Overseas Weddings: Fad Or Fun?

August 9, 2012 in Lifestyle, Marriage, People, Relationships, Religion, Self, Society, Travel, Wedding

I read a lot of blogs but one that I follow religiously is Sam de Brito’s All Men Are Liars* which runs in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun HeraldĀ paper. He always has a knack of being honest about life’s shortcomings or just things that we, as a society, put up with. Sam de Brito doesn’t put up with much. He calls a spade a spade which just goes to show that the name of his opinion column couldn’t be further from the truth. I had the pleasure of meeting Sam, somewhat shyly, in Dymocks George Street late last [...]

Chivalrous Men and Why Gentlemen are Underrated.

June 6, 2012 in Books, Dating, Entertainment, Gender, People, Relationships, Self, Sex

Chivalry is dead. Manners are free. You’ve heard these lines before with the only exception being that some people use them more than others. So, as I make my way through this awkward and sometimes downright disappointing world of dating, I wonder whatever happened to the gentleman? He is elusive, kind of like Superman. One minute he’s there, the next he’s gone. Well I, for one, want him to stick around ’cause he’s tops. At least at the beginning anyway. When was the last time a guy opened a car door for you? Mine was Saturday night but I paid [...]