Truth Ache I spent an entire Sunday with a really cute guy I met through a dating app. We kissed a bit, and I stayed over at his place (though I said no sex). Things felt weird Monday morning, so I texted to see whether we were still on for dinner. He asked to push it […]
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Matt Wuerker—Week of December 23
Ready to take our tower of Babble to the next level?
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Bed Over Heels?
It’s easy to believe you’re “in love” when you’re really just in lust
Bed Over Heels? I‘m a 29-year-old guy with a “keep it casual” relationship history, but I can’t stop thinking about this new girl at work. Beyond not wanting her to date anyone else, I don’t want someone to hurt her or make her sad. No other woman has ever made me feel this way. How […]
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Free Will Astrology—Week of December 16
Holiness begins in recognizing the face of the other
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The coming months will be a favorable time for you to redefine the meaning of the term “sacred” and to deepen your relationship with sacredness. To spur your imagination, I offer four quotes: 1. “Recognizing the sacred begins when we are interested in every detail of our lives.” —Buddhist teacher Chögyam […]
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Easy Rewriter, The Incredible Sulk
Consider that your husband’s memory might not be the only one that’s been, um, redecorated.
Easy Rewriter At a dinner, a woman asked how my husband and I met. He says he spotted me in the campus dining hall, deliberately bumped me and spilled my drink on my tray, and used getting me a refill to ask me out. This never happened. (We met in class, and he asked me […]
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Free Will Astrology—Week of December 9
In my astrological estimation, the coming weeks will be a fun time to make this one of your mottoes
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A fashion company called Tibi sells a silver mini dress that features thousands of sequins. It’s also available in gold. I wonder if the designers were inspired by poet Mark Doty’s line: “No such thing, the queen said, as too many sequins.” In my astrological estimation, the coming weeks will be […]
