Men, as a general rule, shy away from therapy because there is no obvious way to keep score.

They were soul mates, my mother and father. They claimed to adore each other, as if the word 'adore' meant 'argue with ceaselessly.

Beware the cute, hot guy who kind of reminds you of the parent you don't get along with: your cold, distant father who left when you were a kid or your hot-tempered mother whom you could never please.

It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone!.

A more complex - but only slightly more original - way to feel out of it is available at the hip and pretentious nightclubs and bars along the Sunset Strip.

Men who have a lot of charm have it in place of something real that you are eventually going to want from them and find that they do not have.

Beware the man who doesn't ask you any questions about yourself on your first date.