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Lively Women

Archive for the ‘Relationships’ Category

March 1st, 2007

Is It Time to Say Goodbye to Hooking Up?

Laura Sessions Stepp seems to think so, and it’s not a very popular opinion. Her book Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both, released on February 15, 2007, is unexpectedly controversial. The focus? The emotional and psychological damaged caused by women’s engagement in casual sex encounters.
And we’re […]

By Kristen King -- 8 comments

January 29th, 2007

Want to Get Happy? Get Married!

A poll reported earlier this month suggests that marriage is a stronger causal factor than money when it comes to happiness and overall life satisfaction:
Married adults at any income level were as likely, if not more likely, to report being happy than even the wealthiest unmarried adults.
Now, that doesn’t mean that you should […]

By Kristen King -- 1 comment

January 26th, 2007

You Know When You Were Born, But Do You Know How Old You Really Are?

I’ll be 25 in a month and a half, and it got me thinking about the whole concept of age. Sure, I know when I was born (March 1982, if you’re mathematically challenged, like I am), but is my body aging at the same rate the calendar tells me?
That’s why I decided to find […]

By Kristen King -- 5 comments

January 25th, 2007

Why Good Sex Pays Off (and how to make yours better)

Aside from the obvious positives of having a healthy, active sex life (sex = good, for those who missed it), why is sex so important?
An article from Women’s Health points out that having a great sex life can actually save you money, as much as $5,670 in three months:
Making the beast with two backs does […]

By Kristen King -- 1 comment