ESSAYS & ARTICLES

"I'm Sick to Death of Dating!"

Q. Dear Goddess: I’m sick to death of dating. It’s become a major pain, and a huge chore, and I’d rather do pretty much anything …

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My Divorce/My Friendships

Q. Dear Love Goddess: Okay, you told me yesterday why someone  might act weird if I were to get married, but  I’m in the middle of …

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Your Wedding; Your Friends' Blues?

     Dear Goddess: I recently got married again after years of being single. I’m shocked by how many of my friend, even those who are …

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It's Back: The Little Sponge That Could

     I remember it well.  It was in 2007, November, I think, when the company that produced The Today Sponge–that nifty, over-the-counter, buy-without-a-prescription, keep-in-your-bag-and-use-when-you-wish-in-your-own-body-and-not-on-his birth-control …

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Should We Let Them Win?

So many responses by e-mail to this last blog.  WHY ARE BOYS SO THREATENED BY GIRLS?,  you ask. WHY ARE MEN SO THREATENED BY WOMEN? …

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Girls Who "Unnerve" Guys

        Hundreds of years ago, when I was an athletic young goddess going out with the teenage head of the Pantheon Tennis Team,  Jove stopped …

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Making Love After Work

“Dear Goddess: My work is thriving. But I’m finding that my work personality and my home personality are really different. I hate feeling like two …

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"Should I Threaten to Leave if He Won't Marry Me?"

Q. Dear Goddess, can a woman push a man into action (okay, I mean marriage) by issuing a demand? A. Ah, the Ultimatum. One of my …

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Have A Happy Day!–It's Easy With a Nice Guy

      A big smiley face, the familiar yellow one that many people sign off e-mails with, the Have- A- Happy-Day one, opens The New York …

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It's Baaaacccck: "Should We Split The Check?"

Q: Dear Goddess: In this new economic climate,  should men and women split checks on their dates?  I want to go out, but I don’t …

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