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Friends-With-Benefits
My friends and I have been running experiments on the durability of the friends-with-benefits relationship. Many of our peers are searching for their soul mate — or simply someone to hold hands with...
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Dr. Jekyll vs. Mr. Hide
I’ve recently been hanging out with a new boy. Unfortunately, it feels like two new people: one drunk and one sober. I’m struggling to decide if I’m going to invest time in getting to know him...
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Foxfield and the American Student
Photo courtesy American Festivals Project via Flickr Almost every community has some event to celebrate spring. These events often involve absurd amounts of alcohol. Which brings me to central...
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Hookups and Game Theory
Photo courtesy M Livengood via Flickr To say that I’m a huge fan of MTV’s show The Challenge: Fresh Meat II would be to misuse the word “huge,” so I’ll change the ‘h’ to a ‘y,’ throw in all caps and...
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From Bars to Museums
Photo courtesy whatmegsaid at Flickr Meeting people with whom one would want to start a relationship can be difficult. The most difficult part is figuring where to meet these “people” (I’ve heard...
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Bros before Hos.
The saying ‘bros before hos’ has always irked me. For me this calls to mind two douchey dudes fist pounding each other while a tramp slinks sadly away. As my life experience ripens, however, I would...
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To Drill or Not to Drill
I was at a party last week sans girlfriend when a buddy of mine brought up the age old riddle of men, women, friendship, and the land of yeah right. Sing, Muses, of the rhyme of men and women (ditch...
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Learning to Love the Hook-Up
Imagine a man and a woman in their young twenties. They meet. There are sparks. They go out. There is dinner, some heavy petting, a week of texting. The next week they meet for drinks, maybe a movie...
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Relationship Limbo
Breaking up was easy to do. I moved back to Alaska, they were in New Jersey. The time zone alone made it nearly impossible for us to talk even once a day. With no future geographical proximity...
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Background Check.
Girls today can’t be too careful about the men they date. Say you meet someone and may be interested in them but really want to be sure before you invest your valuable time and emotions. But how?...
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