The Daddy Test -
Ten Questions to Ask Yourself
Before You Introduce His
Sperm to Your Egg
1. Is his career settled enough for
the financial hit he's about to take?
If he's in career building mode, he
won't have the time to be a good
father, nor the money. Does he really
understand this commitment? More

Are You Dating a Bad Boy?
Take this ten-question test from Wendy L. Walsh, author of The Boyfriend Test and The Girlfriend Test. How many of the following do you answer "Yes" to? More

How Feminism Hurt Our Love Lives
Let me make this clear from the onset: I think feminism was (and is!) a good thing. I may not have had a career in television, nor been able to write books with such provocative ideas, had the feminist movement and the women who pioneered it, not led the way for me. I am indebted to feminists.

But, I do think feminism has screwed up our love lives. We're now unsure of how to turn off this new power when confronted with a romantic suitor in a candle lit restaurant. We act like he's one of the boys from work. And then we get upset when he treats us like one of the boys from work -- achieving his goal (in this case, sex) and then moving to a new project. More

How to Wait for Him to Call after a Great Date
Oh, the waiting. The waiting. I think the act of waiting for someone we like to call us back is probably one of the most excruciating pains a woman can feel -- especially one who has a somewhat anxious attachment style. I know this feeling intimately because it was the battle cry that sent me into therapy. Okay, waiting for a call, or email, or letter from a boyfriend who was seven seas away from me, was part of my anxiety, the other was that I had not properly mourned the death of my parents. Both feelings, by the way, are part of the same thing --- separation anxiety. More

Why You Shouldn't Have Sex
(The answer might surprise you)
Hurrah! Hurrah! Free sex is here to stay. If you are a card-carrying member of the new millennium Girl Club, you are sexually active in an age where the double standard has all but disappeared. Unlike your grandmothers, you don't have to worry about getting a bad reputation. You've got access to birth control, so pregnancy isn't a concern. You've got your own apartment so privacy isn't an issue. And you've got the education and good sense to practice safer forms of sex. So, why not go for it? More