I love dressing up for Halloween!  This year I have been a little disappointed with myself because I haven’t come up with the absolute perfect idea.  Usually I spend about 11 months concocting something, but this year I might just be a little more boring than usual and use a costume that is stashed away in my closet…
Dressing up as a pair is always fun.  If you are lucky enough to have a significant other or friend to pair with who also enjoys dressing up, there are lots of ideas out there for couples.  You can buy one of the …read more

I was talking the other day about Rich Santos, a dating blogger over at Marie Claire. He wrote a piece sharing some insight into the male mind. I saw this quote and felt it deserved a post all it’s own.
 

Leave your baggage at the door. Guys are happy to help out their girlfriends with emotional issues. But if the baggage becomes apparent too early in the relationship, then a guy will probably bail. Also, baggage causes people to put pressure on or damage a relationship, so it may be doomed from the outset.
 
Why is assumed that women are the only …read more

REDBOOK has the answers to your sex questions in their new book, REDBOOK’S 500 Sex Tips, by Judy Dutton.  Here are a few tips – straight from the book, via REDBOOK.com -  to help spice things up and get you and your partner in the mood.
*According to a study at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, men feel that the ideal amount of time to spend on foreplay is 18 minutes. Women mistakenly assumed that men wanted less, when they assumed the ideal amount was 15 minutes. I guess they aren’t in the hurry that we assumed they were ladies. Good …read more

The popularity of young people as pet owners has grown significantly over the past ten years.  When I was growing up it seemed like only families living in houses with yards had dogs, but now young people take dogs to college with them and couples living in small apartments adopt puppies.  Trendy pet stores, celebrity pets, dog and cat fashion, animal adoption advertisements, and the growth of pet-friendly hotels and rental units have all contributed to the increase in pet adoption by young owners.

If you are thinking about getting a dog as a couple, there are many questions that you …read more

A friend of mine is giving eHarmony another try. She’s got three men lined up who look promising. They are attractive, live relatively close, and do not appear to be cyber-stalkers. One of these guys made a comment about wanting to call her, so she gave him her phone number.
Has he called her? No, but he texts her constantly. Texting is not her favorite method of getting to know someone and she’s grown bored with him.
Why don’t people call anymore? Texting is a lazy way to communicate. It’s impersonal and it’s easy to lose track of a conversation if you are …read more

I’ve been writing about eco-friendly wedding dresses for a couple other blogs this Summer and in my research I’ve found a lot of articles about inexpensive weddings. I like the idea of a wedding on the cheap, because I’m bothered by the idea of a couple starting their life together with a one-day party that could lead to a big debt. Why not spend that money on a down payment for a house? 
I do love to watch wedding shows, like Whose Wedding Is It Anyway. I like to watch the couple pick the flowers and I like to see the hall …read more

My favorite time of the year is the Fall. I appreciate the cooler temperatures, the crisp mornings, and the new school supplies, (Hey, adults need new pencils, too!).
Many of the same dating ideas that work for Summer can be tweaked to adapt to the changes that take place in the Fall. Here are 3 free or super-duper inexpensive date ideas for singles to try.

*Take a walk in the trees. The most dramatic aspect of Fall or Autumn would have to the changing colors of the leaves. Gold. Crimson. A blast of orange. Gorgeous and the perfect backdrop to a romantic …read more

Relationtrips are those important trips that you take with your significant other that really make an impact on your relationship.  Suddenly you are spending all of your time together away from the pattern of everyday life.  There are two different types of trips:
1.  Trips where you have a guide book with highlighted pages and detailed descriptions about every landmark that you want to see.  You plan each day to fit in as much as possible to squeeze every valuable moment out of the time spent travelling.
2.  Trips where you just relax.  You bring a book and a journal and you …read more

There is definitely a period of time in your late 20’s and early 30’s when you start to watch everyone around you get engaged and married.  I’ve heard from older friends that this happens, and I am realizing that I have actually reached that exact point in my life where it is happening to me.  Only a few years ago no one was even thinking about marriage, and now the singles are dropping out of the market at a fast pace.
There were definitely the couples who got married right out of college…but those were outliers.  They had been dating since …read more

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Ph.D., has a new book out. It’s called “Top Ten Secrets for Great Sex: How to Enjoy It, Share It, and Love It Each and Every Time.” 
In the book, she mentions the importance of afterplay.  “Afterplay” is that time after orgasm, sometimes known as “after-glow.”  If handled correctly, afterplay actually works as a part of foreplay for the next encounter.
It’s particularly important for both men and women to realize that the curve of sexual arousal after orgasm is a much slower one for women than for men. That’s why it’s so important for women to teach …read more