If you're looking for tips on how to find the ideal man, you won't find them here. After 3 decades a hopeful, enthusiast quest for The One, I've finally realized that my perfect bed partner is my dog, Maisy. That bright-eyed, floppy-eared black mutt is unconditional love personified...well, dog-ified. Don't get me wrong! I am not a bitter, middle aged man-hater. On the contrary. Despite the heartbreaks, disappointments and a few "what the hell was I THINKING??!!", the male species continues to fascinate me. If men are from Mars and women from Venus, then the red planet must be filled with self-proclaiming Casanovas. The legends and stories that've spun along with the meat-laden rotisseries over countless fires must've been so incredible, Venus up and moved to the other side of Earth. But even the best intended Venusian yearns for a challenging project and men continue to provide mind-boggling puzzles that never cease to entertain. We still haven't quite figured out how to get a guy to do the laundry without turning our favorite white blouse pink, but we're making progress every day.

Though the together-forever commitment may have eluded me, I can honestly admit that I've never been bored.  So, rather than attempt to comprehend the elusive, yet endearing masculine creatures--or bash them--it would be more amusing to share some of the humoreous situations my friends and I have found ourselves in while dating. And these ancidotes are not limited to male-female relationships--Oh No!!!! Why should women have all the fun? Same sex relationships go through the all the drama just as we do. Except they're usually better dressed.

And so, as the author (and slightly insane person for even thinking of this), I hereby declare this as an open forum for anyone who wants to entertain, enlighten, and give all of us something to smile about (especially when we admit being in the same kind of relationship, too). C'mon...write a little something (names are NOT necessary!)...you know you want to...And who knows? We just might solve the pink laundry mystery?