Posted by: thelizardlady on: April 23, 2009
At 2:30 today, I am presenting my my paper and survey results on the link between sex and stress. Amazingly, using a chi-square goodness-0f-fit test, my results were significant: stress changes the sex drive, and engaging in sex reduces stress. No, it’s not results I could publish, only 80 participants, but it’s enough for my [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: March 19, 2009
So, I had a boyfriend once (really, I did! I’m not even kidding), and he told me that men are turned on by women in work and painting clothes. I do a lot of work in the house (not that you could tell if you were to look today…), and once in a while I [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: March 3, 2009
Anyone who’s ever been cheated on knows that it sucks. Anyone who’s ever done the cheating probably has no clue the level of betrayal the other person feels—the hurt, the anger, the confusion, all of it. The sad thing is that when someone we care about is cheated on, it doesn’t help to tell them [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: February 14, 2009
Valentine’s Day is a commercial holiday. I know that. Lots of us know that. But it’s a hard day for people who are alone. The flower stores are open late, and other people are there buying overpriced, last-minute past-their-prime flowers. Men are in supermarkets buying flowers and bottles of wine. Jewelry ads flood the airwaves. [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 26, 2009
Why do we say that someone is head over heels in love when they’re completely smitten? Honestly, at this very moment, I am head over heels. When I walk down the street, I am head over heels. When I take a shower, head over heels. When I drive my car, my head is STILL over [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 17, 2009
Romance has not been one of my strengths. I haven’t ever done very well with it. I’m not a hopeless romantic, I don’t expect flowers all the time or candlelight dinners. I look for little things like someone who’s nice to me, who doesn’t cheat on me, who makes me feel like I’m okay, who [...]
