The Sex Break

by | Dating

A Sex Break is a half-way house to a Dating Hiatus and obviously, judging by the term, it means abstaining from sex whilst dating for an agreed period. This is great when you can’t do cold turkey, as a self-enforced Sex Break may be able to open your eyes enough...

Guest Post: Dating Etiquette & Gender Roles

by | Dating

Well women, we’ve won the right to vote, we’ve won the right to wear trousers, we’ve even won the right to equal pay for equal work.Well, at least in the U.S. of A. we have. But along with all of these “rights” have we also won the right...
How To Cope With Being The Other Woman

How To Cope With Being The Other Woman

by | Relationships

This post was originally published back in 2006 and had such a huge response I had to take it offline as it was causing problems with the server. It’s now been republished but you can see the updated version here: 1. Have your escape route planned. If you have...

Get Real About Being ‘Nice’ in Relationships

by | Boundaries

Over on my friend Annie’s blog Smart at Love, she is discussing the behaviour of acting nicer than we feel in relationships. This notion that many people hold that being super nice is something that we have to be in order to nab and keep a partner is actually...