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April 2007 - Posts

Handle With Care -- And Other Labels

  In almost every call, I hear the question, "How is he feeling about me?"  Now this is not the least bit unreasonable for a couple of reasons:  1.  Most callers are women, and we just looooooove labels; and 2.  Ummm, that's Read More
posted Monday, April 30, 2007 9:10 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 13 Comments

Mirror Mirror On The Wall

  Can we all look at ourselves in the mirror and like what we see?  I don't mean your nose, or your eyes or your skin.  I mean, do we like the person we see staring back at us? Sometimes I wonder if it's just the fact that I live in Read More
posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:21 PM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 22 Comments

Breaking Up Is A Piece Of Cake

  Or maybe I got that wrong, when you're breaking up you eat a cake -- or if you consider my clients -- who have this weird predilection -- it's Oreos.   But this is a seriously serious subject.  Almost everyone I've ever met has been Read More
posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:34 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 35 Comments

Changing Your Man With Just One Flick From Your Magic Wand!

  "When is he going to change?"  I get asked this question all the time.    "When is my quiet, nonemotional guy who breaks out in a rash every time the word 'love' is uttered  going to start crooning 'Feelings' Read More
posted Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:53 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 147 Comments

A Horse Is A Horse, Of Course, Of Course

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck, right?    Wrong.  Love isn't logical.  Aside from the fact that I would be out of a job if it was, we'd all be happily sitting with the perfect little logical Read More
posted Friday, April 20, 2007 7:28 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 26 Comments

What Goes Around, Comes -- Hey, Where'd It Go?

  We've all heard the saying, "What goes around, comes around."  But so often what goes around -- just seems to keep going around.  I mean, honestly, where the heck did it go?    All my life, I've run around stomping Read More
posted Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:05 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 30 Comments

Who Ya Gonna Call . . . . . . Ghostbusters?????

No, this blog isn't about ghosts, unless you find yourself alone and are merely haunted by the ghost of friends past.  Lately, I've been noticing more and more women working against women, and I've got a problem with it.   I was lamenting Read More
posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 5:22 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 85 Comments

Scotty, Beam Me Past The First Couple Years, Please!

    I've said before, "I wish I could zip past the first three months straight into the third year in a relationship."   Now that seems kinda convoluted, doesn't it, wishing your life away?  But it seems in my experience that Read More
posted Monday, April 16, 2007 5:49 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 29 Comments

If I Order A Diet Coke, Can I Supersize My Fries?

      The answer is no.  You can only get a regular fries if you order a Diet Coke.  If you get the salad AND the Diet Coke, then you can order the supersize fries with full impunity.   Okay, so Read More
posted Friday, April 13, 2007 5:26 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 35 Comments

The Exciting Adventures of ------- Peafowl?????

  I've always had this "thing" for peacocks.  Needless to say, they're beautiful animals, but I've always had a fascination with them.  Presently, I live in an area where they wander free through the neighborhood.  But it goes Read More
posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:08 PM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 22 Comments

But Everybody Else DID Jump Off A Bridge, Mom!

  Did you ever look around and everyone else has boyfriends, is getting married, is having a baby? They're all deliriously happy, and you are the only loveless, lonely, unwanted person around.   Yeah, right.  Did you ever Read More
posted Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:59 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 28 Comments

Leave Your Genitals At The Door - Or Did We Grow Up To Become The Men We Wanted to Marry?

  When I was small, other than the requisite underlying premise that I really was a fairy princess, I also possessed a certain knowledge that I would grow up to find my Prince Charming, who would sweep me off my feet onto his Read More
posted Monday, April 09, 2007 6:02 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 64 Comments

Excuse Me, Sir, But You're Driving On An Expired Compliment

Say he tells you you're beautiful on the first date and doesn't mention it again. Three months later, you are going to be wondering why he doesn't think you're pretty. But if on the first date he says, "OMG, I didn't know they made jeans that Read More
posted Friday, April 06, 2007 9:48 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 59 Comments

You Knew He Was A Man . . . .

"You're born alone and you die alone."     For a long time, I misunderstood that phrase of my grandmother's.  It sounded so lonely.  And yet now, I get it.   Although we may be surrounded by loving parents while Read More
posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 5:57 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 18 Comments

Training Your Man - Or Would That Be You?

  I get a lot of calls from women who are upset that they're doing all the work in the relationship.  But most of the time when I delve into it, it seems they trained their men that way.   The relationship started, the guy wasn't Read More
posted Wednesday, April 04, 2007 6:16 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 189 Comments

Patience is a Four Letter Word

Well, it should be!   I'm not ashamed to admit that patience is one of my life's lessons.  I have a personal saying, "I want it all and I want it all NOW" -- which incidentally, my daughter recently pointed out they made a song out Read More
posted Monday, April 02, 2007 6:57 AM by Laurie Lee 90210 | 134 Comments