A Woman’s POV: How it Makes Me Feel When… My Very First Kiss
- by Jennifer on February 22nd, 2012
By Kelly Seal
When I was in eighth grade, I was awkward and shy (like most 13-year-olds). I stayed close to my friends, like they were some kind of protective shield from all the other teenagers. When puberty first hit me I wanted to crawl under my desk and hibernate – waiting to be older, cooler and wiser before anyone noticed me or my pimples. Click here to read more…
A Woman’s POV: How it Makes Me Feel When… We’re Not Exclusive
- by Jennifer on January 19th, 2012
When over brunch of bacon and eggs and lots and lots of coffee, the guy I’m seeing suggested we had an “open relationship.” I stopped shoveling yolk-soaked toast into my mouth and paused. “I didn’t think… we had an open relationship?” I said slowly. I cautiously reached for my coffee, maintaining eye contact. To me the open relationship label went to slutty, new-age-y college kids who couldn’t make up their minds (which I fit the bill for like, two years ago) and middle-aged married couples who just wanted to screw other people. Click here to read more…
A Woman’s POV: How it Makes Me Feel When… I’m Staying in a Bad Relationship
- by Jennifer on December 26th, 2011
There are times when you consider breaking up and the resolution seems obvious: You squirm when he leans in for a kiss, are suddenly irked when he speaks, and you can’t really explain it, but there’s just a distance that comes between you, and it’s not really worth the effort to build the bridge that’ll bring you two back together. You’ve fallen out of love. You need to cut the cord. Click here to read more…
A Woman’s POV: How it Makes Me Feel When… You Expect Me to “Want a Boyfriend”
- by Jennifer on November 9th, 2011
It was summer in Brooklyn, and a group of 20-somethings, myself included, were on our loft’s rooftop grilling, playing records, and of course, drinking. A lot. Stretch this casual-seeming get together out over six hours and inevitably one pair has separated themselves from the group and is in a sudden fit of public passion, lapping up the spit from the inside of each other’s mouths, even though they just sort of met. Click here to read more…
A Woman’s POV: How it Makes Me Feel When… Will You Please Get Out of My Bed?
- by Jennifer on September 21st, 2011
Hey there… listen… Those, um, past twenty minutes were great and all—kind of. But I’m really tired right now and I have to be at work super early tomorrow morning. And I’m not a morning person. I’m more of a sleep person. A sleeps-better-without-a-semi-stranger-in-her-bed-sort-of-person. Click here to read more…
A Woman’s POV: How it Makes Me Feel When… I’m Having the Worst Great Date Ever
- by Jennifer on September 7th, 2011
By Simone Grant
People are always asking me about my “worst date ever.” Sure, I’ve had some spectacularly bad dates. But those stories aren’t my favorites. A great date story, in my eyes, has highs and lows. Like this one. I think of it as my worst great date ever. Click here to read more…
A Woman’s POV: How it Makes Me Feel When… I’m Settling With Mr. Good Enough
- by Jennifer on August 31st, 2011
By The Single Mom’s Dating Diary
George Clooney’s looks, Tom Hank’s sweetness, Jim Carrey’s sense of humor and really the money of any of them.
Although this is a bit of an exaggeration of my “wish list” of the man I’d like to find, I really thought I’d find someone who was a decent match of most of the traits I wanted to find. Click here to read more…
A Woman’s POV: How it Makes Me Feel When… I’m Dating In a New City
- by Jennifer on August 24th, 2011
By Taylor Cast
When I moved to New York I was so done with dating men in Southern California. The vein Hollywood men, the childish Orange County guys, no thank you! I was through with it. I was often saying that the best men I met always seemed to be from the east coast so it was great that I was heading east! Well I ate my words. Men are men no matter where you go. A jerk is a jerk and a good man is a good man, geography doesn’t matter. Click here to read more…
A Woman’s POV: How it Makes Me Feel When… He’s Sexting After Breaking Up
- by Jennifer on August 10th, 2011
By The Single Mom’s Dating Diary
When I read his text, I couldn’t believe it. He said, “I don’t see a future together.” WTF?
Everything had been going so perfectly, he was exactly what I’d been hoping I’d find someday. We liked everything about each other, our senses of humor were exactly alike and he was a perfect man. Our first date was practically a scene from a chick flick, engaging conversation, attraction and romance. Click here to read more…
A Woman’s POV: How it Makes Me Feel When… He Sees My Post Pregnancy Body
- by Jennifer on July 20th, 2011
By The Single Mom’s Dating Diary
Terrifying screams, blood, fear and a whole lot of mind numbing pain… This isn’t taken from the script of a scary movie but a scene from the “miracle of life” in the delivery room.
As expectant parents, the birth of your child is an exciting time and the unpleasant changes in the woman’s body are just a part of the deal. On some level, both parents accept that any permanent changes to the woman’s body are a part of having a child.
In my situation, my ex-husband was supportive and not concerned about the impact pregnancy and childbirth would have on my body. It was just a part of the package. For nine months, a growing abdomen, breasts and ridiculously swollen ankles were givens. Click here to read more…
