The movie Black Swan opens today with Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis playing a dance of good and evil in the competitive world of ballet. Everyone knows ballerinas are under constant pressure to be ultra-thin. Both actresses had to lose up to 20 pounds to fit the mold. They each recounted how awful they looked […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Relationships’ category
How Do You Transition From Hooking Up to Dating?
Another post on The Huffington Post today. Advice to women on separating sex and emotion in today’s “hook-up” culture. Would love to know if more women feel the way some of the 20-somethings I have talked to do…that of course you can have guilt-free sex today but what if you don’t want to in a […] Read more…
How to Tell the Difference Between Friends and Frenemies
Female friendships are far from a sisterhood…according to an article in the New York Post yesterday (see link below). This article is one of many about the new book “Twisted Sisterhood” by Kelly Valen which reveals stories of jealousy, undermining and competition amongst women (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/18/women-own-worst-enemies-study). A study associated with the book shows that 84% of […] Read more…
Text Logic
“Texting is great for communication, but don’t confuse that with discussion” — 40-something, NYC Read more…
When to End a Break?
Yesterday I had two queries from 20-somethings on whether to break up with a boyfriend or not. One was jokingly flipping a coin to decide. The other one is on a “break” and trying to decide whether to cut the tie. Of course there is no one size fits all answer. The idea of this […] Read more…
Advice on Dating an Older Man
“As a young 20 something year old (who is confident enough to know what she wants when she sees it) how to handle a relation with a man 15 years my senior?” — 20-something question Dating a man 15 years your senior you will need to ask yourself a lot of questions. Some 40-somethings recommend […] Read more…
Marriage is not Obsolete – It’s a Choice
Marriage is obsolete. That was the big news yesterday. 1 in 4 Americans believe marriage is obsolete according to a study by Pew Research Center and Time Magazine (39% vs. 28% in 1978). Of course there are lots of reasons – women can support themselves, it’s more acceptable to live together and have children out […] Read more…
what advice do you have on living together for the first time?
40-something women — what’s the one piece of advice you have Prince William and Kate Middleton, or any 20-something couple on learning to live together? A lot of 20-something women today who are in relationships do wait to get married. Perhaps living together or deciding not to get married at all. But they do have […] Read more…