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Broke and Single

Smoking Cigarettes is the Ultimate Deal Breaker

I’m from Chicago, where vices are commonplace and hang to people’s beer bellies and muffin tops internally, much like icicles dance off... more...

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The Guy With the Six-Pack Isn’t Boyfriend Material

We’re a weight-obsessed culture. Women want to be thinner and men want to pack on rippling muscles so their arms, legs, chest... more...

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Trust Me… Your Boy Friend Wants to be your Boyfriend

There’s two sides to the argument that has been shouted everywhere from Thanksgiving tables, where a cantankerous uncle has had a little... more...

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Would Our Favorite TV and Movie Couples Still Be Together Today?

It seems as if first marriages are being treated like first kisses these days.  People just want to get it over with... more...

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Madam, Are you Aware That There are Words on Your Butt?

Robert Frost once commented, “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”  Winston Churchill remarked,... more...

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What I Learned from crashing a “Ladies Night” Out

Have you ever felt like you saw something for the very first time? Imagine setting foot inside the Friendly Confines in Chicago... more...

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I’m Single…Not Dying

If being single were a medical affliction, I’d be “terminal”. There would be medication put in pill jars that indicated what day... more...

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10 Astute Observations Women Can Make to Woo Men of Varying Interests

I’ve got a dirty hamper of a secret: men aren’t brooding. Men aren’t mysterious. And men certainly aren’t complex. We’re a vehicle... more...

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Love in the time of Autocorrect

My puppy love aspirations are as large as a Great Dane, but unfortunately the execution is small and sassy like a Pomeranian... more...

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So I May Have Read a Couple Sexy ‘Cosmo’ Articles: A Guy’s Take

Don’t ask me why I was Googling Kama Sutra maneuvers, because the adjoining tale is neither pulled from the pages of romance... more...