I had lots of luck meeting and casually dating cisgendered men, so my advice stands! Again, I haven't used the platform in several years so it may be outdated, but my experience was generally positive.

Back when I was doing such things, I generally met mine on Craigslist. Sure, there were a lot of creeps and weirdos, but I think that is the case in any online forum. What I liked about CL was that I could place (and respond to) well-written ads and pretty quickly filter communications to limit myself to men who…

Indeed I do. Live out in the 'burbs on the MD side, but work in DC. Love it here; I'm not sure I'd really want to live anywhere else. Everywhere else is just a nice (or not-so-nice) place to visit.

What a beautiful (and delicious) day!!! That reminds me to put the National Gallery and Dumbarton Oaks on my list of day-adventures for the near future.

Good evening, Saturday Night Socializers...

If this were a pattern I would definitely agree with you. As it is I think I should cut him a bit more slack; it's only been a week, and I know he's been trying to finish a lot of work and personal obligations so he can travel for the holidays. But if it continues, then yes, I need to end our romantic involvement. I…

He's less fabulous than you deserve if he can't see how fabulous you are. Love your attitude and am going to try to adopt it myself.

I'm so so sorry. Sending hugs and chocolate and whatever would be most comforting.

Good luck with your reboot! Sounds like you have a lot of great plans there. Good for you for doing what you need to take care of your mental health. And welcome home to a fellow DC-er!

Good evening all. Having a very rough go of it this week and trying to figure out how to hold it together. In summary:

Fun game! I would wish for:

I am in the midst of planning my Christmas week tryst with the Hot Republican, something that is making me a lot happier than it really should. I am still somewhat uncertain of the status of this (non-?)relationship, but continuing feels like the right thing for now. A year ago, I was close to 100 pounds heavier and…

Fantastic! I was an avid D&D player in my previous life, with my now ex-husband. I miss it quite a bit (the D&D, not the ex-husband or the overall life with him).

Unfortunately, my first first time was a non-consensual, post frat party encounter that I don't really remember. I'd had a few beers at a party, a guy I thought was a friend was supposed to walk me back to my room, and I started feeling really woozy along the way. Woke up in the morning in his room feeling really sore…

I love love love my copper IUD. Got mine after my second kid was born, nearly 7 years ago. Hormonal birth control had never really agreed with me, so I was thrilled to have another reliable option after deciding I was done with childbearing for the foreseeable future. Insertion was a bit painful with some soreness for…

I work in the legal industry, and the market is SO HARD right now. Please don't feel guilty about getting a job through your connections. You likely had to make a good impression on someone along the way, right? And you still have to do the work! So if anything, I would just advise continuing to be grateful and…

Oh no!!! I'm so sorry. :( What a bum. You deserve someone who will appreciate you and want just as much out of the relationship as you do. Sending lots of hugs and extra virtual cupcakes.

Signing off after a much-needed weekend of rest that included two good nights of sleep (with hopefully a third to follow tonight), binge-watching all of this season's episodes of The Blacklist that have aired to date, one of my best stationary cycling workouts thus far in my exercise program, some football, and, last…

It looks like timing won't work out for the date with B, so looks like I am off the hook for having a Serious Discussion with A for a little while yet. The bottom line is that I think we both greatly enjoy the sex and each other's company (I know I do - I certainly hope he feels the same), so I don't think I want to…

That is certainly excellent advice! I think the key is that I really do need to be okay with whatever the outcome is, going into the discussion, for it to turn out well, because asking him how he feels about exclusivity and then getting upset/punishing him for not giving the "right" answer would be very unfair. And…