can read them here. One point that the piece makes that I agree with is that lots of daters out there — men and women both — are unclear about the difference between a date and a non-date. Let’s review a few “dating experiences” cited in the piece… Keep reading »

4 Small Solutions To Big Relationship Problems

A New ModeNovember 17, 2012 //

Whenever I tell people that I write about relationships, the first thing they want to know is the most commonly asked questions we receive. Next, of course, they want to know what my answers are to said questions. When it first started happening, I would get kind of nervous, especially if I was being put on the spot by a bunch of guys who didn’t think I could possibly know anything about the male mind. Let me tell you, proving them wrong is one of the best feelings ever!

In time, however, I got it down and could quickly rattle off brief, yet on-point, answers to even the most seemingly tricky relationship dilemmas. After getting grilled for what felt like the trillionth time the other week, I decided that I should make an article out of my “bite sized” answers to the most common relationship questions. Read more…

The DOs & DON’Ts Of Taking Your Girlfriend To A Strip Club

The FriskyNovember 1, 2012 //

The DOs and DONTs Of Taking Your Girlfriend To A Strip Club

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Contrary to what guys might think, there are many women out there who are not opposed to going to strip clubs … under the appropriate circumstances.

That time you got dragged to a strip club by your cokehead, college boyfriend and he made you stuff dollar bills in panties or that time your guy friend thought a stripper wanted to sleep with him so he made you hang out with him all night waiting for her, those strip club adventures were not exactly your idea of a good time. But there were other times when you enjoyed yourself. That time you blew off work and met your boyfriend at a local strip joint in the middle of the afternoon or when you went with all your lesbian friends in Vegas. FUN!

Chances are, if you ask, many women are down to go watch some pole action. But there are a few caveats. Click through for the DOs and DON’Ts of taking your lady to a strip joint.

The DOs And Don'ts of Posing for your topless photo

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Idea I Wish I Had: A Website To Help You Decode Confusing Dude Messages

Julie GersteinOctober 9, 2012 //

Dude's Perspective

Seven ways nagging is like torture. Read More »

Dudes To Avoid

Avoid these guys because of their jobs. Read More »

9 Dudes Sexting

Nine famous dudes who were caught sexting their sweeties. Read More »

Have you ever gotten a text from a dude and had no idea how to respond? Like, something vague like “what’s up” or “thanks for last night” or “stop calling me, you’re creeping me out”? There’s a new website called He Texted that helps take the mystery out of dude messages. Girls post texts they’ve received from guys and readers then vote on whether they think the guy is into it, over it, or if they’re not sure. So simple, but yet so necessary. (Though generally? If you have to ask, he’s probably not that into you).

The site also offers personal advice from two bros — Ben, who calls himself a “dude whisperer,” and Mason, who is a self-proclaimed douchebag. “Hey there,” says Mason.”I’m kind of a douchebag, who knows many other douchebags. If you are having a douchebag situation, hit me up. Pretty sure I’ll be able to tell you exactly what’s going on. Oh and for the record, it’s not that I don’t like you, I just have a short attention span.” Ah, so that explains it. [He Texted]

The 8 Most Love-Addled Tweets Between Aaron Paul And Lauren Parsekian

Julie GersteinSeptember 25, 2012 //

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Depending on your mood and romantic history, you’ll either find the love story of “Breaking Bad” actor Aaron Paul and his fiancee Lauren Parsekian to be hopelessly adorable or nauseatingly saccharine. During Paul’s Emmy acceptance speech Sunday night, he thanked his “beautiful, inspiring fiancée … Thank you so much for looking at me the way that you do, you truly saved me.” We love Aaron Paul, for obvious reasons, and Parsekian, who is ridiculously gorgeous, seems pretty cool, too — she’s the cofounder of the Kind Campaign, which works with abused and bullied young girls. There’s, like, a lot of love between these two, and they’ve documented it in interviews, photos and endless Twitter posts about one another. We’ve captured the most, um, intense Twitter exchanges between these two lovebirds for your enjoyment. You tell us — is it too cute or too much?

"Breaking Bad"-icure

A meth-inspired manicure for "Breaking Bad" fans. Read More »

Breaking Bad Simpsons

If "Breaking Bad" and "The Simpsons" had a baby. Watch »

Celeb Love Stories

These are our favorite celebrity love stories of 2010. Read More »

Brene Brown On Fighting The “Gremlins” Of Snark

Ami AngelowiczSeptember 20, 2012 //

Ways To Love Your Body

10 ways to love your body this summer. Read More »

Mirror, Mirror: Rules

Kate comes up with better beauty rules. Read More »

Celeb Body Snarkers

Celebs in the body snarking hall of shame. 10 Photos »

Quotable

“We judge in areas where we feel insecure, and we pick people who are doing worse than we are. I think when you hear someone snark at someone about something, that’s clear as day that person has some real shame around that issue. When I’m really on that judgment train I have to stop and think, ‘What am I feeling?’ If I’m comfortable in my body, in my work, I don’t care about yours … [These judgements and shame manifest for] women, [through] appearance, body image, motherhood. It’s perfectionism: do it all, look perfect doing it … Women talk about other women’s appearance. We do it unthinkingly, and we’re not awake. If we want to be free and out from under the shame and the heaviness of not being enough, if we want to be valued, we have to practice vulnerability. We have to do the hard things.”

–Brene Brown talks to Salon about how to combat snark and other themes in her new book Daring Greatly. If you’re not familiar with Brene Brown, I highly recommend watching her TED talk on the power of vulnerability. It really moved me and shifted some of my thought paradigms. I can’t wait to read her new book, which delves into the “social climate of scarcity” and how we can all live more daringly. I’m glad someone is thinking about these big picture, cultural issues. Should we figure out how to evolve as a society, I think we should throw Brene Brown a party. [Salon]

Don’t Be “The A**hole In The Relationship”

Julie GersteinJune 25, 2012 //

Call Me Maybe Dating Cards

Would you call a guy who gave you one of these? Read More »

Single Girls...

So cliche in the things they say! Watch »

Online Dating No-Nos

Take these five phrases off your profile immediately! Read More »

Just Don't Be That Guy

Everybody’s got one: a friend who just won’t shut up about how awesome his or her partner is. If you’re single, there is no way you want to hear your friend prattle on about their special little flower of a relationship. Mikala Bierma and Emmy Blotnick know exactly what we’re talking about, which is why they made the very instructional “Asshole In A Relationship” video series. [Blackbook]

The New Sex Goddess: Slutever Teaches “Dating 101″

Julie GersteinMarch 30, 2012 //

Dominant Sex

I just want to be dominated in bed! Read More »

Real Sex On Film

These mainstream movies features real sex scenes. 7 Photos »

Sex All Women Need

Kinds Of Sex Every Woman Needs To Have Before She Settles Down

12 kinds of sex every woman needs to have before settling down. Read More »

Watch Video

Karley Sciortino is the lady behind the hilarious sex blog Slutever — and now she’s the new face of Vice’s sex vlog. In her debut episode, she attempts to uncover the secrets of successful dating by asking a few “experts” — including her mom, a love expert, a gay prostitute and a neuro-scientist. This isn’t necessarily SFW, but it’s definitely worth a watch. See it after the jump! [Vice]

UPDATE: We’re trying to get the video to play. Sorry!