Category Archives: mating

The worth of sexy lives

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Brad K.

A while back Crunchy Chicken (“Putting the mental in environmental”) posted about Skinny vs. curvy ideal. A recent commenter states: Curvy is sexy. Obesity is not. Thin is sexy. Underweight is not. Thin or curvy doesn’t have much to do … Continue reading →

Posted in selecting | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Saying, “It is over”

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Brad K.

The “Friends” TV show played a re-run the other day. For one reason or another, the guy couldn’t bring himself to break up with the girl. I wanted to scream. The thought kept running through my head, “Tell her.” Tell … Continue reading →

Posted in mate candidate | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Don’t trust . . Instant attraction. Sometimes.

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Brad K.

NML discusses instant attraction, at BaggageReclaim.co.uk. The BR topic is that instant attract, “spark” isn’t reliable for telling whether a relationship will work out. And if you rely on the spark, you close yourself off from many possibly great relationships. … Continue reading →

Posted in selecting | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Sandra Fluke, and the “slut” fallacy

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Brad K.

The quite-right, conservative PJ Media has an article reviewing the Sandra Fluke storm stirred up when Rush Limbaugh used the s-word, slut to describe this abortion activists premeditated promiscuous sex life, and demand for free abortions at her convenience. Cassie … Continue reading →

Posted in mate candidate | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Play to win

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Brad K.

Seth Godin inspires another thought on love, life, and happiness. No. Seth points out that being available to every situation is devastating when you want a valuable relationship, and want a focused, happy, and successful life. No, we don’t take … Continue reading →

Posted in selecting | Leave a comment

Marketing your romantic life

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Brad K.

Seth Godin writes a marketing blog that is surprisingly human. Seth’s points and insights are ethical, and apply to many areas of life we don’t usually think of as marketing. In Lifetime value of a customer/cost per customer Seth points … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, selecting | Tagged , | Leave a comment

That first move

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Brad K.

This starts out off-topic. OK, so it takes me 700 words to get to dating and relationships. The hole. Some of us believe that the current crisis will just get worse — we don’t think that most politicians are willing … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, selecting | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

About Lily Allen and her song, “22″

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Brad K.

Lily Allen is a talented British singer. I found two videos on YouTube.com that are old-fogy style enough to entertain me. The first, “Not Fair” is PhotoShopped into an old, old Porter Wagoner TV show kind of skit. (I cherish … Continue reading →

Posted in mating | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

If he is so smart, why can’t he . .

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Brad K.

Natalie at Baggage Reclaim writes about the hazards of letting an intelligent person dazzle you into thinking they are capable or even healthy enough, emotionally, to be a sound relationship partner, The Trouble With Being Blinded By Intelligence in Dating. … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, mate candidate, selecting | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

“But I’m only dancing!”

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Brad K.

I don’t know if this comment was spam or not. I think we have to prepare for success – and that means avoiding learning behavior that will be destructive, should we ever find ourselves entering a shared life with a … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, selecting | Tagged , , | 1 Comment