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August 2015

August 22, 2015

Chances Are If He Is Not Asking You Out Right Away, He Never Planned To…

... There's tips galore on how to make the most out of your online dating...

July 2015

July 05, 2015

I Do Not Deserve Happiness…

... I got asked that question again, that well meaning question divorced women typically get...

April 2015

April 01, 2015

How to Tell You’re Dating a Loser…

... There doesn't seem to be an official Catholic version of a shadchanit, so let...

December 2014

December 14, 2014

The Stages of A Praying Single Person…

... Single people are bombarded with advice on how to fix their situation constantly. This...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Oh, you’re still single. Let me fix that …

... Thanksgiving is next week. You know what that means. Single ladies, brace yourselves. Annoyingly...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Overlooked and Dismissed During the Synod, How Single Parents Continue to be Regarded in the Church…

Well, the Extraordinary Synod for the Family, has ended, and not surprisingly single parents have...

August 2014

August 02, 2014

Mine. It’s All Mine. My Bed. Mine…

... This morning I woke up phenomenally grateful for my bed and the fact that...

June 2014

June 11, 2014

Hijacking Father’s Day …

... Every Father's Days it's the same. An annual invitation to bash fatherhood. Can you...

March 2014

March 15, 2014

Typical Misconceptions Single People Have About Married Life…

... I am often amused by the question “how do you do it alone?” The...

March 11, 2014

It’s Time To Take Down The Dating Profile, Because Clearly You Shouldn’t Be Dating…

From my inbox, a reader's question. Published with permission ... Dear Crescat, I just started...

January 2014

January 08, 2014

23 signs you are a narcissist and men should probably avoid you at all costs…

... Huffington Post never fails to amuse, what with it's limitless supply of young narcissists....

November 2013

November 12, 2013

A Single Person’s Guide To Having a Fulfilling Love Life, and some other stuff too…

... This past Sunday, I was a call in guest on talk radio's, The Mess...

June 2013

June 19, 2013

What Employment History Reveals About Your Date…

... Just because I've given up on dating doesn't stop mean I'll ever stop dispensing...

November 2012

November 12, 2012

So You Want To Date a Liberal…

... My dating pool is drying up and as a happy result my faith, morals,...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

Advice For the Single Christian…

... All of which I have heard from well meaning friends, and is promptly followed...

May 2012

May 08, 2012

Nobody has ever died from not having sex…

... One of the first lessons I learned as a young woman was that just...

April 2012

April 17, 2012

How does a single woman handle her sex drive…

... OK, since she asked first I'll bring the question to you, good Catholic readers....

February 2012

February 23, 2012

it’s not the Church’s responsibility to see to it that you have a fulfilling social life…

... My previous Patheos column was about married sex and last week Simcha Fisher wrote...

January 2012

January 10, 2012

When you’re single you can have cashews and Yoohoo for dinner while watching Say Yes to the Dress and there’s no one around to remind you how fattening cashews are or how tv rots your brains…

... Having no one to impress really does have it's advantages. Today I am looking...