I hate television. Unless I’m learning how to make a soufflé or watching Starks get slaughtered on Game of Thrones (whoops…spoiler alert), I’m generally pretty content to keep my eyes off the screen and my nose in a book. But when I stumbled across Married at First Sight, my … [Read more...] about “Married At First Sight”: I Do…Not Even Know You
Log On for Love?
Several years ago I received a Facebook message from a stranger. After exchanging a few innocuous messages with him, he invited me to lunch and—partly because I was recently single, partly because I had never gone on a formal date with someone I met online, and partly because I … [Read more...] about Log On for Love?
To the Love of My Life: Motivations for Gift-Giving on Valentine’s Day
I’ve received a gift on Valentine’s Day once in the past ten years. I wouldn’t consider my lackluster gift count so remarkable if I were perpetually single, but I have been romantically involved with someone on every single Valentine’s Day in the last decade! In contrast to my … [Read more...] about To the Love of My Life: Motivations for Gift-Giving on Valentine’s Day
After the Breakup: Who’s Through and Who Pursues
When I told my ex-husband that I wanted a divorce, I knew that it would not be easy to overcome the legal and logistical hurdles that would inevitably follow. But I was eager to tend to my emotional bruises and move on to whatever else life had to offer. My ex-husband, on the … [Read more...] about After the Breakup: Who’s Through and Who Pursues
Sex Lives in Second Life
I met my first boyfriend in a Sailor Moon chat room. For the uninitiated, Sailor Moon was a Japanese anime show that was “popular” in the late 1990s. My online alter ego, a character I named Hiko Aino (Japanese for “fire child of love”), was tall, graceful, and witty—everything … [Read more...] about Sex Lives in Second Life
