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Tag Archive | "Dating"

Comment of the Week: Moving Past Rigid Gender-Based Dating Rules

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

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photo via flickr James S. said the following in response to the post “Wise Guys: Can’t Women Ask Men Out?” I think that the root of many men responding negatively to women who approach men comes down to two things: sexism and pride. This form of sexism starts at birth in blue being for boys [...]

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5 Better Ways to Express Your Intimacy

Friday, February 3, 2012

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photo via flickr A recent survey by Pew Internet and the American Life Project found that one in three teens had shared a password (email, Facebook, etc.) with a friend or boyfriend or girlfriend. Apparently sharing your password is the new way to express intimacy, to prove to your partner that you have nothing to [...]

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Question of the Week: What’s Your Number?

Thursday, January 19, 2012

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The movie What’s Your Number? (just released on DVD) is based on the totally annoying premise that a woman (played by the usually much funnier and better-than-this Anna Faris) freaks out when she reads a magazine article and discovers that her sexual body count (20) is twice the average. So she decides that rather than [...]

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The Obvious Player vs. the Faux-Sensitive Guy

Thursday, January 12, 2012

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photo via flickr Sexuality educator Charlie Glickman, who runs the education programs at Good Vibrations (in other words, he’s got serious Sensitive Guy chops), recently published an article on his blog called “Confessions of a Former Sensitive New Age Guy.” He consciously chose to become a S.N.A.G. back in college, and his motives were initially [...]

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Comment of the Week: Why Settle for Milk If You’re Looking for a Whole Cow?

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

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photo via flickr Comments of the week don’t necessarily reflect our personal opinions — sometimes it’s simply a thoughtful response that we think merits further discussion. This week, in response to the post “Wise Guys: Is Sex on a First Date a Relationship Killer?” reader William says this: Why would you want to have sex on [...]

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The New Nerve Personals

Friday, January 6, 2012

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It seems like just yesterday the two of us were out on the fire escape of the Nerve.com office, smoking (smoking!) and coming up with the profile questions for the original Nerve Personals (you may remember “______ is sexy; ______ is sexier”). The Nerve Personals had a meteoric rise, signing up affiliate partners like Salon and The [...]

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How to Navigate the Crappy Holidays Alone

Thursday, December 15, 2011

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photo by w00kie Feeling down in the dumps because you’re going to be single for Christmas and New Year’s? You’re not alone. Well, sure, you’re alone in the sense that you don’t have a cutie to go ice-skating with while clad in matching striped scarves from the Gap. But you’re not alone alone. Despite the [...]

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And You Thought Your Last Date Was Bad

Monday, December 12, 2011

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Sometimes you have to date someone for months before the crazy comes out. And then other times, you receive a 1,600 word email after a disastrous first date that accuses you of leading the person on because you played with your hair, you made a lot of eye contact, and you said “Nice to meet you” [...]

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Your Call: Should He Use Halloween to Introduce Her to His Kinky Side

Friday, October 28, 2011

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photo via DailyBillboard We get a lot of advice questions coming in at EMandLO.com, but sadly, we just can’t answer them all. Which is why, once a week, we turn to you to decide how best to advise a reader. Make your call by leaving your advice in the comments section below. I’ve recently started seeing a woman I [...]

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Our New Wise Guys Advise Women on How to Ask Men Out (Part 2 of 2)

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

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photo via Flickr A few new men have joined the ranks of our Wise Guys! They’ve all answered the following question: “What’s the best way for a woman to ask a guy out?” Half of them gave their answers last week; meet the rest of them below: Single Bisexual Guy (Jack):The best answer to this [...]

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