Commentary
New York Guys Flee ‘Trainwreck’ Women
August 3, 2015
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
It’s the oldest piece of dating advice in the world: Everyone enjoys the life of the party, but no one wants to take her home. But is it still true in 2015?
In her hit film “Trainwreck,” comedienne Amy Schumer...
Why New York Women Wish They Lived in the ‘Mad Men’ Era
May 15, 2015
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
The final episode of AMC’s “Mad Men” this Sunday heralds the end of a TV era. The show’s seven seasons covered the turbulent decade from 1960 until 1970, dramatizing changing styles and social mores in the...
It’s not the bondage, boys: Real ’50 Shades’ date tips
February 22, 2015
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
It’s not about the bondage, it’s about the seduction.
No question, women are flocking to “50 Shades of Grey.” I saw it on the eve of Valentine’s Day in a Murray Hill movie theater packed with enough single women...
A Modern Orthodox Miracle
November 4, 2014
by Heather Robinson
For one religious single woman, unmarried motherhood is a gift.
Divorced and childless at 23, each year for the next decade on Rosh HaShanah, Julie Yusupov would walk to her synagogue and, in hopes of one day becoming a mother, say a...
Forgiving Ourselves For Being Single
October 17, 2014
by Heather Robinson
Fighting off guilt at the High Holidays.
When Lee Bernstein, a Manhattan dentist, was in his late 30’s, he bought an engagement ring for his 26-year-old girlfriend, who had just graduated from dental school. Next he took it and...
Should the Stain of a Youthful Mistake Last Forever?
July 8, 2014
by Heather Robinson
From The Jewish Week
In June’s Vanity Fair magazine, Monica Lewinsky, now 40, asks the world to reconsider who she is. In her essay, “Shame and Survival,” she writes about how, since 1998, when the news broke about her affair with...
From Belarus, Without Love
June 3, 2014
by Heather Robinson
From The Jewish Week
Changing dating expectations in a city where men won’t grow up.
At 20, living in a small town in Belarus, Olga (not her real name) placed her picture on a website for American men interested in meeting Russian...
Valentine’s Is A Rotten Day To Be Single
April 28, 2014
by Heather Robinson
From New York Post
The day after New Year’s, the assault begins. Scanning the drugstore’s aisles for cold medicine, you come face-to-face with a pink and white teddy bear holding up a heart-shaped “Be mine” sign. Turn the corner to...
Table for One: Product Placement
April 28, 2014
by Heather Robinson
From The Jewish Week
“… fools give you
reasons, wise men never try.”
— From Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s “South Pacific”
Alison Greenberg, 40, a Manhattan marketer, has been online dating...
The Real ‘Her’ Or The Virtual One?
January 29, 2014
by Heather Robinson
From The Jewish Week
Cyber-stalking and the search for real intimacy.
In writer-director Spike Jonze’s new film “Her,” Joaquin Phoenix plays Theodore, a personalized greeting card writer who has trouble connecting with women....