Fiction: Figuring Things Out (Part 1)

WRITER’S NOTE: Minh is based on someone I met a very long time ago. Like Minh, she was a bit of an enigma - mixed signals and awkward conversations. To this day, I’m still not entirely sure what her mindset was, but for the record, nothing happened with her and I. A week ago I …

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Awkward Date Leads to Awkward Spooning

As someone who embraced the massive technological innovation known as the Internet, I utilized the magic of online dating sites. Back in the day, there was the “one stop shop” convenience of Match.com, but now there’s almost no end to the number of dating sites – one for almost every social interest, fetish or preference …

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Is Age Really Just a Number?

When it comes someone’s personal standards, habits or predilections, I’ve always maintained a combination of to each their own and there’s someone out there for everyone philosophy. Love is love – it comes in all shapes, sizes, colors and combinations; and beauty is in the eye of the beholder (I try very hard not to …

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Dating Rituals of the Socially Awkward

The DC area can be a tricky place when you’re single. For starters, it’s a workaholics’ dream come true, especially if power, money or good old fashioned “palace intrigue” are someone’s raison d’etre. That makes for very busy types who spend far more than the minimum forty-hour work week focused on their professional careers, deals …

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