Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Laura Sessions Stepp gives a detailed look at the hookup culture that is permeating social scenes in American colleges and even some high schools.
Hooking up involves two people getting together for sex without commitment or attachment. Ms. Stepp suggests [...]
One of my favorite vacations was spent sailing around the British Virgin Islands on a catamaran with six adult friends. By day, we sailed, snorkeled, swam, sunbathed, hit beach bars, relaxed. By night, we partied. The Bushwacker was our favorite drink. We’d moor in a cove with other boats, motor our raft ashore and dine [...]
I was drinking sangria at the bar of Cascal, a local tapas restaurant, when an attractive woman and her date sat down beside me. It took a moment to catch her eye, at which point I couldn’t help but flash a wry smile. No, I wasn’t hitting on her, trying to flirt when her date [...]
I don’t want to charge this blog up with politics, but a commentary piece I read over the weekend resonated with the single dad part of me. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman wrote about the language used by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, noting that “Obama co-opts female communication style”.
While Hillary talks tough and showcases [...]
My ex-wife’s parents came to the US from southern Italy. Through 14 years of Saturday picnics, Sunday dinners, and holiday meals, I learned the basics of Italian cooking from them. Here’s a carrot recipe that uses balsamic vinegar and garlic to create a flavorful dish your whole family will love. My son especially likes this [...]
I’ve salsa’d all night in Lima with a Peruvian woman, and in the Caribbean with a Cuban, so you’d think I’d be a natural on the local salsa scene. You’d be wrong. While I enjoy the sounds and rhythms, I’m not a gifted dancer. And for a single man, that’s a terrible thing. When my [...]
A few years ago, a group of neighborhood soccer moms asked me to train with them for the Napa Valley Marathon. I’d just turned forty and was an avid cyclist who’d left hill workouts, interval training, and twenty-mile runs well behind me.
“I can give you some tips,” I said. “But my serious running days are [...]
David Mott is a divorced single father of a teen daughter and son offering stories, tips and opinions on single parenting, coparenting children, two-home families, cooking, cocktails, self awareness - and relationships formed in an age of online dating, text messaging, and booty calls.
David Mott has appeared on ABC News Now, CBS radio, CNN.com, and McClatchy News syndication
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Danielle: I can honestly say that I have never unconditionally loved a man. I think I find that very sad.
Honey: Jake lost his virginity when he was 15, and that seems like a pretty common number (I was 18, but it was less...
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