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Romancing the Con, Part 2
by Gwen Cooper
In addition to his various prison sentences and five-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, Jason came saddled with one additional piece of baggage--an ex-girlfriend named Svetlana. Well, not quite "ex,"...READ MORE
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Geezer Dates
by Simone Westfall
I was having dinner with a friend last night when the subject of fudging your age in personals ads came up. He had recently been dating a woman who claimed...READ MORE
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Romancing the Con
by Gwen Cooper
The receipt of a random prank phone call in the middle of the night last night--a phenomenon I have not experienced in many years--has caused me to think about my...READ MORE
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Dating Disasters, Part 4
by Simone Westfall
I know that women are by tradition and by custom supposedly the more mysterious sex, but I've had a number of dates that have made me wonder about the curious...READ MORE
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The Quick Weight-Loss Break-Up Diet
by Gwen Cooper
Whenever I end a major relationship--"major" either in terms of its length or its intensity--I drop weight like Verizon drops calls. When my fiancé and I broke up ten years...READ MORE
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Dating Disasters, Part 3
by Simone Westfall
We strolled through Riverside Park after dinner, at dusk, rollerbladers and runners whizzing past. We sat on a park bench and held hands. Rick was caught up in the romance...READ MORE
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Love and Addiction
by Gwen Cooper
Of all the dating experiences I've had over the years, dating addicts has been among the most difficult. This probably goes without saying, but it's a subject that's been on...READ MORE
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"You Don't Know What It's Like...."
by Gwen Cooper
Today I turn my attention away from my own dating life and shine the spotlight on a friend's--or rather, a friend of Robert's named Michael. I had occasion just over...READ MORE
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Dating Disasters, Part 2
by Simone Westfall
"BluesMan," aka Rick, contacted me through one of the internet sites on which I once had postings. His photo looked fairly yummy: handsome fiftyish face, fashionably spiky hair, blue eyes...READ MORE
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A Tale of Three Kitties
by Gwen Cooper
I've always been of the vague and highly unscientific opinion that much can be learned about my boyfriends based on how well they receive, and are received by, my three...READ MORE
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Dating Disasters, Part 1
by Simone Westfall
I have been, in my post-divorce careers, a vocation of approximately 10 years' standing, one of the champion daters of all time. Though there were a few so-called relationships along...READ MORE
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An Unexpected Guest
by Gwen Cooper
When I first moved to New York from South Beach, Florida, my first real New York boyfriend was a man named Jason. Jason was extraordinarily good-looking but arguably had little...READ MORE
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The Boyfriend as Groupie
by Gwen Cooper
From Las Vegas, Robert and I head out to Los Angeles on an obscenely early-morning flight. My book has thus far received an enthusiastic response among gay readers, and so...READ MORE
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Postmortems
by Simone Westfall
"Weren't you terribly hurt when you didn't hear from this guy?" a friend asked when I told her the Sam story. Yes, of course I was, but I've been through...READ MORE
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Going to the Chapel?
by Gwen Cooper
The Las Vegas launch party for the book (held at Tao in the Venetian) is huge and wild and everything you would expect Vegas to be. Tao is both a...READ MORE
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The End of Sam
by Simone Westfall
We settled into a pattern, Sam and I, of one night a week. At the beginning of our liaison, we had talked about going to ball games, visiting Ellis Island,...READ MORE
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Never in Vegas
by Gwen Cooper
Robert and I have been in Las Vegas for two days now, and he continues to surprise me. Just last night we were strolling through the Bellagio lobby (not where...READ MORE
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Two for the Road
by Gwen Cooper
Robert and I are off to Vegas and California this week for the West Coast leg of my book tour. Although he joined me for a couple of days at...READ MORE
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Spooning
by Simone Westfall
The next time I see Sam we meet at a restaurant in my neighborhood, where he has already ordered a glass of red wine and is staring fixedly at the...READ MORE
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The Tale of the Bedhog
by Gwen Cooper
There's a certain amount of disillusionment that's probably inevitable in any new relationship--the day when you look over at your shiny new boyfriend and realize that he is, perhaps, not...READ MORE
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Aftermath
by Simone Westfall
But what to tell Sam? I'm in agony on the trip home from the doctor's. If what he has told me is true, if he's been celibate for two years,...READ MORE
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