Smart Women Behaving Badly


Smart Women Behaving Badly

Dating: it’s not a race to get into a relationship

Dating: it’s not a race to get into a relationship

Let's say that over a five-week period, you have six amazing dates with a new man in your life.

Things look promising.

You enjoy each other's company, share common interests, talk on the phone or exchange emails most days, and the mutual attraction is definitely there.

Woohoo!

But how can you tell if you're racing ahead, and merely acting like you're half of a new couple...

...when the reality is that you're still just dating and getting to know each other?

Well, for ...

Fighting words: names we call ourselves and each other

"Because we know that BITCH means: Being In Total Control, Honey!" (Heartless-Bitches.com)

"I'm tough, ambitious, and I know what I want. If that makes me a bitch, OK." (Madonna)

"I found my inner bitch and ran with her." (Courtney Love)

Listening to and reading the words of women, you can't help but notice how some of us aren't fighting words like "bitch" anymore - as a matter of fact, we're embracing it.

My good friend Lisa (of LisaBindaCity.com) not only refers ...

Fighting words: names we call ourselves and each other

"Because we know that BITCH means: Being In Total Control, Honey!" (Heartless-Bitches.com)

"I'm tough, ambitious, and I know what I want. If that makes me a bitch, OK." (Madonna)

"I found my inner bitch and ran with her." (Courtney Love)

Listening to and reading the words of women, you can't help but notice how some of us aren't fighting words like "bitch" anymore - as a matter of fact, we're embracing it.

My good friend Lisa (of LisaBindaCity.com) not only refers ...

Fighting words: names we call ourselves and each other

"Because we know that BITCH means: Being In Total Control, Honey!" (Heartless-Bitches.com)

"I'm tough, ambitious, and I know what I want. If that makes me a bitch, OK." (Madonna)

"I found my inner bitch and ran with her." (Courtney Love)

Listening to and reading the words of women, you can't help but notice how some of us aren't fighting words like "bitch" anymore - as a matter of fact, we're embracing it.

My good friend Lisa (of LisaBindaCity.com) not only refers ...

Stiletto relationships (the ones that hurt so good)

Stiletto relationships (the ones that hurt so good)

"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 ...

When a man does a vanishing act

When a man does a vanishing act

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. ...

You can handle it

You can handle it

When it comes to handling life's big and little situations, you probably have quite a few skills that you don't think twice about. 

For instance, I can climb a tall ladder to paint high ceilings, help somebody who's seriously injured without feeling faint, and know from previous job training how to do a single leg or double leg takedown on a crazed person.

But I cannot change a tire.

Last week, while waiting for the AAA ...

The ideal man for you: naughty, nice, or naughty and nice

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 ...

The ideal man for you: naughty, nice, or naughty and nice

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 ideal man for you: naughty, nice, or naughty and nice

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 ...

It’s not a magical moment when a drunk man says he loves you

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. ...

Real women have a life

Real women have a life

"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 ...

Fool for love: taking risks at the right time, for the right reasons

There are cautious women out there, holding back in love, not taking emotional risks -- even for a manwho might be worth it.

But mainly, the ones who complain to me the loudest are current members of the ScrewDignity - I Want Him Now Club. These gals are ready-and-willing to take emotional risks for undeserving men everywhere. And you know what? This strategy isn't working out so great for them.

The years I belonged to the club, it didn't work ...

Not being a fool for love (dignity in dating)

Not being a fool for love (dignity in dating)

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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