About Us
The Hosts:
JOEY used to pride himself on being a lady's man. Recently he has found that he has evolved more towards the realm of girly-man. He is determined to rectify the situation by putting the "nice guy" to bed and channel the inner bad boy. Unfortunately, that has never been an adjective that described him. It will be a difficult journey, but hopefully he will succeed. More than likely you'll spot him outside some girl's window who has just broken his heart, while holding up a boom-box blasting her favorite 80's song.
Julie plunged into the dating world coincidentally the same day she got her braces removed at the age of 14. While she has maintained her youthful spirit, she has also gained more dating experience than most 32 and a half year olds can stomach. Some people would call this repetitive failure, she calls it “building a cumulative wisdom".
Lauren is the voice of reason amongst her friends. She has her head on straight, and often finds that this is a bit intimidating for the boys. Even though she is looking to be swept off her feet, she demands that the gentleman have a non-psycho broom. While she searches for someone to compliment her, she'll settle for giving advice to little brown men who cry way too much.
Michelle is a serial-monogamist currently residing in Los Angeles. She believes the best basis for any long-term relationship is a mutual love of all things culinary. Her ideal date involves both a cheese and a chocolate course.
Tara, after many years of short-term relationships, finally settled down with Mr. Right (name changed to protect the innocent). She's been happily married for over six years. Tara had her first kiss at 15 and kept her eyes open the entire time. Despite that, her kissing partner rated her one of his top three kisses of all time. Now THAT's credentials!
The Correspondents:
Jessie loves men and not even the past 13 years of dating and remaining single has made her bitter. She's had some great boyfriends (like the one who bought her flowers when she got a haircut, to celebrate its potential success or cheer her up in its possible failure), and some douches (hey, there, you who made her cry on her birthday and broke up with her via phone). What she's learned is that each person is different, and that while some similarities exist for either sex, the most interesting part of dating is finding out what makes him or her different. That said. . . boy, does she have stories! And will cheerfully share them with all of you.
Jessica is an expert on men, and the type she doesn’t want. After being married to Mr. Wrong for quite a while, she is single and optimistic that Mr. Right is indeed out there. In the meantime, she is more than willing to date and share her opinions and thoughts on everything. And she ALWAYS has an opinion.
Katie, after having dealt with her share of crybaby frat boys and douche-nozzles, gave up on committed relationships. After about two years of even worse dating experiences (one of them told her his mother committed suicide after they had sex) decided it was time to be a little more picky. She knows everyone has self-esteem issues, but came to the conclusion that just because someone shows interest, doesn't mean you have to give them what they want. She wishes she had realized this in high school, but that's a WHOLE other story.
Mara is a rational human being who is very good at seeing both sides of an argument. Forced to learn lots of psychology and sociology as a Theatre major at Virginia Tech, she improved upon this talent until everyone she knew came to her for relationship advice. Eventually it got to the point where she could not go 5 minutes without having someone text/call/email/or IM her, so she dug a hole and hid in it for a few years. Emerging from her hole, she has decided it is time once again to spread wisdom and rationality across the internet for anyone who cares enough to read.
