So I’m at Trader Joe’s last week shooting the poop with the cashier. For those who don’t know, Trader Joe’s is an über-hip grocery store that sells the basics along with funky gourmet items and lots of things covered in chocolate; pistachios, sunflower seeds and even edamame. The other distinguishing characteristic of TJ’s is the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘finding love’
Welcome to Trader Joe’s, Let Me Destroy Your Day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged being single, biological clock, customer service, finding love, starting a family, Trader Joe's, want children on April 3, 2011 | 11 Comments »
I Know What Boys Like
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged afraid of love, attention whore, bad boys, being single, broken heart, competition among women, competition between women, finding love, He's Just Not That Into You, male attention, need male attention, why am I single, why didn't he call, why won't he commit on February 21, 2011 | 11 Comments »
A good friend in college once admitted to feeling miffed when we were together in public because men sometimes checked me out instead of her. Apparently, she was attempting to build trust by revealing these monstrous feelings and I was supposed to be touched. I won’t pretend to have been a saint at the time, [...]
What’s So Wrong With Not Wanting to Be Alone?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged afraid of commitment, afraid of love, afraid to be alone, afraid to end up alone, broken heart, codependent, codependent relationships, finding love, marry me, men withdraw, single women, singles, why am I single on January 31, 2011 | 15 Comments »
I have a friend, we’ll call him Buster, who’s in a marriage most people might refer to as “shitty.” He’s got the bitter wife, the resentful kid, the budding alcohol problem, whole nine yards. Buster caters to his woman’s every wacky whim and exhausts himself trying to put himself in her dainty shoes to empathize [...]
The Mathematics of Beauty
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged attractive women, finding love, finding Mr. Right, Jersey Shore, Katy Perry, Mathematics of Beauty, minimize flaws, OkCupid, OkCupid.com, what do men want, what makes women beautiful, what men find attractive on January 16, 2011 | 6 Comments »
OkCupid.com says men on their dating site are more apt to reach out to women other men consider ugly rather than women universally considered pretty. Gals rated consistently attractive receive fewer messages than gals on whom opinions are split. The site’s expert mathematicians postulate that if a guy assumes he has a good chance of [...]

