Socializing: Acts Of Courage by Bonita Bennett The Gang’s All Here  – You’re out to dine with friends.  You order a salad and lemonade.  Your friends order steak, lobster, and at least two apiece of the latest flavored martinis.  You shake your head in invisible despair because you know the standard in this group is […]

SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  I am dating my ex-wife’s girlfriend, and have been for the last eight months.  I have been divorced for three years without any pressure in my life, and now it’s back.  My ex-wife’s sister is getting married in a few weeks and my girlfriend insists on attending with me in […]

Status Check: Are You Dating Or Dangling? by Darcy Brooks Dating or Dangling? There is a serious difference and no one knows better than me. I was dangling and holding on for dear life in a relationship I’ll never forget, but I couldn’t let go. I recall the times I would call Bill at work, […]

The Venus Vow “7 Things I’ll Never Do Again”… by M.K. Allison Ignore my inner voice.  Listen to your first mind and follow it.  This year, I could have saved myself a lot of grief and heartache, if I heeded that inner voice, which is always pure and practical.  I stayed in and out of […]

Testing…Testing The Games Lovers Play by Coco Diong Men and women test each other all the time in relationships and a great deal of the testing involves two crucial questions that help define the feelings in the relationship and if in fact, they are mutual.  Does he/she love me or does he/she really care?  To […]

Single Scenarios The Things You Don’t Forget Jon:  “After being on a new date for an hour, I cut it short by pretending I’d received a text summoning me to an emergency. I don’t care how fine a woman is, I can’t stand to be in the company of one who complains. In this case, […]

Healthy Choices :You Really Are What You Eat… by J.M. Smokes, M.D.  I recently discovered in the worst way possible that clogged arteries do not discriminate and have very little to do with age.  I watched my thirty-six-year-old neighbor grasp his chest and fall over on his car, as he was washing it one day […]

Single Sketches Reasons Mari: “I stopped seeing him after he invited me to sleep with him, and his friend on our second date.” Tashia: “I’m divorced right now because my best friend betrayed me by telling my husband all the secrets I told her about our marriage. Now she’s dating him.” Cindy: “I met my […]

SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  I have been seeing this guy for over four months and he’s been pressing me to let him move in with me.  I want to get married and he promises we’ll be married within a year, but somehow I don’t trust that he means it.  He keeps implying he doesn’t […]

The Dating Chronicles The Guessing Game Jeff was a very handsome man and few men had his charisma.  His impact on women was legendary.  The handwritten notes and inviting phone calls at work were a daily occurrence in his fast-paced life.  But he was surprised when he received a note from Peggy, his assistant, asking […]