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Follow-Up - What Needs to Be Said in Person?

By Miss Double Shot I noticed that a fair number of people who replied to the text message breakup post said that they'd either been dumped or been dumped via text. I'm 23, and I felt like I was about 104 when I read…
Getting Slaphappy

By Miss Double Shot I've been watching a lot of old movies lately and have noticed that the female characters in many of these films didn't mind dealing out a slap in the face when a guy behaved badly. Check out some o…
Helping Your SO Smell Better

By Miss Double Shot While I was at Target this weekend picking out cheap shampoo, I watched a guy and a girl ransack the deodorant aisle in search of the perfect scent for him. She'd choose one, smell it and immediatel…
On Being Overly Picky

By Miss Double Shot One of my guilty pleasures is the admittedly horrible MTV show "Next". The concept is simple - a guy or girl with a shtick (one loved Thanksgiving and had turkey day themed challenges) sends potent…
Can You Make Fun of Yourself?

By Miss Double Shot A New York Times blog post today raised an interesting question: what's the correlation between self-deprecating humor and attractiveness? Can you get away with being jokingly down on yourself witho…
Who Owns Guyliner and Piercings?

By Miss Double Shot We got a message this weekend from a reader who wanted to talk about guys' wearing traditionally girly accessories: Someone told me how guys wearing piercings disables girls from "owning" anythin…
Chick Flicks and Sweatpants - The Breakup Schedule

By Miss Double Shot I was listening to Fiona Apple at work and it reminded me of a breakup with an old flame . . . there's nothing like listening to an angry, sullen girl play melancholy piano ballads when you'r…
American Teen and The High School Flashback

By Miss Double Shot Here's the trailer for American Teen, a movie I saw this past weekend . . . it's the story of five high school seniors from Indiana who are getting ready to move on to the next part of their live…
TMI, kthxbye

By Miss Double Shot My roommate has been going out with some really strange guys as part of an "exclusive! millionaires only! très selective!" matchmaking gig . . . she texted me earlier today to tell me that one of th…
How Do You Make Date Nights Different?

By Miss Double Shot A friend and I were out last week watching couples swing dance as part of NYC's Midsummer Night Swing. Essentially, Lincoln Center opens its courtyard to anybody who wants to dance or watch; a liv…