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Jess on Tap: Is Your Relationship Battle-Tested?

6th January 2012 by Jess View Comments

Recently, guest author Danae Matthews wrote an article for us about the need, in dating, to slow the hell down. That seemed to resonate with many of you. A few of you pointed out that it takes time to get below the surface of that hormone-induced crush to see who the person really is, what [...]

Year in Review: 2011 CityGirls Style

29th December 2011 by Christie View Comments

So we’ve been bitching about 2011 for the last few weeks — have you enjoyed it? I know, us too!! Anyhoo, this year featured crazy weddings (K and K, K and Wills), The loss of the great Elizabeth Taylor (ahhh, her jewels. Her JEWELS), and some other random stuff like the economy and what appeared [...]

SingleGirl: It’s a Break, Not a Break-Up

27th December 2011 by SingleGirl View Comments

Our SingleGirl B is chiming in on our whole break up series. Yes, as we march on to 2012, we have a few more things to say about breaking up with 2011…

Since the beginning of relationships the term “break-up” has always had a negative connotation attached to it. We’ve all been there. We’ve all heard [...]

Breaking Up with 2011: The Economy

23rd December 2011 by Jess View Comments

Join us as we continue to bid farewell to 2011 in our Breaking Up series by giving it a big old kick in the pants and letting it know just exactly how much it can suck it. In today’s installment, we address an element of 2011 that we have all come to loathe: the economy.

Dear [...]

Guest Author: The Need for Courtship

19th December 2011 by Guest Author View Comments

Covering for Jess today, guest author Danae Matthews tells us why we shouldn’t be so quick to abandon the courtship rituals of our high school days.

Love, Courtship, Marriage
When I was a little girl my relationships were so easy. A boy would decide he had a crush on me, or vice versa, and instinctively we would [...]