Need a Matchmaker? That Answer May Be Yes. Here’s Why

As a professional matchmaker, I have encountered hundreds of different women. I’ve met with women who are unsure of what they are looking for; women who are unsure of who they really are…
And even women who are just dying to put a ring on their finger.
Unfortunately for women like these, matchmaking may not be the [...]

Dating Success in 2010: Twelve No-Fail Tips

With New Years Eve right around the corner, singletons everywhere have begun planning their 2010 New Year’s relationship resolutions or rather, a new dating “plan of attack”.
1) Keep a journal: Try to write in it as much as possible, about anything and everything. At the end of each month, read through it and notice detrimental actions [...]

Tome of the Mommy: Husbands Who Flirt

Having respect for one’s partner is the only way a relationship can survive, let alone thrive. I’ve watched too many of my friends’ marriages crumble because either a husband or wife didn’t understand that, or just didn’t care to deliver it. Their need to be admired by the opposite sex was much more important to [...]

Is Your Boyfriend a Turkey? Six Sure-Fire Signs

You’ve been dating him now for a while — so why don’t you bite the bullet and let him meet the parents? If you can’t stand the thought of sitting through one more Thanksgiving in which your family still teases you about your “Invisible Man,” maybe your turkey isn’t on you plate, but in your [...]

Fertility: Can It Happen on Your Timetable?

I met Rachel Lehmann-Haupt two years ago when I interviewed her for my documentary “Seeking Happily Ever After.” Rachel was finishing her non-fiction book In Her Own Sweet Time (Basic Books, 2009), an honest and personal exploration of the many new fertility choices available to women today. As you will see below, Rachel is forthright, [...]

Dudes, or Dildos? Sex Toys and Your Sex Life

Do sex toys enhance your sex life?
Great question.  In fact, Duke University is currently conducting a study on the topic—to the consternation of Reverend Joe Vetter of the Duke University Catholic Center, who claims that it hurts more than it helps.
In other words, he thinks women will find their toys more pleasurable than their boys.
He’s [...]

Don’t Let Mr. Wrong Keep You from Finding Mr. Right

There’s a good chance if you’re a single women over the age of 21, you’ve had a few bad experiences with some not-so-nice Mr. Wrongs.
Needless to say, those past experiences have made you more than just a little gun-shy—which is why some totally innocuous remark from a potential Mr. Right brings back a flood of [...]

Duchess Digest: Tapped In

Let’s face it; no woman is an island. While every modern woman loves to be independent, confident and self-reliant, we all could use balancing our alone time with a community.
Communities come in many forms; spiritual groups, educational gatherings, family, friends, even people with whom we share common backgrounds, ethnicities or situations. No matter their form, [...]

Are You Wasting Valuable Time with Mr. Wrong?

Meredith and McDreamy.
Mulder and Scully.
And of course, Jim and Pam.
No matter how sublime your career can be, when you’re home from the office, sometimes it hits you:
Something BIG is missing in your life.
Like, say, someone to share all your successes and accomplishments.
As you look around, you realize that while your friends and family applaud you, [...]