Hello, my name is Doris and I'd like to make a complaint.

Have you ever read a heap of men's dating profiles, and been a little turned off, felt a little uneasy, by the way men refer to their daughters? I have. There is always some nice little gender-specific adjective before the word "daughter(s)" that gives those daughters the qualities men are fanging for in their women. "My gorgeous / my beautiful / my lovely daughters…" You know, safe words to use when referring to your own offspring.  Careful guys, you wouldn't want to use any unsafe words like "smoking" "hot" or "sexy".  Play it cool and no-one will suspect a thing. You never see men describing their sons in dating profiles using adjectives. They might mention "I like spending time with my boys" or "My boys are with me every second weekend". They never refer to their son's looks or personality, and even if they did, they wouldn't use the same words that men save exclusively for women…or other...

Wolli Creek Lady She's the Wolli Creek Lady All cultured and moral She knows what she wants and it's 100% oral. She's bold and she's sassy and a little overweight 'Not married or attached' thanks if you're keen to be her date. Twenty-eight to forty-eight She wants you younger please Travel...dinner...movies then a night between her knees. Only men from Sydney thanks Her life's a bit complex She likes to travel interstate for 100% oral sex. Does she reciprocate the favour and reward men with a blow? Is her anatomy the problem? I'm not sure we'll ever know. Perhaps a problem with her vag? Blue Waffle springs to mind Vaginismus, dryness, anxiety, PID or a fetish of some kind? A profile most peculiar I don't know of any men who'd want to spend their evening  giving pleasure to this hen. 100% oral? Yes yes, men want that too but requesting it i...

My teenage daughter filled me in on an incident she dealt with on public transport this week.  A man in his mid 20's waits for her to remove her bag from the seat beside her so he can sit there. He stands and waits patiently. Plenty of free seats all around him, but he waits for the one beside her. He sits down and spreads his legs WIDE OPEN. Way over her half of the seat. Like most men do. A good 75cm between his knees. So my daughter placed her bag between her legs and adjusted herself, spreading her legs wide open as well.  At this point she says their thighs were pushed up hard against each other. Neither gave in. She says he was distracted at first, and then gradually became agitated. After a few minutes, he adjusted his position. Moving his bag around, he managed to straighten both of his legs out in a wide V...and then he extended his left leg... over the top of her right leg...so his left calf was resting on her right shin and his left foot was resting between her l...

How much of conversation is dominated by men during a first date, or during a relationship?  How long can a man talk about himself, his opinions, his beliefs, his desires without interruption? How does this sit with women who date them? Well…it grates! And as my post-separation single years continue, and I have the 'privilege' of experiencing more one-on-one conversation with single men, it can sometimes be difficult to notice anything else.       I've had a few first dates recently. Steve. Not a confident man by any stretch of the imagination. Had an obvious speech impediment and an unfortunate facial tick. Didn't stop him dominating the conversation.  One sentence from me was followed by 10 minutes of conversation from him.   John was the same.  Listened to him for the first hour talk about his fledgling business. The conversation consisted of him firing reasons at me (ad nauseam) for why he had bought his frozen yoghurt franchise; how the bus...

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Is it healthy to stay friends with an ex-partner?  Does it mean you're strange if you don't? Does staying friends with an ex mean you are emotionally mature or emotionally stuck?  Friendship is one thing.  Living together for years after a relationship has ended is in an entirely different ball park, especially when you are actively searching for a third person to plop into the mix. I’ve just finished up a relationship with a man who has been living with an ex-girlfriend for the last year. In fact, they have lived together a few times since they broke up 7 years ago. For a confluence of reasons I was told. How did I feel about this?   Well, those living arrangements caused a lot of problems for me, as I am sure it would most, if faced with this situation.   Problems arose pretty early on, before I even knew they’d had a sexual relationship.   I had originally assumed they had dated once or twice and then just said ‘lets be friends.’   N...

This came into the comments section of my last blog entry, 'A Valentine Love Poem'. It's from the fat lady with a tanning disorder who lives her ex. I decided that it shouldn't be left in the comments section. It needs a space of its own.   Amazing...a woman who still uses the term 'man of my dreams'. Cheer up tan lady. One day that ex that you still live with will look past the outside and notice all those great qualities on the inside. You won't be washing his jocks for nothing then.  I'm quite proud of a few things you've said about me.  Thank you.  Whoops, hang on. For a really smooth read, I think it should be: ' Than  deranged, fucked up and out of my mind.'  Bugger, it was your punchline too :-( #shesalittleobsessedwithme #SheCandoPoetryTooYouKnow Ladies and gentlemen! I give you..the ex's ex girlfriend. This is what I was up against when I tried to date a man who still lives with his ex (they're just friends thou...