Chiara Atik

nevver: “The happiest day of your life”, Hindu brides Oooof.

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:18:20 -0400

nevver:

“The happiest day of your life”, Hindu brides

Oooof.

<3

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:45:12 -0400

organizingthesoup: laughingsquid: Modern Dating: A Field Guide...

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:26 -0400

organizingthesoup:

laughingsquid:

Modern Dating: A Field Guide by HowAboutWe’s Expert Chiara Atik

Highly recommended.

You’ll probably spend at least one night in the next five years on an air mattress, next to a plastic box from the Container store that’s doubling as a night stand, lying awake to the sound of an old man’s phlegmy cough, in some distant, distant part of the city. (But it will probably be worth it, even if you do have to use the map feature on your phone the next morning to find out where the heck you are.)

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:17:00 -0400

You’ll probably spend at least one night in the next five years on an air mattress, next to a plastic box from the Container store that’s doubling as a night stand, lying awake to the sound of an old man’s phlegmy cough, in some distant, distant part of the city. (But it will probably be worth it, even if you do have to use the map feature on your phone the next morning to find out where the heck you are.):

What recent college grads need to know about dating.

#throwbackthursday June 25, 2006: My 20th birthday, in Salzburg,...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:08:00 -0400

#throwbackthursday

June 25, 2006: My 20th birthday, in Salzburg, at The Sound of Music Dinner Show, which everyone good-naturedly attended for my benefit, where I drank, at the prodding of one of the other girls, “vodka sunrises” (which she instructed the perplexed Austrian bartender on how to make), and, head spinning, was brought up onstage to do, not kidding, an “Austrian folk dance” (notice the woman in period costume curtsying off camera), and then went back to my seat, and laughed and laughed and laughed, until they came out and sang “Edelweiss,” and I was suddenly moved, and teared up a little bit.

We ended the night, as Americans in Europe do, at an Irish Pub.

Hot and Sour Soup > Chicken Soup (for colds.)

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:38:33 -0400

Nasty Habits

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:18:00 -0400

Taking taxi cabs.

Sleeping with my contacts in most nights.

Letting empty bottles of water collect under my bed.

Using bottled water instead of tap in the first place.

Train Reading > Beach Reading, right?

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:44:36 -0400

Video

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:24:20 -0400

Video

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:23:29 -0400

We're Vine-ing (Vining?) Modern Dating: A Field Guide, so follow @HowAboutWe on Twitter or Vine to follow alongggggggg.

katieheaney: (now with a cover.) Pre-ordered!!

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:22:27 -0400

katieheaney:

(now with a cover.)

Pre-ordered!!

Emma Galvin and Molly Carden, performing “January 9,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:01:01 -0400

Emma Galvin and Molly Carden, performing “January 9, 1997” at the Youngblood Benefit this past Saturday night.

Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt. Written by ME!

Mother’s Day, 1989.

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:03:00 -0400

Mother’s Day, 1989.

My Mom Stalked Her Dates Before Google Even Existed.

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:03:07 -0400

My Mom Stalked Her Dates Before Google Even Existed. :

Chiara Atik is HowAboutWe’s writer in residence. Her book, Modern Dating: A Field Guide, is now available. For the next few weeks, she’ll be discussing topics from the book with bloggers, journalists, comedians, and other people with lots of opinions on dating. This week is her mom, Susan.

A GChat With My Mom, On The Topic of Dating

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:01:39 -0400

Me: If you were dating now, what medium do you think you’d use to communicate with guys — phone? text? email?
twitter?
Susan: email and text. Definitely not twitter. And preferably not phone, because it puts people on the spot. Like me.
Me: I know you really hate the phone
GChat is good for dating but sometimes hard because if you’re both online all day, there’s pressure to TALK all day
Sent at 3 51 PM on Thursday
Me: ….mom?

November 11, 2009: My First Ever GChat With My Mom

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:53:00 -0400

me: hi MOM
38 minutes
me: MOMMM
helloooooo
54 minutes
me: MOOOOOM
10 minutes
me: mooooommmmmmmmmmmm
9 minutes
Susan: oh, wow. cool

Jill Biden. Michelle Obama. PRINCE HARRY. Making...

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:02:06 -0400

Jill Biden. Michelle Obama. PRINCE HARRY. Making “Mother’s Day Treats.”

Help.

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theatlantic: How to Not Hate Dating You have to figure out a...

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:53:28 -0400

theatlantic:

How to Not Hate Dating

You have to figure out a way to be happy without a partner, without a date, without sex, without a response to that text or a “like” on a Facebook picture or a flirty exchange on GChat.

Read more. [Image: Reuters]

ilovecharts: Matchmaking on the Subway

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:07:09 -0400

ilovecharts:

Matchmaking on the Subway

If you’ve ever found yourself asking “Where have all the good men gone?” Erika’s answer is, quite simply, the F line. Or the C line, or the L, depending on your taste. They’re going to work, they’re going to see friends, they’re going to run errands, and, for the most part, they’re getting there by subway. Her logic makes sense: what do all the single men of New York City have in common? Well, they pretty much all take the train.

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:58:40 -0400

If you’ve ever found yourself asking “Where have all the good men gone?” Erika’s answer is, quite simply, the F line. Or the C line, or the L, depending on your taste. They’re going to work, they’re going to see friends, they’re going to run errands, and, for the most part, they’re getting there by subway. Her logic makes sense: what do all the single men of New York City have in common? Well, they pretty much all take the train.:

I went on a blind date set up by the subway matchmaker last week!