Q: I’m single and feeling a lot of weird vibes about it. I thought the pressure to get married was a thing of the past, and now I find I’m fielding endless questions about why a great gal like me doesn’t have a guy. It’s making me uncomfortable. What’s the deal with this? A: The …
Q: Every guy I meet on Facebook wants me to send topless pictures, or more. I’m intimidated by this but I’m 21 and want to stay on a social site. –Prudence A: Dear Prudence, Get off Facebook or make it clear to these prospective dates what you want. You’re in charge of who sees what …
A New York Times essay today laments the fact that dating, as we know it, has ended (“The Demise of Dating,” by Charles M. Blow, Saturday, Dec.13). Anyone who reads The Love Goddess knows that dating–e.g., courtship, i.e., the orderly ritual by which a man and women get to know each other in order to …
Two more alerts for those of you going online, perhaps for the first time, to enter or re-enter the world of dating. We've covered some of the bad-news responses, but here are a few more. Bad grammar—I mean, really bad grammar, particularly in a person's profile (where, presumably, he or she is less likely …
The New York Times today reports a list of "money disorders" burgeoning as we find ourselves reeling from the economic news. Overspending is rampant, but so, apparently, are other "problem financial behaviors," like, it says here, underspending (hoarding, as if we were in a depression); serial borrowing (we all know what that is), financial enabling …
Q: My boyfriend and I both have teenagers who don’t know we’re having sex. My shrink says, “Tell them.” My boyfriend’s shrink says, “Tell them nothing. They’ll find out when you arise one day out of the bedroom.” Who’s right? –Glenda A: Dear Glenda, I’m for telling them. Silence hides news that is crucial to …
The Goddess is grumpy today, on a beautifully sunny Labor Day. I’m distressed by a political issue (I was going to steer clear of the topic for awhile, since my site is new and I want to focus exclusively on love). But I got to thinking last night (in a celestial rage) that what I’m …
