Why Girls Love Guys, Five Reasons to go Continued

November 20, 2009

Because they hurt when we hurt.

When something bad happens in our lives, our female friends are always good for commiseration and advice. “That stinks,” they’ll nod sympathetically. Or, “You should just march in there and give her a piece of your mind,” they’ll say indignantly. When you tell a guy about the latest trauma in your life, he might not be so adept with the hand-holding and the counseling. But most of the women we talked to agreed that men, more than women, feel other people’s pain. Where they’re lacking in sympathy, they usually make up for in empathy. Read more »

Why Girls Love Guys, Five Reasons to go

November 20, 2009

Because they put up with us.

Face it: What seems like perfectly normal behavior to us is bona fide alien-nation stuff to them. And yet, often, with great grace and good humor, men do their level best to accommodate the needs of these strange female creatures. One woman recalls how a guy she befriended in an Austrian airport walked all over said airport with her in a feverish, furious quest to purchase . . . a lipstick. ” Read more »

A Current Affair (or, Cheaters Never Prosper)

October 7, 2009

So far, we’ve seen him refuse to a) give you the love you need, b) modify his behavior, c) say one nice thing to you, and d) make a commitment. But wait, there’s more. The last bomb on the heartbreak minefield has yet to explode. Brace yourself—many consider it to be the most combustible of them all. The Big Dread One. Its hideous name: infidelity. Read more »

The Real Breakup

October 7, 2009

The Force-outs

So here we are, hitting the hard stuff —real breakups, we mean. This is the classic passive-aggressive maneuver: One member of a relationship wants to sever ties but refuses to say so. Finally, things get so bad that the other member is forced to do the dirty deed. This is tantamount to a boss not wanting to fire an employee, but making life in the office so miserable for that employee that he or she finally up and quits. Read more »

Men’s Slough of Despond to Breakup

September 26, 2009

“Men,” says Dr. Eaker-Weil, “are more pathetic than women [hey, she said it, not us]. They’re like sad puppy dogs. There’s no question that they suffer more than women do, because they don’t deal with the conflict for so long that it festers and grows, and when they finally do acknowledge it, the suffering is that much more intense.” Read more »

Breakup and his Denial Limbo

September 26, 2009

“When my girlfriend and I ended it after two years,” said a thirty-year-old pharmaceutical rep, “my first thought was, ‘I’m free, I’m finally free.’ For about a month, I went out like crazy. When people asked me if I was depressed about the breakup, I’d say something like, ‘No, it was time for it to happen; it was for the best.’ I sort of swaggered around, like none of it really mattered. I think I actually believed that I was happier. Read more »

Your ex is getting married. How do you feel?

September 17, 2009

There you are, happy with your life, dating a lot, feeling thin, and then word comes down the grapevine: Your ex is getting married. How do you feel?

It depends. If you’re still attached to him, it can be a pretty devastating little piece of news. “I found out through friends that he had gotten married to a woman he’d been dating for about six months,” says Tori, a thirty-two-year-old magazine editor. “It hurt—bad. Read more »

High Price of Love, Money in the Bank

September 12, 2009

Should you get joint accounts, separate accounts, or a combination of both? It really depends on your communication style. To help you decide, here’s a rundown of the most common ways to manage money. Read more »

Does he still love you any more or not?

September 7, 2009

Maybe you are sad to see him look like a shit sitting across the last dinner table, how can you interpreter his behavior to know whether he loves you any more or not. Read more »

Love Him or Not

September 7, 2009

Your Relationship is closing the end, and the way you can see it Read more »