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Category Archives: Dating
I Suffer From Oneitis
When I meet a great girl, I tend to moon about her for weeks and months. This mooning, this fantasizing, this attaching of magical qualities to her does not generally endear me to the object of my desire and just … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Personal
Tagged great girl, magical qualities, normal burst, object of my desire, urban dictionary, writing group
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The Type Of Women I Fall For
The connection is usually swift. The women who turn me on are fast thinkers and fast speakers. They tend to be decisive, strong, formidable. Erudite. Capable. Our repartee is snappy because they love to laugh. I don’t have to explain … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Personal
Tagged great shape, repartee, social cues, speakers, thinkers
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Anorexia And The Dating Culture
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: Being overweight is not healthy. But women who focus only on their bodies to the exclusion of their souls are equally unhealthy. And men who have practiced Judaism their entire lives but are blind to a … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Marriage, Orthodoxy, Shmuley Boteach
Tagged eishes chayil, formative experiences, orthodox jews, orthodox seminaries, rabbi shmuley boteach, torah observance
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Change Your Place, Change Your Luck
At the end of Mattie’s call Friday, Dennis Prager says: “You are a very articulate young woman. I’d like to stay in touch with you. “Let’s go to Jeff in Los Angeles.” Jeff: “A teenage sister just broke up with … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Dennis Prager
Tagged Dennis Prager, exact environment, rational level, rational perspective, teenage sister
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Stamina Pole
Leslie posts: What do you think of a man with “Stamina Pole” as his username on a dating website? Any subliminal message there?
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The Efficiency Of Sex
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager had relationships expert Alison Armstrong on for an hour. Alison: “I was talking to a woman yesterday who had been married for a year. I heard from remarks her husband made that they … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Armstrong, Dating, Dennis Prager, Marriage, Sex
Tagged Alison Armstrong, Dennis Prager, hunting grounds, men with women, minute solution, radio show
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What About Faith?
Rabbi Arnie Singer writes: As an Orthodox rabbi living and working on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, I’m thrilled to see so many single men and women actively involved in Torah and mitzvot. This is also the case in Queens, Brooklyn, … Continue reading
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Tagged bitachon, minute details, mitzvot, orthodox rabbi, unrelenting quest, upper west side
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Let’s Just Be Friends
When you meet a woman and you have a nice chat or two, before you know it, she’s likely to give you this, “I just want to be friends” talk. And if you put up with it, that’s all you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged assent, being friends, female friends, pronouncement, sexual interest, tough times
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The Sensually Empowered Woman
I interviewed Antoinette Cabral the other day about her coaching service:
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