When did things first get serious? When I gave my boyfriend, Scott, my guest parking pass. That\’s right. I presented him with that little laminated gem that allows
visitors to park on my happening WeHo street — ticket free — after 7 p.m. I told him it was his, for keeps. For real. Not impressed? Not amazed? Then you\’re not in Los Angeles.
All age groups seem to want the same thing: a soulmate, a soft shoulder to lean on occasionally, companionship for dinner in or out, theater, movies, and travel. I still enjoy cooking (and I\’m good at it). I\’m not too old for cuddling and hugging, and I happen to enjoy it.
The thing about reaching \”I\’ll try it\” is that you are daring to imagine that things can work out for the best, and that you can add another activity to the list of common likes.
Before I found my incredible guy, I was engaged to someone whom I went out with for two and half years — probably two years too long. Of course, after we broke up, everyone I knew said that he was just \”OK\” and that I deserved someone better.
When it comes to relationships, girls are all about group think. We poll all our friends; we share all the evidence.
With Passover around the corner, singletons everywhere are faced with a tough choice. Do you bring the person you\’re dating to the family seder? Or do you simply wish him or her a \”chag sameach\” and go off to your separate family celebrations. At the beginning of relationships we all face the issue of the timeline: How soon is too soon for the inevitable family Shabbat dinner invitation? After you become an official couple does that mean that your significant other is now automatically invited to all family events?
When a guy — let\’s say me, for the sake of argument — is lacking a romantic partner, every bit of attention I get from any woman, even a complete stranger, takes on heightened significance and pleasure. Because I don\’t have a wife, girlfriend or lover, a simple smile from any woman passing me on the street is very likely to be the only, and certainly the most intimate, female contact I can expect all day.
Geography of Romance: A course dealing with the best places to meet your romantic partner. Certain locales lend themselves to greater relationship success — churches and temples, the homes of friends and relatives, bookstores, supermarkets, restaurants, parks and beaches. Other places tend to be riskier — prison, tattoo parlors, methamphetamine labs, mosh pits, wife-swapping parties, Chuck E. Cheese restaurants, gatherings of arms dealers.
Note to Self: Do not date a man who says that he can\’t be in a relationship. Do not go out with him after he tells you he wants to go out with you — but only casually.
There\’s a guy in line behind me whose name I can\’t remember but who is a good friend of a 50-year-old I once dated whose name I also can\’t remember, which is kind of ironic — I stopped dating him because he\’s too old, and it\’s my memory that\’s failing.
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