Single Scenarios Etched Encounters Compiled by BS Staff Tom:  “Sometimes I wonder if being a heterosexual is becoming passé? In a period of one year, I dated three women who were all sleeping with me and other women.  I found out either by accident or confession.” Craig:  “Recently, I watched a documentary on the prevalence […]

Chosen To Marry… Why Her? by Leslie Dante When my cousin’s boyfriend of two years announced to her on her birthday that he was ending “what they had” to marry someone else, she couldn’t stop crying.  When he ended their relationship, she felt betrayed, suicidal, and perplexed. She kept wondering out loud, “Why didn’t he […]

Story Of The Week The Wrong Impression by Marley Kipps This was our second date, and I was surprised that this fine hunk of man had asked me out again, because of his actions on our first date.  We had been initially introduced by a mutual friend at a party, and he invited me out […]

Single Sketches The Dark Side Of Dating by Jan Pitts It was dark and raining when I picked my cousin up from work, but she had on sunglasses.  I knew immediately she was hiding another black eye bestowed on her by her abusive boyfriend but she didn’t want to talk about it. Studies show that […]

From The Male Room “How To Tell She’s Not The One” by John Trapien Recently, I took a beautiful woman on a first date to a friend’s birthday party at a restaurant, and every one of my male friends came over and made some admiring comment, either to her or me about how fine she […]

In Relationships: Can You Take The Truth? by Danai Whitmore I find it interesting that everyone claims to want the truth when they’re in a relationship, but few are brave enough to hear it or say it.  I think if you genuinely care about the person and you want out, you feel compelled to be […]

SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  I have been dating a guy for three months, who has turned out to be the best boyfriend I’ve ever had.  He claimed to be single and unattached, but I found out recently that he lives with a woman he has been engaged to for almost a year. He claims […]

The Dating Chronicles The Big Payback When Laura saw her ex-boyfriend Don, who had suddenly ghosted her after they became intimate, walk into her company’s cocktail event, she bristled in anger.  He was walking hand in hand with her boss, the “glamour queen” of the office.  She wanted to go over to say something to […]

Single Scenarios Money: The Romance Ruiner by Dani Stone Studies show that one of the biggest challenges in relationships is money.  During the summer months, marriages will occur all over the country, and money is probably not at the top of the concern list based on data from The Marriage Institute of America.  I talked […]

Clicked: From Tingles To Trouble… by Coco Diong When singles meet, we often close our eyes and hope for the best.  We see what we want to see and then when we do see what we need to see…it’s usually too late.  Here are some examples: Sandy thought it was cute the way Frank never […]