Let’s just examine this sensitive area with the lyrics of the Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields song, A Fine Romance. It was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the classic movie Swing Time, and also later recorded by…
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Oh, sure, young lady, the worst that could happen when you date a Peter Pan child-man would be to catch a bit of pixie dust on your new fall outfit? Or, just maybe, you could dreamily imagine you’re back in…
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Take your pick of those female meanies we all love to hate. Model agency owner from hell Janice Dickenson. The sneering mouth that roared Rosie O’Donnell. Susan Lucci, the still glamorous, 130-year-old daytime TV witch with a capital B. Snarling…
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HUMOR: We’re about to celebrate our 41st anniversary, so don’t tell my wife I’m writing this. Therefore, that situation becomes my #1 reason to savor the single life. Remember, all my reasons are from the perspective of a guy. 1….
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Easy, if you take the time to get your shy and/or lazy butt out into the city as often as possible. The bar scene is maybe the most popular, but also where you’ll have to sort out the baddies from…
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What many wannabe online daters could insist is a dirty word … honesty … should apply in writing your personal profile. Everyone who attempts to write an effective profile should know that, sooner or later, if a relationship is established,…
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First of all, if you’re still in your teens and you take separate vacations, why the heck is it necessary for the relationship to survive? You’re young, and a vacation consists of adventure in a foreign land, a beach, Las…
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The art of flirting by some people could be described as: a man chases a woman until she catches him. I should know, because it happened to me. Here’s the absolutely true story. I was a grad student living in…
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Being a habitual smoker will not only affect your dating life, but your addiction to tobacco will reduce the number of years you’ll be here on Earth to enjoy dating. That said, just a generation or so ago, almost every…
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The lovely 16-year-old visions in prom gowns entered the auditorium, and we’re paired off. We just stand there, our vocal cords suddenly frozen and our knees turned to jelly. Most of us, all articulate college-bound scholars and star football players,…
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The old Billie Holliday song, “There’ll Be Some Changes Made”, had a line in it: ‘Cause nobody wants you when you’re old and gray.” One parody changed gray to GAY, and that clearly expresses the gay generation gap. Relationships in…
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HUMOR: There are countless ways a woman can protect herself on first dates. The first is: if you’re so doggone chicken and worried about it, stay the heck home and don’t ever go on a first date! Further, if you…
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Dating in the workplace, when looked at from a traditional Hollywood romance perspective, seems innocent enough. Two attractive and unencumbered young people evolve their relationship from formal co-workers to torrid lovers, all within the 120 minutes of the film story….
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Who thought up this stupid question? No date is necessarily TOO good to be true, unless your mind has been dulled by a succession of dates with duds, dodos and deceivers. Then, every date could seem like Prince Charming or…
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Looking stupid, saggy and/or menacing has been a clothing plague for the past half century. It started with the beats and hippies of the 50s and 60s. Their style idols were the homeless and the sleep-in-the-streets alcoholics. The young drop-outs…
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Dressing appropriately can be efforts in futility. Throughout most of my 50 working years, I was obliged daily to wear uncomfortable suits, tight-collared shirts and useless bits of cloth called neckties. I didn’t like it for me, and I didn’t…
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My spouse is a retired health care professional, and I volunteered for many years in a nursing home. As an elderly character myself, I can now take on the role of a spokesperson for my peers on suggesting care tips….
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Kids’ sports participation is just as important as their efforts in academic studies. Playing in school athletics keeps them healthy, teaches them teamwork and offers valuable experience for facing competition in their grown-up years. Parental involvement in their kids’ school…
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Your situation is getting more worrisome. He had always been loving, considerate and reliable. When he told you anything about his life beyond your relationship, you knew you could believe him. The feelings and mutual understanding seemed so right between…
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July 19, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
The title, of course, comes from the Hank Williams classic, “Your Cheatin’ Heart”, and it warns of consequences in store for a fickle lover for throwing away a true relationship to wander elsewhere to find another love: “When tears come…
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July 17, 2015 Friends and Peers
In “Hamlet”, there’s a familiar scene where old Polonius gives advice to his son, Laertes: Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. What he means, of course, is that true friendship…
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People are almost always at their best behavior when dating. They take great pains to be well-dressed and as attractive as possible. Even if an intimate relationship has already been established, moving in together is much more complicated than a…
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If you want to go out and get a tattoo, that’s all right with me. But don’t expect me to come along, too. I go back a long way with familiarity with tattoos, although I’ve never been drunk enough to…
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Of course, love ends. That’s why divorce lawyers are so rich. Love is a very fleeting emotion today, often with too quick a beginning and an even quicker end. That’s why National Basketball League players have hometown wives, as well…
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If you’re a teen guy in a relationship and you feel you “own” your girlfriend, back off, give her total freedom or go live in a Muslim-controlled community. In most lands throughout history and until within the past 100 years,…
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Since I am a humor writer, I’ve always used that skill to solve problems. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes not, but no matter what the occasion, I believe it is always worth a try. As a kid in school, I…
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The hostess who finds too many guests must make a quick decision. She can refuse to accept the unexpected ones, and possibly lose some friends. Or she can decide to accept the challenge and make a successful event of it….
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I’m very old, and my kids never have any trouble talking to me about my future. Of course, they’re fervently hoping I don’t have one, but other than that, they’re very caring, especially when they need money. Seriously, none of…
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I’ve reached 81.5 years of age, and am thankful I still have my mental faculties and physical health. How I did it, I’m not sure. I’ve never smoked, I don’t drink or do drugs and exercise daily. Also, thanks to…
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I learned how to deal effectively and fairly with drunks while still a teenager. When at a Navy base in San Francisco, I was assigned nights as an SP (shore patrolman) in the city. This was during World War II,…
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