DATING DILEMMA: SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
*Jessica has written to ask if the readers of The Modern Woman’s Survival Guide can help her with her romantic crisis. “I’m lost on the guy front, I mean lost in the middle of Narnia without a map or golden compass to show the way. I don’t understand them at all. To be honest I’m [...]
LEARNING TO LET GO OF YOUR EX
“It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.” – Oscar Wilde Last night I had a dream about my ex (oh, please don’t let this be one [...]
ARE THERE ANY DATEABLE GUYS ON ONLINE DATING SITES?
Call it investigative journalism, call it a bit of fun or call it what you will, but in the name of research, I have signed up to a number of dating sites. My pledge to you my dear reader is to report back on the specimens I find on these sites, and let you know [...]
READER QUESTION: DID TIM DESERVE TO GET SLAPPED IN THE FACE?
Dear Gaynor, “I met a really attractive and intelligent woman at a party a few weeks ago. It was a public event at an art gallery. She was a high school teacher in her early thirties. We had been talking for about a half hour and really seemed to develop a great rapport.
LOVE – ARE WE JUST JUNKIES?
It makes me wonder – are we all just love junkies, and are we really getting into relationships for the right reasons? Do we enter relationships for how high they get us, and how they make us feel, or are we entering them because we truly know what love is? Call it analysis paralysis, but I think it’s something really worthy of consideration.
THE HAND HOLDER: FROM THE MALE PERSPECTIVE
Here is an excerpt from Tom Valcanis’ reply to my previous article The Male Species Never Ceases To Amaze Me published in Onya Magazine.
THE MALE SPECIES NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME…
Naturally, when one enters a bar with a friend who has the face and legs of a supermodel (her waist starts around my eyebrows), they are going to be descended upon by men like a pack of seagulls fighting over a hot chip that’s been left on the ground.
ARE YOU A RELATIONSHIP SLUT, DUDE?
This article published in Onya Magazine by Tom Valcanis is a follow up to my original “Are You A Relationship Slut?” article.
“After reading Onya Beauty Editor Gaynor Alder’s insightful Are You a Relationship Slut? I was reminded of one of my exes – she indeed was a relationship slut.
REAL MEN ONLY NEED APPLY: BEWARE OF “THE STUDENT”
I write of many types of different men in my book, but there is one that I would like to warn you about today – The Student. Beware of being the girl who gets the guy ready for the next girl. You know who I’m talking about – the guy you had to conduct a [...]
ARE YOU A RELATIONSHIP SLUT?
In essence, taking time out between relationships will help you to grow as a person, attract better people and make better choices in relationships. So stop hopping from one bad man to the next, because the only baggage you want to be carrying is Louis Vuitton.
VALENTINE’S DAY: BEST CHICK FLICK MOMENTS
In recent years I have become disinterested in love. It’s your classic case of closing one’s self off after a dodgy relationship. I was worn out, weary and completely exhausted of love. Now, I relish in the peace that is life without relationship dramas weighing me down. I’m single, fabulous and loving it. It’s all [...]
REAL MEN ONLY NEED APPLY: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ROMANCE?
“Want to come to our place for some Jim Beam and chips? We live just down there, but don’t tell anyone.” “Why yes, I can imagine that you’d have hundreds of women beating a path to your door.” “So, are you coming?” “Tempting, but just this once I’ll have to say no.” … and people say chivalry is dead.
REAL MEN ONLY NEED APPLY: AN INTRODUCTION
This is the first of a new series, in which The Modern Woman will be dispensing advice to readers pertaining to problems of the male species. If you are in the agonising grip of a dating dilemma or in the depths of a despair over a relationship drama – you’ve certainly come to the right [...]
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
“The thing is, you liked this one, really liked this one. But you were never going to let your guard down, and the poor girl didn’t stand a chance”. (The Break Up) As my life continues to move in new and beautiful directions, I find myself pondering my lucky escape from my ex. I wonder [...]
GHOST OF RELATIONSHIPS PAST
A lingering feeling that I couldn’t quite shake or put my finger on had been following me for days (I tried sneaking out the house with a cap pulled down over my face, but it just waited for me around the corner, jumped out, yelled boo and scared the crap out of me). Then, finally, [...]
