Lemondrop

Amber Adrian

Excising the Word 'Dating' from My Vocabulary

Some words make me twitchy -- words like trivial, chignon and, yes, dating. "Dating" has become the ...

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My (Realistic) Plan to Meet Someone New: Always Say Yes

Wouldn't it be nice if you could Google "my next boyfriend" and his name, age, interests and the day ...

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Dating Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them (Hint: You Can't)

Do you know how many silver cars are speeding merrily through stop signs right now? Well, I'll tell ...

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Clean Shower Tile, and Other Ways to Tell If It's Love

I have no game and, if I really like someone, am likely to embarrass us both. It's an unfortunate ...

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When Fishing on Craigslist Yields a Nice Halibut

For my 30th birthday, a friend sent me tickets to a David Sedaris reading. I couldn't think of any ...

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You're Over Him (Mostly). So Now What?

Losing love is like listening to your favorite radio station while moving out of range. The love is ...

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How Much Would You Pay to Avoid Talking to an Ex?

"It's dead." The Apple store employee plunked my beloved pink iPod down on the counter and tugged ...

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Falling in Love Again -- With Hope

My favorite part of being single is walking into a coffee shop, putting my hands on my hips like a ...

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Digitally Haunted By an Ex

As I walked out the door the morning we broke up, I deleted my ex's numbers from my cell phone. A ...

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Endings Are Really Beginnings, and All That Crap

We planned to start trying for a baby last fall. But our relationship was already spiraling slowly ...

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The Post-Breakup Diary

Amber Adrian is a writer who lives with a lovingly tended basil plant and lots of red shoes. Her ...

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