As you may have been able to tell from my first couple posts on UNW, I am very (perhaps excessively) interested in dating, relationships, and the general dynamics between the sexes. Having studied social science in college and grad school, I find few things more intriguing than the theories that govern human behavior. Plus, everyone [...]

Sometimes, I feel a little naive. I do really believe that part of this whole being in love thing is truly 100% believing that the other person will never do anything to intentionally hurt you. That safety is such an intrinsic part of it.
Yet, it can be so frightening to hear how just plain cruel [...]

When I was 17, I impulsively told a boy I loved him. It was the summer. I was starting college in the fall, and we were dangling our feet off a cliff into the lake, my parents packing up their picnic basket in the distance. We’d been dating for nearly a year, talking on the [...]

I am beginning to wonder how my friends became so cliched.
It certainly couldn’t be by simple virtue of the diamond rings displayed on their ring fingers. It is not as though they are the first of my friends to get married, many of whom who have managed the transition from girlfriend to wife with relative [...]

I posted this last week on my blog, but it seemed to fit pretty well with the theme here, so I decided to do a little double dipping.
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I have a bit of a secret– I’ve never really dated.
As I’ve remarked before, my adult dating history has been marked primarily by either being in a relationship, [...]

There are two types of people in the world. There are those who hate Valentine’s Day and choose to commemorate February 14 wearing a cheerful shade of green and proclaiming to anyone who will listen that “I’m ignoring Valentine’s Day this year!” with the fervent enthusiasm of a college freshman on the way to his [...]

On Monday, Mr.5280 wrote about the trifecta of qualities he loves in the ladies. Which? Got me thinking about the qualities I enjoy in men. And by ‘enjoy’, I mean, qualities that make me swoon. Swoon like I should be wearing a corset, sort of swooning. My list is definitely longer than three, but because [...]

I’ve been an avid reader and subscriber to this blog for months. One of the reasons I like it is because the entries are honest and thought provoking, but another reason is because the content is so drastically different than what I normally write. For those who don’t know me, I usually talk about all [...]

I posted this on my blog a few days ago– but it seemed too perfect in scope not to post here, too!
Perhaps by virtue of our Canadian and career-ist nature, the bulk of my friends did not rush into wedded bliss right after high school. Sure, there was the one couple who married essentially when [...]

I’m not too sure when I became the resident expert on cohabitation.
It could be that, seven months into living in a new apartment with my guy, I am still deliciously giddy about the notion of waking up to him every morning, and he still finds me bearable and perhaps a little cute, despite my tendency [...]

Rejection is something that I do not handle very well at all. I take it personally. Really personally. Even when I know I shouldn’t. I recognize this about myself, but still can’t seem to get over it.
Rejection is something that you usually have to deal with a lot in your twenties and it comes in [...]

It really bothers me that once a girl reaches her mid-twenties, a lot of people think it’s all of a sudden time for her to settle down. At family get togethers there are always awkward questions. Friends getting married and people looking at me expecting me to flash some bling at them and yell out [...]

A couple days ago I found out that a friend from high school recently got engaged. My immediate thought wasn’t “Oh wow! Good for her!” like it should have been. Instead, with only the slightest hint of jealousy, I said, “Great. There’s another one.”
I graduated high school in 2004 with less than a hundred kids. [...]

Ah yes, I am the last 20something to post, gah. Not the best foot to start off on, but I suppose that’s part of the 20something saga…..starting on one foot the wrong way and then starting over, on the other foot (foot could be literal or hypothetically speaking) the “right way.” I have a million [...]

Hi! My name is Brandy and I write at “It’s like, I’m…mmmagic!“. I’m excited to be a member of this new site and look forward to entertaining you with my horrible dating experiences and undying love for fictional character who are no longer on television except in the glory that I call ‘re-runs’.  We decided [...]