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    Melissa Maris

    Melissa Maris

  • Letting Go Without Guilt

    I have a friend who is teetering on the edge of a breakup. He and his girlfriend have been having issues for several months, and he's finally had too much. It's not that they don't love each other or that one of them is a bad person-it just isn't working. Or rather, it's requiring way too much work.

  • The Sneeze Test

    If you've seen the movie Singles, you probably remember that by the end of it, Bridget Fonda's character scales her list of desired man traits down to just one thing: Does he say God bless you when she sneezes?

  • We're all grown-up girl scouts

    As girl scouts, we were taught to always leave our picnic tables or campsites cleaner than when we found them. As adults, I think a lot of us apply this same code of conduct to dating.We date men with hang-ups, neuroses, issues. We counsel them, tell them they're lovable, explain to them how the fem

  • Can't we all just get along...with our bodies?

    When was the last time you heard a man say, "I'm just really self-conscious about the crease in my forehead." Or, "I'll start dating again after I lose 10 pounds." Your answer should be: Never.Men don't talk or think like that. They don't derive their senses of self from their body image. They don't