The Legacy of Sex and the City
I never watched Sex and the City when it first aired, but after years of nagging from friends I’ve finally got on board with the famously well-heeled foursome from NYC. Admittedly I’m about a decade...
View ArticleSeven Things Men Find Unattractive About Women
There is a website called Realbuzz that you get automatically signed up to when you enter the ballot to run the Virgin London Marathon. Generally, it’s an active community of runners and fitness...
View ArticleNancy Boys Are Everywhere
Historically, I’ve always gone for effeminate blokes: tall, skinny types with long eyelashes and perfectly-coiffed hair. The kind of boys that would cause my mother to ask whether I was in denial about...
View ArticleThe Worst Dates Ever
I love dating. Who doesn’t? There’s something quite exciting about throwing yourself into the pub with an unknown. A first date could be an unprecedented disaster, or the beginning of a great...
View ArticleUniversity Students Are Sex Maniacs
I went to my parents’ house last weekend to celebrate the anniversary of my being plucked from my mother’s womb, three weeks overcooked and half-way through taking a massive mid-natal dump, if my...
View ArticleSorry, I’m Too Busy & Awesome to Join the Pity Parade
I know I’m late to the party here because Bridget Jones was bitching about it years and years ago, but why in the world do people – perfectly normal, polite people; the kind who would be mortified to...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Breakup Strategy
My good friend El has one piece of advice she always gives to the recently lovelorn: dead-leg ’em. As in, cut them off, like a dead leg. “I’m keeping him on Facebook, just to see what he’s up to,”...
View ArticleThe Ones That Got Away
Bollocks to fate; anyone with half a brain knows that everything – including matters of the heart and associated organs – comes down to luck. Sometimes things work out for the best (or worst) just...
View ArticleDating Etiquette: Who Pays for Dinner?
I feel sorry for straight men sometimes, the ones on dates. Nowadays it must be hard to know exactly what you’re supposed to do when the bill arrives. Not long ago it was very straightforward. Women...
View ArticleTwelve Reasons to Hate Valentine’s Day
There’s no doubt about it, Valentine’s Day sucks. I mean, look at Cupid; he’s a military-trained, flying infant. And if your idea of romance includes a) babies or b) medieval weaponry, then, well, I...
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