<![CDATA[Gawker: Dating]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: Dating]]> http://gawker.com/tag/dating http://gawker.com/tag/dating <![CDATA[ "What it is like to date Tucker Max" ]]> You, the public, recently got to preview portions of the horrific (currently in production!) movie script for I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, written by "Dude, I did 12 shots of Jamesons and totally puked on that chick's tits" bro-blogger Tucker Max. The primary question that arose afterwards was, "What kind of girl would go out with this asshole?" Well, ladies and gentlemen, we (purportedly) have an answer—with all of the "whores," bad sex, emotional manipulation, fried chicken, drunk driving, and, uh, other bad things that you would have imagined:

A tipster forwarded us the following text, which they say is an entry that was deleted from Tucker Max's ex-girlfriend's blog. We don't follow the man's love life closely enough to know whether this is true, but the blog does have Tucker Max listed as its contact person. Portions of this post have been floating around the internet for some time now. That's our disclaimer. Now here's the alleged Tucker Max love experience:

Humiliating
Last night Tucker blew me off. Again.

I went insane. I cut off all my hair with kitchen scissors like Frida Khalo.
Today I examined the fallout (actually quite cute and flippy. I am good at
everything). I also thought, "Bunny... there is something terribly awry. Why
are you so angry? Why have you become a bitter and horrible person since you
met Tucker?"

Today, while I'm working, Tucker is hovering over me asking me the same
question.

I have decided to make an itemized list of reasons why I might want to cut
off all my hair like a rape victim.

[Note: This is truly humiliating. If anyone were to make a medicine to cure
low self-esteem, I'd take it in spades; I'd do the 10k walk for closet
self-loathers, and wear the empty wine bottle lapel pin. I wish to God these
FACTS were fabricated or embellished, but the awful truth is that they are
not. I only hope this helps the other girls who don't like themselves].

What it is like to date Tucker Max.

-You will get fried chicken for your birthday. Later that night when you
both go to a bar, you will want a diet coke, but won't get one because that
is one less beer that he can drink.

-He will hang up on your favorite aunt, and be stunned when you get upset
that he referred to your mother as "that fucking bitch" because she called
you at a late hour.

-He will scream at you because you don't like the instant coffee he bought
you.

-He will never kiss you, and barely fuck you, even if you beg him to for
months. You are now the Virgin Mary. He will still try to coerce crazy
whores into coming to Chicago to fuck him. He will kiss them because they
are whores, and don't you know that you're only supposed to give good
passionate sex to women that you don't know or give a shit about? I didn't
know that either.

-You will beg him to take a shower, which he will not do. But he will shave
his face to have long make-out sessions with any random girl.

-You will read every piece of writing he has ever done and be supportive of
all his creative outlets. When you then ask him to read your own novel he
will drop it after chapter one because it's a waste of his time. He's not
good at editing.

-You will give him the greatest head of his life on a regular basis. He will
still suck in bed.

-He will make sure you know that you aren't very hot, only sort of cute, and
that your head is too big for the rest of your body. You also have
unattractive dark circles under your eyes and your tits are too small. He
will never compliment you.

-You will be bi-sexual and okay with him sleeping with other women, but this
will not be enough. He needs freedom.

-If he is an insensitive asshole to you, it is only because you are selfish.
You should understand that his parents sucked and now you have to pay for
this. How this is logical, I'm not really sure.

-When he has major surgery you will not leave his side. You will spend day
night waiting on him hand and foot, making sure he is comfortable and well
cared for. You will even wipe his ass when he takes a shit. Later he will
tell you that it was all unnecessary. He didn't need or want you to be
there.

-When he is supposed to pick you up and take you to a party, he will get
black-out drunk and fuck some girl instead of showing up.

-He will tell you he loves you and wants to have children with you. When you
then get pregnant, he will say that he has about two to four more years of
drinking and whoring left to do, so a baby isn't in the cards. He will
coerce you into an abortion by threatening to give away your dog if you try
to have the child. Then he will be evasive so that you will be forced to
dump him and he can get off scot-free.

-When you get upset about this, he will tell you that you are
over-emotional. When you try to explain how this hurts, he will ignore you
till you find yourself screaming and breaking things. He will explain these
outbursts to his drinking buddies as so: "Yeah she's fucking crazy. She
flips out on me like every third day."

-When you go to stay with your parents (read: bawl day and night) for two
weeks, he will fuck other women in your bed. The night you return he will
try to go out with a whore he's just met and wonder why you're upset about
that. He needs his freedom.

-When you are at your parents, he won't take your calls. Instead he will
spend his time e-mailing some whore. Later, he will not stop e-mailing this
same whore, because all whores come before your feelings even if the whores
are half as attractive and barely capable of forming cogent sentences.

-When his ex-girlfriend dies and then comes back to life, you will nurse him
through the depression. You will even be fine with her coming to stay at
your own fucking apartment so that he can decide which of you he wants. This
is so that you can be fair to both of them because you are a good person.
unlike them.

-Later on you will catch him telling this covert bitch who pretended to be
nice to you that he is only keeping you around because you are willing to
support him financially. They will laugh at you behind your back for being
"over-emotional." Oh how silly you are!

-When Tucker bounces back from his depression you will not be needed
anymore. You will just hand over the keys to his car and not say a word when
he drives it all over Chicagoland while black-out drunk.

-When girls come to the apartment, he will become "Cooooool Tucker Max." He
will dress and act differently. He will be an asshole to you. Why are you
upset? Don't you know "this is the Tucker Max show?" This pathetic statement
is his actual quote.

-And finally (though I could write pages and pages of this horrible shit):
When you've been stood up by the very first date you've planned in a year,
you will call Tucker and ask to hang out with him. He will not come pick you
up in YOUR OWN FUCKING CAR, because HE lost your license the night before
and you won't be able to get into the club he's going to. When you ask if it
's possible to go anywhere else he will refuse because there are free drinks
and whores in said club. Whores are very special. Much more special than the
woman that did all the above things out of unconditional love FOR A FUCKING
YEAR!

posted by The Bunny at 4:22 PM

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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:18:24 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5034217&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Alanis Morrisette Discusses Her Lesbian Days With Howard Stern ]]> Picture 9-9Gorgeous and magical Alanis Morrisette stopped by "The Howard Stern Show" Friday, where she discussed her break-up with loser Ryan Reynolds—who her band, Howard, and Artie Lang all hate—as well her experimentations with lesbianism. Clip after the jump.

[via OhNoTheyDidn't]

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Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:41:54 EDT ian spiegelman http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5020601&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Eric Schaeffer is Back and Looking for Tranny Action ]]> SingleProto-douche and I Can't Believe I'm Still Single author Eric Shaeffer is back to annoy us all with his blog. When a reader wrote in, "The reason you can't find a girl is on account of getting fucked in the ass by doms," Schaeffer offered this response: "The joys of giving over are obvious and plentiful to those of us straight guys who dabble. For those of you who don't or wish to judge, you might want to get your facts straight so you don't poison the world with anymore bullshit. We have way to much contaminating us already." Oh, and for those of you that aren't sure just who is and who is not engaging in hot trans-actional funtimes, Schaeffer explains it to you after the jump.

In general, gay men don't want to fuck trannies.

In general, gay men don't want to get fucked by doms wearing strap ons.

In general, gay guys... like to fuck other gay guys.

In general, women, gay or straight, don't want to fuck trannies.

In general, women, gay or straight, don't want to get fucked in the ass by doms wearing strap ons. (Obviously lesbians have a slightly higher proclivity of course but that's mainly in their pussies, not in their asses.)

In general, bi sexual guys like real cocks when they fuck guys and therefore don't go in for doms, some for trannies but less so than good ole regular gay guys.

So that leaves one kind of people who are the NUMBER ONE GROUP INTERESTED in FUCKING OR GETTING FUCKED BY TRANNIES AND GETTING FUCKED IN THE ASS BY DOMS... wait for it... STRAIGHT MEN. [Eric's dumb blog]
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Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:09:17 EDT ian spiegelman http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5020518&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Special Sightings: Man Sans Cash Fan ]]> mrright.jpegA tipster sends in a sighting of the now-famous Craigslist Cash-Waver outside a Broadway building: "The red, white, and blue sunglasses were in the same slanted sunglass style as the photos, and his matching shoes were those big plastic-y looking sneakers. Shirt and jeans were nondescript, but the chin strap was in full form...This was around 4:15 on Wednesday. I've never used this site before, can I make sure my full name/email don't appear with the sighting? I don't want him to sue/punch me." Sure! Caveat: Yes he was funny and everything, but he didn't really do anything too bad, so everyone (especially us) should try to be nice. Okay! [Previously]

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Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:16:57 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=396151&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Fashion, Finance Douche-Dating Event: For People Who Deserve Each Other ]]> "Ladies," yells the website for Pocket Change's Fashion Meets Finance event, which promises to enjoin members of two of the most vapid, vicious professions. "You no longer need to worry that the cute guy at the bar works in advertising... in New York City you are defined by what you do and the dating world has to follow the same rules. The claim 'I am in finance' is a heavily weighted statement.'" It's heavy 'cause they're trying to compensate! But seriously: "Women in fashion need men who can facilitate their pre-30 marriage/retirement plan, and men in finance need women who will allow them to leverage their career in their dating equity." Let's meet some of the potential attendees who have RSVP'd to tonight's event!

It was hard finding the appropriate candidates to feature, seeing as how the site is flooded with fake people, entering as a joke. But we think we found some attractive candidates—there's still time to sign up and meet them yourself!

Ladies, meet Aaron McCann! He works at Ackman-Ziff, makes between $200,000 and $299,000 a year was featured in Gotham magazine's "Guide to Gold Digging" in 2007.
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Gentlemen, here's Gracey! As you can see, she's cute, blonde, and is a creative coordinator at the Wall Group fashion agency. She only makes under $50K a year though—she could really use your equity!
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And finally, here's Bill. He's VP of "Compliance" for Citigroup—maybe he'll find a fashion lady to comply with him tonight.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:52:06 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=395088&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Cash-Waving Craigslist Player's Fury: 'These Photos Are Mines' ]]> Moral of this story: if you're digging yourself into a hole, stop digging. Yesterday, we got a tip about a self-described "Mr. Right" on NYC's Craigslist, who posted a personal ad with 30 pictures of himself, several of which feature him waving a stack of $20 bills. We put up a few of his photos and chuckled. But he was upset! So he called up the Gawker offices to voice his grievances. He charged us with fraud. He threatened to "punch the fucking guy whoever did this" and "fuck him up." And he warned us, "I'm ten times smarter than these people, cause I"m gonna record it right now." So are we! You have to hear it to believe it. Remember, kids: Craigslist is a public place. Click to listen to the highlights. (To refresh your memory, three of his moneymaking personal ad photos are below):

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Thu, 22 May 2008 10:34:09 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=392686&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Mr. Right Iz Here, Ladies ]]> mrright2.jpegYour search is over, ladies: "Mr. Right Iz Here Waitin on U." On Craigslist! His straightforward message: "Listen If U Really Wanna Get 2 Know Me Just Send Me A Note." Simple, honest, persuasive... and right. And he included a total of 30 pictures with his one-sentence pitch. Including a few unrelated wedding pictures that don't even appear to have him in it. But this handful should be enough to give you the essence of what your new man is all about:

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He's waiting
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Wed, 21 May 2008 11:39:24 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=392410&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ "Enjoying the Fried Calamari" Not Actually a Sexual Euphemism, Sadly ]]> zeitgeisty.pngYesterday, we speculated about what Nerve.com blogger (and member of defunct 90s band Johnny Bravo) Branwyn Lancourt meant when he said that he "enjoyed the fried calamari, so to speak" on his date the other night. What sort of depraved sexual act was he referring to? Our diseased minds went haywire. But no: he e-mailed us to let us know that it wasn't some sort of euphemism (and also sort of implied that we're assholes, but that's OK.) What he meant follows, as does a totally awesome YouTube film he made with his twin brother! (Quote: "Fuck you for wanting me to look you in the eye! I don't want to know you that well." Also: "Kafka was a clerk!")

"For the record I wasn't speaking euphemistically as far as the 'calamari' quote is concerned. I was referring to an earlier post of mine, where I was talking a bit about dating expectations as you can see from the quote below":

"I guess the main thrust of it all, is people shouldn't really go into a date with too many expectations. Even if things APPEAR to be going smoothly, you really can never know what's going on in the noggin of the person staring back at you over a delicious plate of fried calamari. My advice?

Just enjoy the fried calamari."


A preview of Falling Off the Table:




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Fri, 02 May 2008 11:56:43 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=386563&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ All the Available Literary Men ]]> Highbrow pink newspaper the New York Observer—home to Gawker employees past, and probably future—launched their fancy new book review section, "O.R.B." (guess what it stands for) with a review of Keith Gessen's book, a profile by Leon Neyfakh, and a Joshua David Stein review. Which means that nearly all the names on the front page of the section belong to people who have, at one time or another, dated former Gawker editor Emily Gould. There are only like ten people who write things in New York, you see. This is like a nightmare we used to have! Click to enlarge the section, with names helpfully circled by a stalky anonymous tipster.

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Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:25:50 EDT Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=378495&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Fox Biz Women Deserve Rich Guys, Too! ]]> foxgirl6.jpegWord on "The Street" is that CNBC Reporter Michelle Caruso-Cabrera may be dating Gary Parr, deputy chairman of Lazard and a guy who is involved in finance stories Caruso-Cabrera could be covering [Radar]. It's reminiscent of CNBC Money Honey Maria Bartiromo's purported canoodling with Citigroup exec Todd Thompson. This raises an important issue: why do all the rich business guys go for the CNBC women? Haven't they heard of a little place called FOX BUSINESS NETWORK, which put in a lot of effort to hire its own stable of attractive female on-air personalities to lure male viewers? Can they get some love over there? We've decided to help them out; after the jump, five of Fox's foxy professional women, and a real item of interest about each one. Act now, Wall Street jerks!

Dagen McDowell

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Are you a spender or a saver? Recovering spender. Emerging saver


Alexis Glick

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What was the one thing you regret buying? No regrets! Every choice good or bad teaches you something about yourself. Mistakes are worth taking. Life without risk is not an option for me. Follow your passion, do what you think is right and trust your gut. Dream with your eyes open!


Jenna Lee

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What was your first job? My first job was working in an apple orchard. My brothers and I were paid based on the number of bags we could fill.


Sandra Smith

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She was a trader at Hermitage Capital, where she executed U.S. equities and options orders, conducted portfolio analysis, prepared commission reports and serviced clients.


Shibani Joshi

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Joshi has also served as the host of ImaginAsian TV's The Pulse variety show, contributed to ABCNews.com and ABC News Now covering technology and business stories, and was a co-host of American Desi's Point of View talk show.


[Women shown may or may not be single.]

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Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:17:11 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=374706&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Julia Allison Seeks Anonymous Advice From Sister Publication ]]> Time Out has a Chicago edition and that edition has a sex columnist. A letter to that sex columnist this week bears a remarkable resemblance to the blog opera life of Time Out New York contributer Julia Allison! It's a sad letter about two bloggers in love who blogged about being bloggers in love (though their sites were read "mostly [by] just our friends, some of their friends read it, too"!), but the guy-blogger blogged about how the girl-blogger couldn't achieve orgasm. Then things got even worse!


Q I was dating a guy for a long time and we both kept blogs. I used my blog to talk about the things that I did or that I was feeling, and although I talked about our relationship, I never talked about our sex life. I was just trying to be emotionally naked and self-revealing and let the world learn a little bit about me. My boyfriend talked mostly about the Bears and his work, but then he crossed the line and alluded to the difficulties of giving me an orgasm in a few of his posts. Even though it is mostly just our friends who read the site, some of their friends read it, too. Now they know that I have a hard time having an orgasm. That is my personal issue and I did not want it broadcast to our friends. We had other problems, too, and as a result of everything we broke up. I am hurt that he did this to me and even more hurt now that he is seeing someone else and has posted pictures of her and posts about dates that they have gone on. I feel like he is using his blog against me, which only makes me use my blog against him. I am frustrated by this whole thing and that other guys may not want to date me now because they can find out from the blog that it was "so much work" to try and make me come.

A STOP IT SHUT UP JESUS CHRIST.

Update: Ms. Allison asserts, convincingly, that this is "retarded," and adds, "if I wanted to talk about my issues, I would put my name on them. THAT, at least, is more than clear." So this is probably Lodwick's doing.

In & Out [TO Chicago]

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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:16:32 EST Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=358143&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Worst Person In The World Fails To Redeem Himself On National Television ]]> John Fitzgerald Page, the Atlanta-bred Worst Person in the World, blew a golden opportunity for self-effacing humor that an inexplicably sympathetic CNN correspondent laid in his lap in a one-on-one interview. Sipping on an iced beverage in his finest suspenders, JFP boldly rejected the softball questions that CNN's Eric Lanford set on a tee in front of him, instead opting to tell all you heartless Gawker-reading bastards exactly how it is: "I'm not arrogant, I'm accomplished. You walk into a bar and say, 'I just bought a Ford truck.' I go in and say 'Look at my Beemer convertible.'" Yes you do, JFP. Yes you do. That's why this video will only add to your legend.

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Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:29:32 EST Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=355642&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Julia Allison's Voicemail—Like Everything Else About Her—Is Public, Dispiriting ]]> Every drunk idiot in New York called erstwhile "dating" "columnist" Julia Allison's funny little voicemail number from the front page of Time Out. And Time Out helpfully uploaded their calls. And we're posting them! No one actually seems very interested in dating Julia, as New Yorkers are largely a group with a strong instinct for self-preservation. Highlights include a call that seems to be from the Holy Modal Rounders and this one, from Juan: "Hey Julia, it's Juan, and I just wanted to know if I could impregnate you, alright. Give me a call, at Jancy's house." Embedded playlist after the jump. Oy.

Call Julia! [TONY]

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Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:09:30 EST Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=354423&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Voicemails: Cougar Stepmom Begs Rich Lady Speed Daters To Take Son ]]> Alexsmall You think you have mommy issues? Meet Alexander, a 23-year-old teacher who just barely eked his way into a Thursday speed dating event at 230 Fifth featuring wealthy 35+ women all of whom had to show proof of at least $4 million in liquid assets or divorce settlements. Classy enough for you? Okay! As Dealbreaker tells it, Alex felt the $50 entry fee for “A Speed Date for Rich Women and Hot Men (Sugar Mamas and Boy Toys)" was a little steep, so he planned on skipping the whole sordid affair. His gross cougar stepmother was having none of that, so she called up the event's coordinator to strong-arm the guy into letting her cheapie stepson in. We got our hands on the voicemails. Take a listen to the first—we've removed identifying phone numbers to protect the twisted:

The motivation for this selfless act of advocacy? After the jump, listen as many times as you like!

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Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:26:45 EST Maggie http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5002878&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ 'AMNY' Wants Dating Columnists; Does Not Want Julia Allison ]]> 24977506.jpg It seems that amNewYork is hiring dating columnists, but if you're anything like their former dating columnist Julia Allison, don't even think about applying. Says the ad: "We're looking for serious writers who can wax on a weekly topic with spunk and flair. We want several columnists who can sprinkle their stories with personal experiences, but also interview others (including experts) to round things out. Carrie Bradshaw wannabes need not apply." [Ed2020]
Earlier: Julia Allison Has An Opening That's Perfect For You!

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Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:50:02 EST Maggie http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=329375&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ "Joe Mode is seeking single gay professional ... ]]> matttitus"Joe Mode is seeking single gay professional males 25 - 50 years old to be participants at a tv show taping of the new Lifetime show, MATT TITUS- MATCHMAKER. If you are interested please send an email to wayoutworld@yahoo.com to confirm. You will be attending a mixer where Matt will be talking with an interview prospect dates for his client on this episode. Just show up by 7pm at the Stitch lounge. There will be hors d'oevours served." (Really, can no one spell hors d'oeuvres any more?) [Sponge Cell]

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Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:50:43 EST Choire http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=321709&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ From the mailbag, regarding Ivy League alum ... ]]> johnpagesuspenders.jpg From the mailbag, regarding Ivy League alum and douchey online dater John Fitzgerald Page: "I talked to John Page for 3 hours last night. So I called him.....a couple of times (and yes that is all it took). I don't know where to go with the information I have now after talking to him for seriously 3 HOURS. I will send you a copy of my phone bill a) if ATT has put it up yet b) you tell me where to send it, to prove what I am saying.... What do I do with 3 hours of information from the most hated/loved/entertaining/douchey guy on the internet today?"

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Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:00:32 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=310103&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Kelly Kreth Is Single And A President ]]> kellyIn response our assertion that she was still dating yoga-loving, woman-hating "I Can't Believe I'm Still Single" author Eric Schaeffer, Kelly Kreth writes:
Hi there Gawker,
I am Kelly Kreth, the new sex/relationship writer for the NY Press (and also, President of my own PR firm.)
Anyway, just for the record I am no longer dating Eric Schaeffer.
How about doing a Gawker's 50 most eligible NYC bachelorettes and including me?
Thanks,
Kelly Kreth

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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:20:41 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=307657&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Gotham's Most Eligible Bachelors Are Single For A Reason ]]> smallish_ronnt.gifGotham magazine has compiled its list of the hottest 100 most eligible bachelors in New York. And ladies, just a note, if these guys are the creme of the crop, you are soooooo screwed! First of all, many of them are "openly" gay. Second of all, though there are 770,000 more unmarried women than unmarried men in the New York City area, there is no excuse for including Ronn Torossian, the newly divorced and unbearable 5W PR honcho. (He represents Joe Francis!) The list also includes a guy named Jono (no last name) and Cator "Dandy in Distress" Sparks, a freelance writer. There's also a couple I-bankers, a Kushner (obviously) and even a Knick, who you know knows how to treat the ladies right! The only name missing from the list is prime monster Eric Schaeffer but we hear he's still dating Kelly Kreth, the New York Press's new sex columnist, which is so very unfortunate for her.

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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:13:25 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=307526&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Post dating columnist Mandy Stadtmiller (catch ... ]]> mandystadtmiller.jpgPost dating columnist Mandy Stadtmiller (catch her live on stage with Star Editor-at-Large Julia Allison this Wednesday!) approaches something like self-awareness in her most recent column: "Simply wanting sex, simply wanting not to be murdered by a psychopath and simply wanting to avoid all things explicitly Ayn Rand neatly summarizes the maddening experiences of the modern single woman in New York City. And, of course, there's me—nauseautingly, wincingly, shut-the-hell-up-already -about-my-smug-nascent-perfect-relationship me." There is, Mandy! There is always you! [NYP]

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Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:24:37 EDT abalk http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=305739&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Why Do Otherwise Normal Girls Refuse To Go Dutch? ]]> bradshavianLast night I almost made a gossip columnist drop her drink in horror with a single sentence. Luckily we were on the roof of 60 Thompson, which is such a classy establishment that the drinks are served in plastic tumblers, so no harm would've been done, but my gossipy friend's gasp drew the attention of another woman in our group, who asked me to repeat the shocking thing I'd said. She, too, did a double-take. "You let a man allow you to pay for your own dinner on the first date, and you're seeing him again?" I nodded. One of 60 Thompson's insanely bitchy waitresses stopped in her tracks as she overheard, almost dashing a tray of plastic-sheathed vodka tonics to the flagstones. What was going on here?

"I just ... I went for my wallet, and he didn't stop me. I didn't mind! I like paying for myself," I told the gossip columnist and the publicist.

"That's so rude. That's like not letting a girl get out of the elevator first," a Maxim staffer not exactly known for his chivalry chimed in.

"If a guy doesn't pay on the first date, you are establishing a dangerous precedent, " the gossipeuse continued. "If a guy tries that move on me, I just tell him, 'You know what? I've got this. I can write you off.'" She paused to smirk at her own joke. "I've used that line so many times."

On my way home, I had to wonder. Ha, sorry, but I DID HAVE TO WONDER. What time capsule are these women living in? Why on earth would you want to feel beholden to a dude for any reason? Sure, free things are nice, but not when they come wrapped in cultural assumptions that men are the wage earners and women are their cosseted pets. What the fuck makes women feel like being asked to pay their own way is an insult?

Today, still wondering, I asked a dating expert if she'd ever been asked to go Dutch. "In the entire history of my life, there was one guy who demanded we go dutch. I was so fucking mad, I wanted to cut off his balls. I'm STILL angry about it. And it was three years ago. I'm not even kidding, I thought about it two or three days ago when I got an invite to his book party, and I thought "THAT FUCKING MOTHERFUCKER MADE ME PUT DOWN A TWENTY WHEN HE WAS THE ONE WHO GOT AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE!"

Okay, so we know what side she's on. But, um, why? Why are men supposed to pay for us again? "Um, because we have to wear high heels and push up bras and control top panty hose and makeup and belts/jeans/dresses which cut off our circulation and we have to change the ways in which we're uncomfortable every season and ON TOP OF THAT we get to pay a fuckload of money for the privilege???"

Ah, the old 'reparations' theory. And the counterargument, of course, is: we don't actually have to do any of that stuff. I mean, no one's telling us to. Except, you know, prevailing cultural norms that, in spite of a lot of people's best efforts, don't really seem to be going anywhere.

But we can still try to fix the system, one not-free entree at a time! Or, you know, we can go to the bathroom right before the check comes next time and see if that enables us to dodge the issue.

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Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:00:04 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=304569&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Uma Thurman's Date Better Have Been Calling His Mother ]]> poorumaLast night, Uma Thurman's male companion—some guy with longish hair, who may or may not have been her alleged current boytoy, former model-dater and hedge funder Arpad "Arki" Busson, though possibly not, as this fellow was described as "blond"!—put her in a cab up by Lexington and 50th Street. "They were carrying little goodie bags like they'd just been to some sort of gratuitous event," said a spy. "He put her in a cab and then started talking on his cell phone about her, and sounded like a total jock dick talking about his 'date with Uma.'" Oh, Uma. When will you learn? Why is your dating life worse than anyone's?

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Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:10:37 EDT Choire http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=303792&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Total Freak: "Eric Schaeffer Is A Perfectly Normal And Acceptable Date" ]]> singlePublicist Kelly Kreth had long fantasized about boning the author of I Can't Believe I'm Still Single, noted emosogynist perv Eric Schaeffer. So it's really no surprise that, when she finally managed to cram herself into his busy dating schedule, she found him charming. Another thing you should know about Kelly is that her idea of third-date banter is "If you gag and vomit I will force you to lick it up."

Yes, it seems that Kelly and Eric actually had a lot in common!

His particular fascination with excretions spoke to me. Being a woman who is no stranger to poop stories, having published a few of my own on Poopreport.com, I imagined Eric and I someday falling love, showing each other our bowel movements—the most intimate of acts in my estimation. I got butterflies just thinking about it.
So why on earth are these two crazy (really! CRAZY!) kids not settling down in some Jersey bungalow with a basement full of sex toys and scat porn right about now?
While we went out a few more times after that, he was busy and then left on his nationwide book tour for nearly a month and while out of town began filming his documentary. I was busy, too, working, and still into someone else I had dated whom I just couldn't quite forget...Eric and my relationship morphed into more of a friendship and professional one. We settled into infrequent communications referencing less piss and more prose. I know the details may seem murky, but modern relationships seem to be more and more that way these days—watercolors that bleed into each other with no distinct end.
Watercolors! Gah. God, think of what terrible writers Kelly and Eric's children would have been! Anyway, Kelly closes by reminding us that, considering what else is out there for the single ladies of NYC, Eric Schaeffer is a relative catch.
I have gone out with a man who brought his pit bull on a date and proceeded to drink a beer he stole from the Korean deli on the street. I dated a man who told me I had a pole so far up my ass that it was coming out of my throat. I dated a man who tried to pick up a 15-year-old and proudly told me he had fucked his Trinidadian, herpes-ridden bisexual secretary over the copy machine.
Actually, Kelly, we would rather date any of those dudes than Eric Schaeffer. Fuck, we'd rather date the pit bull.

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Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:20:14 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=301844&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ We're a step closer to understanding Post ... ]]> mandystadtmiller.jpgWe're a step closer to understanding Post dating columnist Mandy Stadtmiller: She's a product of the people she surrounds herself with. Here's a pal's advice: "New men are like Asian cuisine. The first time you have spicy drunken noodles, you're convinced it's your favorite dish, but then you have the pad Thai, and you realize there are other options." (Oh, in case you're scoring at home, she and her preppy boyfriend are still so totally in looooooove.) [NYP]

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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:40:32 EDT abalk http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=300586&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ This week in Post dating columnist Mandy ... ]]> mandystadtmillerThis week in Post dating columnist Mandy Stadtmiller's valentine to herself, Mandy is complimented by various people on her height, her pulchritude, and how generally amazing she is. Then the rich guy she's dating decides to skip breakfast because banging her is better than any meal he could ever have. Okay, Mandy, we get it: You win. [NYP]

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Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:50:41 EDT abalk http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=293691&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ We've never heard of Date:Unknown, from ... ]]>
We've never heard of Date:Unknown, from which this story of a date gone awry springs. The important lesson to take away from this whole thing: Gawker's "Quietly Judging You" t-shirt will not get you any play. Stick with "Hot Piece of Twat," which pretty much guarantees both penetration and oral.

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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:25:10 EDT abalk http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=291610&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ The New Couple Around Town ]]> alexisToday's Page Six stumbles when it should have scooped: "Sightings: Maxim Deputy Editor Chris Wilson howling out a Monkees song with N.Y. Observer writer George Gurley, followed by fellow Observer scribe Spencer Morgan and his girlfriend, Vanity Fair fashion editrix Alexis Stewart, belting out Heart's "Magic Man" at Sing Sing." So close! Alexis Stewart is Martha Stewart's crazy daughter. Spencer Morgan is dating Alexis Bryan. Shelby Bryan's daughter. You know, Vogue editor Anna Wintour's lover Shelby Bryan? Crazy, right? (Sort of better than Spencer's boss Jared Kushner dating Ivanka Trump even.) Please God, let them have children together and make Anna Wintour a grandmother at the same time as Colonel Potter becomes a great-grandfather!

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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:30:22 EDT Choire http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=291664&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Post dating columnist Mandy Stadtmiller comes ... ]]> Post dating columnist Mandy Stadtmiller comes to some valuable realizations about life and love, all while getting her snootch waxed. [NYP]

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Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:14:57 EDT abalk http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=291222&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Guy #1: Man, I don't know what to do! I can't ... ]]> Guy #1: Man, I don't know what to do! I can't get rid of my crazy ex! We've been broken up for almost a year now and I told her, 'I don't want to see you or speak to you any more,' and she said, 'I'm going to make your life miserable.' Then she had the audacity to send my current girlfriend a message on Facebook saying, 'We need to talk' and asked my current girlfriend to call her. Then, a few weeks later, she shows up at my office. And just this week she send me a text saying, 'I know we're not speaking, but do you want to come out to dinner with me and meet my mom?' What do I do?!
Guy #2: Oh my god, restraining order?!
Guy #1: And the sad part is that she has a dating column!
Guy #2: You mean she is giving other people dating advice?
Guy #1: Yup. [Overheard In New York]

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Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:30:39 EDT Choire http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=289032&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Anna Wintour At Wakiya At The Gramercy Park Hotel ]]> Last night, we took a date to Wakiya, the new high-end Chinese restaurant at Ian Schrager's Gramercy Park Hotel. The first thing one notices upon entering the space is the strong scent of burning oolong tea. ("It's behind the banquettes," the waiter proudly explained.) The second thing is the tapestried walls. Thirdly, that all the bubble dresses that the women are wearing creepily match the tapestries. (Earth tones, so hot right now!) Fourthly: Good gravy, that's Anna Wintour! Wait, is it? It is! And that's when we leaned on our table, ill-advisedly, and the matte black china plates crashed to the ground. From her perch at the banquette, Anna Wintour did not look impressed. Neither did our date. House music gently played in the background. "Oh God," we thought, "is this what disaster sounds like? A crash and then some some synthesizers?"

This is the place right now to brag about how hard it is to get a table. When you call, they're always fully booked. So hot! But at least half the tables were empty and we were still seated in a small awkward table in what felt like a hallway. The only advantage is that we could see the parade of attractive, skinny women walk by with their striped-shirt clean-shaven consorts. One of these men was almost literally juggling two Blackberries and a iPhone. Another, less clean-shaven one was Randy Quaid, who was there with two older ladies. That man is at least a nine-footer.

The menu at Wakiya isn't for the faint of financial heart. The waiter, it must be said, did little to steer us to the more affordable options, consistently recommending the most expensive dishes. The lobster is great, he said. Also it's 34 dollars. $30 bite-size portions made up the rest of the menu. We started with the Taste of Wakiya, nine confusing little portions and then went on to soup dumplings, which looked like little floury breasts in their bamboo container.

Somewhere between our penultimate and ultimate courses (a Vietnamese coffee affogato), perpetual aged socialite Lady Cavendish walked in with beblazered gentlemen. One of these was the frog-like and fabulous Hunt Slonem who owns a couple of plantations in the south and some ridiculously huge studio in Manhattan. You know, the one with 86 rooms. I said all these things to my date but I feared little I did could make up for the fact I had broken hundreds of dollars of china in the first few moments of our meeting and also had chosen to dine at what was basically a really, really expensive noodle joint.

We paid the bill and left. So did Anna Wintour. On the way out, the crickets chirping in the hot night of Gramercy Park, we passed some guy yelling into his phone about Bryan Ferry.

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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:00:03 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=284336&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ It's only been three columns and Post dating ... ]]> mandystadtmiller.jpgIt's only been three columns and Post dating authority Mandy Stadtmiller is already pulling out the "what about married guys" material. Next week: "Why are all the good ones gay?" [NYP]

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Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:38:53 EDT abalk http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=278706&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Amazonian comedienne and NY Post columnist ... ]]> mandystadtmillerAmazonian comedienne and NY Post columnist Mandy Stadtmiller has learned not to give it up until the third date. You can probably read all about that next weekend. [NYP]

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Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:26:30 EDT abalk http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=276182&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ My So-Called Life with Claire Danes ]]> A couple of weeks ago, I didn't ask Claire Danes out and guess what? Much to my surprise, she said yes to my mind! Since then we haven't been dating, we've not gone shopping in Soho, didn't go to the Box, and recently didn't eat at Morandi where we did or did not play with a cute little Boxer. Sometimes Claire and I just don't go out to lunch together, picking up dosas at Hampton Chutney and not sitting on the steps of Equinox. We even pledged at the $10/month level in the recent WNYC fundraiser not together and I look forward to wearing our tote bags out, though on opposite arms—that way when we hold hands they won't annoyingly fall off our shoulders. That we're enjoying such a fulfilling not-relationship shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. If you take a look at our Claire Danes Gawker Stalker archive, you'll see our offices are essentially in the epicenter of all Claire Danes sightings, which is to say: That we aren't dating was only inevitable.

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Thu, 31 May 2007 17:50:31 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=262315&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ MoMA Garden Party: The Art Lovers ]]> Last night MoMA threw its annual Party in the Garden, a black-tie dinner-dance -whatever amongst Picassos, Serras and a very, very open bar. Inside, the real high rollers (tables of 10 between $20-100,000) Mayor Bloomberg and others honored Marty Scorsese and washed down their veal milanese with a 2006 Malbec. Outside, there was chaos. Towers of strawberries and armies of petits fours were decimated by throngs of socialites and rich men. But the rococo dessert confections seemed almost austere against the silk brocades, jewels and cleavage of the "young (nubile) friends of the garden." As the night progressed, and Jay-Z appeared, the event began to resemble a bar mitzvah, but with more blacks and gays. We sent twinkletoes Joshua David Stein and homewrecker Richard Blakeley to document. [Ed Note: But apparently they just got drunk. Sigh.]

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Wed, 16 May 2007 14:28:19 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=260950&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Wingman Coach Causes Us To Lose Our Respect For The Cock ]]> dating coachThe phenomenon of the wingman—you know, the buddy who will distract the fat friend of the girl into whose pants you are attempting to effect entry—made its appearance in the local papers this weekend, with a piece about Art Malov, a 28-year-old dating coach who teaches sad, lonely men the secrets of conning women into your bed. There's a lot of poignance in the article; you will not be surprised to learn that one of Malov's advisees is a computer technician who is reduced to bragging about how many phone numbers he now gets. The deepest moment of pathos comes when the aforementioned computer guy points out a fellow who seems to embody the apex of skirt-chasing.

"See that guy with the striped shirt? He has it together—you can tell just looking at him." The guy, it turns out, is a 33-year-old hedge fund manager who dropped $3000 for a full course from Malov.

We cannot believe that we are still living in the age of "the stripey," but this whole article has made us immeasurably more sympathetic to the plight of our single female friends. If we were subjected to a constant barrage of overconfident schmucks in striped shirts whose friends "want to buy a wallaby" we'd probably bag it all and get a couple of cats ourselves.

Wingmen in the Wings [NYT]

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Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:04:07 EDT abalk2 http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=247041&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Girl Explains 1 Way To Get Rich Man: Breezily ]]> sullivan.jpgHave you not heard? Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and Find A Quality Man, the tome to heal and inspire all gold-digging women, is finally out. Last night, we made Doree go to the book party, because she crossed us earlier. Kidding! It was really because this is the most important book of our age.

"It's all about being breezy," said 25-year-old authoress J. Courtney Sullivan, as she teetered on high-heeled open-toed sandals (she was wearing panty hose) at the book party for her new tome, Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and Find a Quality Man. Her theory is that the way to snag, and keep, a "quality man" is to perform extreme breeziness. Breeziness is a quality J. Courtney ascribes to herself, and to how she managed to have been proposed to twice (at such a tender age, already! She said no to both) and be living with a large fella named Colin eight years her senior, in an apartment in Soho.

Breeziness implies a certain amount of game-playing: not returning phone calls immediately, not accepting dates willy-nilly, and not putting out right away. But. "It's not Rules-y to the point of Stepford dating," J.-Co said, referring to the infamous dating guidebook. "But there are certain games-y things you have to do. These aren't the secrets of the sphinx, but it's important to have a strategy."

So, strategy. After she changed her feminist mind, one man at a time—as told to her employers at the New York Times!—she decided the strategy is to educate yourself on guy things. Her live-in lover is a fantasy sports man, and so women might, say, study fantasy sports. You see? Make a man happy. Her book is filled with everything from recipes (make his mom a white chocolate raspberry swirl cheesecake!) and quotes from Sex and the City to where to meet guys (department stores! On an airplane! Jazz bars!), and the overall effect is something like feeling like you've spent way too much time inside Charlotte's head.

Also there are some CliffsNotes to serious literature in case you meet a man who is literary.

The party was filled with family and friends who rushed over to congratulate her, in a manner that seemed similar to making the honor roll. "I'm so proud of you!" girl after girl squealed. "I know, it's so exciting!" J. Courtney squealed back. Lots of hugs, all around.

The party was held in the basement of the West Village restaurant Paris Commune; it was a cash bar. The setting also seemed appropriate; one could imagine that the restaurant, with its fair-to-middling bistro cuisine and trendy W. Vill. locale, would be just the type of place J. Courtney would suggest going on a date. Around her, young women milled and discussed their own upcoming nuptials.

You see, the program works! No longer need any young woman date a man without at least some cash.

"We're not engaged, but we will be soon," said one young woman, to another couple. "We can't afford June." The other couple was already engaged.

The three of them discussed wedding locations. "I can't bring my family to DUMBO!" the nearly engaged woman said, with certainty. "My grandmother grew up on the Lower East Side. I can't get married in DUMBO. She thinks it's just sweatshops over there." She said she was considering something upstate. "My mom says the food is more important than the band, but I feel the opposite. I don't want, like, Burger King, but ..."

The already-engaged woman said, "We're doing sliders, and onion rings." The other woman paused. "Oh, you're so funny. Wait, seriously? That's so... cute!"

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Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:57:03 EST Doree Shafrir http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=238507&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Match.com: Now Targeting the Lego Demographic ]]> Perhaps this means that Match is now targeting a younger—much younger—demographic. In any case, these new ads can only be good news for our friend Eric Schaeffer.

Match.com Says Love's for Everybody, Even You
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Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:20:53 EST Doree Shafrir http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=233688&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Close Encounters of the Brutally Honest Kind ]]> 2006_11_08_evaluatress.jpgThere have been times in our lives—and yours too, we imagine—where we've gone on a date with someone who turns out to be so heinously unattractive, for whatever reason, that we'd do anything, including climbing out the bathroom window, to nip the evening in the bud. What was it about that person? Was it his bad breath? Her mustache? His table manners? Jesus, it's a miracle anyone gets laid in this town at all. But wait! There's hope.

Now, via Fleshbot, comes news that a New York woman had taken it upon herself to offer $75 evaluations of men—we're talking personal style, teeth whiteness, hair thickness, penis size, and general attractiveness. At first, we thought, yes. Finally, someone who'll do the heavy lifting before they get to us! And then we came to our senses and realized that, like everything else, the people who really, truly need this service probably won't avail themselves of it, thereby keeping the local dating pool well-stocked with total douchebags for years to come.

The Evaluatress: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You [Fleshbot]
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Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:40:01 EST Doree Shafrir http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=213342&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Going Deep at the 92nd Street Y ]]> black%20dildo.jpgLet's just assume, for one moment, that we were single and in our 30s or 40s, and we were looking for a nice, hot piece of ass to take home to mom. We would have already written off the Meatpacking District and the Lower East Side as potential hunting grounds; ditto for stroller-happy Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens. But not even the strongest whiff of desperation could get us to attend the 92nd Street Y's Deeper Dating event, if only because the Deeper Dating website promises "a series of exercises enabling people to meet many opposite sex participants in an enjoyable and less-superficial way."

A "series of exercises"? Deeper dating? Let's just say we see where this is going, and it's not to synagogue.

Deeper Dating at the 92nd Street Y [92Y Blog]
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Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:00:23 EST Doree Shafrir http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=211963&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Online Dating: The Unfortunates ]]> Apart from its GMIJ-worthy lede ("The Internet lets people search billions of Web pages in a fraction of a second and instantaneously tap information around the globe. One thing it couldn't do: Find Brian Wolf a girlfriend."), this bog-standard WSJ piece about the losers of online dating contains pretty much what you'd expect: sob stories, tales of obsession, the J-date anecdote that everyone in the world has now heard at least twice, etc. But what of poor Brian Wolf, the undateable mug from the top of the story? What makes it so difficult for him to find a companion even amongst the Internet's most lonely and desperate?


Ah.


An online nightmare: Becoming 'undateable' [WSJ, via azcentral.com

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Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:50:55 EDT abalk2 http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=203278&view=rss&microfeed=true