Category Archives: Love
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Do men hope for marriage?
Leave a commentDecember 17, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
I inadvertently played engagement photographer a couple of weekends ago. While walking across the Walnut Street Bridge, a woman asked …
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Solo Christmas isn’t a tragedy
Leave a commentDecember 17, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
One of the best Christmases I ever spent was in Paris, in a borrowed flat with the boy I love. …
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Long distance relationship challenge
Leave a commentDecember 17, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
A friend once told me long-distance relationships should be avoided like the plague. “In fact,” he said, “they are worse …
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Monster-in-law
Leave a commentOctober 17, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
You think your mother-in-law is bad? An email sent from an English woman to her stepdaughter-in-law-to-be went viral last week, …
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It’s okay to not heart Valentine’s Day
Leave a commentOctober 10, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
Valentine’s Day, like New Year’s Eve, is a holiday predisposed to disappointment. We know this because Garry Marshall has made …
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Online dating would scare the hell out of me
1October 10, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
How do two people meet? My grandparents met on a hay ride. My parents were introduced by a mutual friend. …
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Collecting quotes
Leave a commentOctober 9, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
I think I was about 13 when I started collecting quotes. At first, I would peruse previously published books of …
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Prague, pies and promises
Leave a commentOctober 9, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
A friend of mine is miffed at her boyfriend for not making good on a promise to take her to …
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Navigating friends’ splits
Leave a commentOctober 9, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
There are three kinds of breakups: There’s the kind where it’s all one person’s fault and he deserves to be …
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Memories for Mother’s Day
Leave a commentOctober 9, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
I will not have the opportunity to spend this Sunday with my mother, as Chattanooga is a little farther than …
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