The Ex Factor: How Your Friends Help You Survive a Breakup
It’s Saturday night. You’re home, on your third glass of wine, staring hopelessly into a pint of cookie dough ice cream, wishing that something (anything!) would numb this post-breakup pain. Betcha feel like the saddest girl in the world, huh? But just think how much sadder things would be if you were back with your […]
The Art and Strategy of Being a Superflirt by Tracey Cox
Watching two people flirt is kind of like watching a car wreck. There’s all the discomfort, the unmistakable fear and the inability, for the life of you, to look away. But that’s until you learn the tricks of the trade, according to dating (and sex) expert Tracey Cox. Review by Faraaz Mahomed… ‘Superflirt’ is one […]
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley
Why do we have sex? One of the main biological reasons, contends Ridley, is to combat disease. By constantly combining and recombining genes every generation, people “keep their genes one step ahead of their parasites,” thereby strengthening resistance to bacteria and viruses that cause deadly diseases or epidemics. – Constance Rinaldo, Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, N.H. […]
Any Dummy can date Online: Online Dating for Dummies
For those already familiar with the ‘for Dummies’ books, this instalment will come as a rather comfortable guide to yet another of life’s great trials: dating. In this case, of the Internet variety. No matter for those who don’t though. The book is a comprehensive, easy to understand introduction into a foreign and, no doubt, […]
The Rules by Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider
A self-help book with a simple set of do’s and don’ts which evidently lead you to where you want to be… the question is are these rules simple? The author’s of ‘The Rules’ have compiled a list of 35 Rules to help commit you to a healthy relationship. My first thought was how stringent is […]