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Khunrum emails: "Great article below. In Asia it’s not just the bar girls who are putting out but practically all the girls. My young buddy Phil was boffing a beautiful Thai Muslin coed but first had to buy her a … Continue reading
What R U Doin’ Cutie?
That’s a great text message to send to every single woman on your cell phone list, says Sean Messenger. Some will respond with, "What do you have in mind?" He advises not to call women because you give away your … Continue reading
How To Succeed With Women
If you only knew how manly I’ve been of late, you’d bow down to me. If you put me with women who feel safe and relaxed, the odds are good that at least one out of ten will find me … Continue reading
Faith Vs Reason In Orthodoxy
Dr. Michael Salamon writes for The Jewish Press: Perhaps the most obvious aspect of Orthodox Jewish life where disengagement occurs, and the best portal by which to enter this discussion, is the matter of shidduchim. The process of finding a … Continue reading
Jewish Women Complain About Pressure To Reproduce
Tamar Fox writes for Jewcy: No Babies: until I’m good and ready. And any rabbi who disagrees can stick it where the sun don’t shine There has been a lot of talk recently about women in the Jewish community feeling … Continue reading
Jewish Love
Here’s a report from the front lines: This guy was hitting on my friend via IM. "I have the lulav and you have the esrog" "I’m going to light your shamesh" "I’ll put the poppy seeds in your hamentashen" "Jelly … Continue reading
‘Sexpert’s’ Secrets Can Spice Up Your Love Life
From NBC10: Guys, you walk into a crowded bar and spot that hot woman across the room. Do you have a chance? Dr. Victoria Zdrok says absolutely, any ordinary guy can "Score."Zdrok wrote a book by that title on helping … Continue reading
One-Itis
Neil Strauss writes: "It’s a disease AFCs (Average Frustrated Chumps) get: They become obsessed with a girl they’re neither dating nor sleeping with, and then start acting so needy and nervous around her that htey end up driving her away. … Continue reading
Thank You Leon Merker!
I sometimes despair at ever finding a woman to love. Well, on the second to last page of this week’s Jewish Journal, a bloke named Leon Merker, who’s no looker, has a gorgeous bird on his arm (Abby Firstenberg). They’re … Continue reading
Settling For Mr Good Enough
Lori Gottlieb writes for the Atlantic: About six months after my son was born, he and I were sitting on a blanket at the park with a close friend and her daughter. It was a sunny summer weekend, and other … Continue reading