Throwback Thursday: Simple Acts Of Chivalry

"In walking with a lady in the street, leave her the inner side of the pavement." PSG translation...Men should always walk closest to the street when escorting a woman. This classically chivalrous act and concern for the safety of your date is über attractive. Remember, guys, our engines get revved up internally. It's the simple things that go a long way with the female libido. #vroomvroom. 

You're welcome.

- Beadle’s Dime Book of Etiquette, 1861

xo

~M

Wednesday's Words of Wisdom: Coping With Stress

Lessons From The Ladies Room #17: Sex For All The Wrong Reasons

The sexual revolution of the 60s paved the way for women to be more open and unapologetically alternative about their sex lives. A debate will probably forever rage on regarding whether a single woman should happily and unabashedly have carefree sex like a man or whether she should heed grandma's traditional advice of not allowing him get the proverbial milk for free.

Mixing Up Your (Online) Dating Life

Online dating: Some love it, some hate it. Opinions regarding internet dating generally fall on a spectrum ranging from complete and utter fear or disgust to faithful enthusiast. There are those who fear their date will be a creeper (quite possible), or that he/she won't look anything like their profile pic (not uncommon), or that your ex might see you online (news flash: if he sees you're online, it probably means he's online dating too).

Vacay, okay!

Morning lovies,

 It's vacay time in PSG land. I'm taking a few days off and heading to the beach to daydream, relax and recharge my mind, body and soul in preparation for the upcoming fall season and all that it may bring. We all deserve to escape every once and awhile and so I leave you with this week's words of wisdom:

There's nothing wrong with being a dreamer. Success has to start from somewhere, right?

Check out this vacation post from last year to get your own vacay mojo revved up! See you Monday!

xo

~M 

5 Questions Men Should Stop Asking Women (And What To Ask Instead)

Listen up. I'm sick and tired of guys asking stupid friggin questions on dates or while dating. Yes, men, I know, I know, we women can pose some pretty asinine queries ourselves. I'm here to say that we are not alone, as men too drop some idiotic bombs every now and again. What with the cocktail of emotions that gets shaken up during a typical date/dating experience, we're all subject to make such errs in all our hormonal glory from time to time. But, like most interventions, admitting the problem is the first step to recovery. Today's Top 10 Tuesday focuses on just that:

Throwback Thursday: Cultivate Admirable Qualities

Throwback Thursday (n.)- Old courtship rules with a modern translation.

Throwback Thursday #2: Cultivate Admirable Qualities 

"Cultivate and manifest whatever qualities you would awaken. You inspire in the one you court the precise feeling and traits you yourself experience. This law effects the result. Every faculty in either awakens itself in the other. This is just as sure as gravity itself. Hence your success must come from within, depends upon yourself, not the one courted." PSG Translation~ Be the person you want to meet. The qualities that you possess have a direct correlation with the type of person you attract. Cultivate your own success and betterment and don't rely on a guy to do it for you.

- Social Etiquette: Or, Manners and Customs of Polite Society, 1896

xo

~M

Wednesday Words of Wisdom: Dream Big

Everyone always says "live your dreams" right? Well, sometimes, that's easier said than done and we have to be realistic about things such as finances and family that come first. Sometimes, living your full dream takes time, but there's always a way to get started in the present:

• By declaring and owning up to what you want out of life, you are putting your dreams and desires out into the universe and start to attract positive energy surround them.
• Talk about your dreams as if they are bound to happen "When____happens...", "When I become____", "I will_____", instead of using ifs and mights.
• Turn your dreams into your hobby. Work your hobby like a job in your spare time. 

It is those small things that motivate us to keep going and eventually find a way to live our dreams in the biggest way possible.
xo
~M

Feel Good Fashion: A PSG Giveaway!!!

Dear Lovelies,

Did you know that I also have a fashion/style blog called Analyzed Style? Well, now you do! Fittingly, Psych and the Single Girl along with AnalyzedStyle.com is hosting its very first giveaway this week (a fabulous Oscar de la Renta silk scarf) courtesy of the Look Good Feel Better Foundation and Beauty Editor's Day NYC!

Walk Away or Stay Another Day?: Breakup Questions To Ponder

Contemplating whether or not to end your relationship? Not sure if you should take your relationship to the next level? Being at a crossroads in a relationship can be both confusing and overwhelming, but if you're questioning it, you should definitely take some time to think about why. For this week's Top 10 Tuesday, I've laid out 10 questions to ask yourself if you are contemplating walking away:

Lessons From The Ladies Room # 16: Wing Woman Rules

Remember back in college when you had a bad break-up or a bad day and you just needed to go out, let loose, and have some attention bestowed upon you with the help of your best girl friend by your side? Or, forget college, maybe it was just last weekend?? Anyway, I got to reminiscing about my own wing woman days recently. Every girl should have had a great wing woman at some point in time (I'm looking at you, Courtney!) and should've also been a great wing woman themselves, because, well, that's just what friends are for. This week's Lessons From The Ladies Room is dedicated to those special traits that make the wing women of the world so wonderfully amazing.

Throwback Thursday: Temperament and Disposition

One of my favorite posts that I wrote in my beginning days of blogging was Give Me Liberty Or Give Me (19th Century) Dates?: Old Rules For The Modern Dater. You'd be surprised how much you can relate to the rules that applied hundreds of years ago. Well, welcome to Throwback Thursdays, lovelies, in which we will take a moment to step back in time to the courtship eras of yore and learn how to apply it to today's dating world. Their words--my modern translation. Seemed like a novel idea for a weekly series to me, so here we go!

Wednesday Words of Wisdom

Relying on yourself and living your life to the fullest without anyone else's approval or permission takes strength, lovelies! Keep on loving yourself just as you are in this very moment.

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xo

~M

Top 10 Tuesday: Cheap Dates

Dear Men,
 Contrary to popular belief, women do not necessarily need a guy to spend copious amounts of money on a date to show serious interest, romance, or depth. I am reminded of the movie Half Baked where Dave Chappelle's character and his date schlepped around New York City for hours due to his embarrassment of having a mere $8 in his pocket. I am the first one to say that, yes, a man should pay for the first few dates, but that does not mean that it has to break the bank to be considered worthwhile, nor does it mean that cheap has to mean boring.

You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks: Men To Avoid

So, you met a guy. He's attractive, he's "good on paper", at first sight, he appears to fit the profile of someone you'd want to date well into the future, however, there is an undeniable trait or two (or ten) that you find worrisome. Not worrisome in a "He wears socks to bed" or "He leaves the cap off the toothpaste" kind of way. I'm talking worrisome in that je ne sais quoi, wtf, questioning your own sanity kind of way.