I have a best friend. He is a boy. We love each other – but not like that. And I don’t know why. Now, friends, we all have one. A platonic best friend of the opposite sex. Or at least a best friend of the opposite sex who is now a platonic friend, but who [...]
Categories: Dating
Hello! Yes, NYC is swimming with 29-year-old single women and I’m one of them. My story is no different from the vast majority of you that are reading this blog. I’ve lived in NYC for about five years and have had two serious relationships but neither has lasted longer than a year. I recently dipped [...]
Categories: Dating
I’m nearing thirty and I’m single, which is as weird to write as it is to say, but there it is: the truth. Single is something I never cared about in my twenties. I had boyfriends, I had boy toys, I had no-one, but no matter what I always had fun. Fun was it for [...]
Categories: Dating
I have an update for you about “Bad” from Dating and Communication Part II: The Double Edged Sword. When he was Facebook messaging our mutual friend to ask her to hook a brother up, she suggested that if he really wants to give it one more chance with me, he should send me an email [...]
Categories: Dating
Ever have a boyfriend? For the night. As enjoyable as it is to snuggle up in bed/futon/couch with your honey watching romantic comedies, this isn’t that kind of boyfriend. I’m talking about the one-night-boyfriend. Yes, it’s different than the one night stand. Sure, relationships of all types pop up all year round, but there’s undeniably something [...]
Categories: Dating
Ladies of New York City, I’m talking to you…so listen up. A couple of weekends ago, I went to brunch with one of my oldest and best guy friends. He’s my best friend from when we were young. Like we go wayyyy baaaack. Anyway, he’s the heterosexual, interested-in-ladies type. And, I should mention, our friendship is COMPLETELY platonic. No [...]
Categories: Dating
Tonight’s the night where you can listen to the nycandlove.com editorial team on the radio! Please join us at 9 PM EST as we answer questions about love, dating and of course, nycandlove. There are two ways to listen: New York City – tune in at WKCR 89.9 FM Outside New York City or not [...]
Categories: Dating
New York City is too f*cking small sometimes. Lately, I can’t turn around without walking into someone I’ve slept with. I wasn’t feeling well at work and I wasn’t able to get anything done for a couple of hours. As a result, I stayed later than normal so I could finish everything up. So I [...]
Categories: Dating
You’re bored at work. You’re sitting in front of the computer and you have a first date in the next few days. Should you Google? Heck, it’ll only take a minute. It’s really easy. So you do it. You google your would-be sweetheart. Then comes the hard part. You have to pretend you didn’t. Here’s [...]
Categories: Dating
If you read On Dating and Communication, then you know how I feel about technology’s role in dating. What I didn’t really get into is that having all these modes of communication available to us can be a double edged sword. Because sometimes, communication can be creepy – specifically when it is conducted over multiple [...]
Categories: Dating