by Annie Dennison 11 months, 3 weeks ago

"Hurt so good.
Come on baby, make it hurt so good.
Sometimes love don't feel like it should.
You make it...hurt so good."
(John Cougar Mellencamp lyrics)
In a Stiletto Relationship, what you feel is an addicting mix of love, lust, and pain.
Although you know on some level that "the mix" is toxic - and making you feel crazy - it's incredibly hard to get that person, and the relationship, out of your system.
Why is that?
One of my favorite ...
by Annie Dennison 12 months ago

While it's true that women and men can have the same standard symptoms of clinical depression (check them out here), apparently a lot of men have a different experience of The Big D than we do.
Because of that, when they get depressed, we might not spot it.
Whereas women (who are diagnosed with depression at twice the rateof men) can walk into a gynecologist's office, complaining of things like chronic sadness, self-criticism, and crying, and get a ...
by Annie Dennison 1 year ago

One moment he's a part of your life.
As a matter of fact, whether it's the early stages of dating, or the beginning of a relationship, things between you seem to be going along rather nicely.
Anyway...that's what you think.
The next moment - presto chango - he's GONE! No more contact. No explanation.
Now that he's disappeared, your private hell has just begun. Trying to figure out what went wrong. Questioning your perception of what you two shared. ...
by Annie Dennison 1 year ago
Women complain that men are self-serving bastards.
Men complain that women treat nice guys with contempt.
Something doesn't add up here, wouldn't you agree?
Here are some popular theories for these dueling perceptions:
- the complaining "nice guys" don't understand the difference between "being nice" and "being a human doormat"
- women say they want one thing (i.e., to be treated nicely), but they want something else (i.e., to be treated badly)
- men just think that they're being nice to women, but in reality, they're still being ...
by Annie Dennison 1 year ago
Women complain that men are self-serving bastards.
Men complain that women treat nice guys with contempt.
Something doesn't add up here, wouldn't you agree?
Here are some popular theories for these dueling perceptions:
by Annie Dennison 1 year ago
Women complain that men are self-serving bastards.
Men complain that women treat nice guys with contempt.
Something doesn't add up here, wouldn't you agree?
Here are some popular theories for these dueling perceptions:
- the complaining "nice guys" don't understand the difference between "being nice" and "being a human doormat"
- women say they want one thing (i.e., to be treated nicely), but they want something else (i.e., to be treated badly)
- men just think that they're being nice to women, but in reality, they're still being ...
by Annie Dennison 1 year ago
There's nothing like mutually-satisfying sex to put a big smile on your partner's face - and on yours.
But in the happiest long-term relationships, both people feel fundamentally appreciated for who they are and what they do...in-and-out of bed.
Appreciation: letting your sweetie know that you recognize and value what he/she does that makes your relationship a nicer place to be. It's the other gift that keeps on giving, except in a good way.
Sometimes though, it's the hardest ...
by Annie Dennison 1 year, 1 month ago
Men say that women's expectations of them - and of love and romance - aren't always realistic.
True.
Then again, an alarmingly high number of women find their way to this blog through Google because they're holding on to a slim hope that a man's drunken declaration of love means something.
Well, dears...it does. Just not necessarily what you want it to mean.
Let's say that you're crazy for some guy, but you don't know how he feels about you. ...
by Annie Dennison 1 year, 1 month ago

"Don't cook. Don't clean. No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum. 'My god, the floor's immaculate! Lie down, you hot bitch.'"
(Joan Rivers)
Through the decades, from June Cleaver to Miss June, we've received the message loud and clear:
A real woman waxes.
Whether we've done it for ourselves, or hired another woman to do it for us, our womanly worth has been judged -- unfairly, I might add ...
by Annie Dennison 1 year, 1 month ago

What's one of the advantages of being in a stable long-term relationship?
The many opportunities available for making a fool of yourself around your sweetie...
...and getting away with it.
But what about when you're around a new dating partner who interests you, and kind of makes you feel all nervous inside?
The reality is:
Dignity attracts, baby. Dignity attracts.
And that's one reason why I want you to hold on to your dignity at almost all times during the early stages of ...
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