Archive for August, 2009
Making Light of Serious Stuff
Making Light of Serious Stuff
By
Donna Del Oro
As a former high school literature teacher, I am so tempted to write this blog as a lecture, analyzing the components of humor in fiction and non-fiction writing. But what’s the fun in that?
However, habits are hard to break, so here goes. Beyond hyperbole, or exaggeration, we all use humor to express ourselves, manipulate people or get our point across. When my husband asks me, “Where’s the ketchup?”, I always sigh and tell him, “In the file cabinet, under ‘K’”. That he sometimes takes me seriously is testimony to my deadpan expression.
We are all exposed to, in our daily lives, at least one of the three types of irony, a device of humorous writing. My favorite, verbal irony, is also the lowest level, the most moronic—but sometimes the most fun! Verbal irony, or sarcasm, is the type of humor the Brits are famous for, although in its British form, it passes for “dry wit.” We Americans sometimes call it “down and dirty bull-shit” but it’s basically the same thing. I confess to using this device gleefully and often. Ever since high school, I have used and abused the low wit of sarcasm, proving to the world that you can take a girl out of the working class but you can’t take the working class out of the girl.
My heroines in my two romantic comedies, OPERATION FAMILIA and HASTA LA VISTA, BABY, toss their sarcasm around with abandon. It’s their confetti to celebrate the vagaries of life and their offbeat family members. When Dina in OF talks about her grandmother warning her to beware of “the one-eyed snake”, it’s with verbal irony that she discusses the exciting and illicit attributes of the one-eyed snake. As a young, Catholic schoolgirl, she couldn’t wait to come across her first one; as a sassy woman, she wonders how she should “kill” it and join the nunnery. Her older sisters fall prey to the one-eyed snake’s charms but Dina doesn’t; she’s too smart and skeptical about the sexual powers of men. No snake charmer’s going to sweet-talk her into dropping her drawers, yet we find she’s just as susceptible as the rest of us. Especially when the Hated One comes around.
Finding or injecting humor into situations where there is none is a challenge. It often takes more than the simplest and most obvious forms of irony. Sarcasm is so common, after all; the entire planet uses it. Even four year-olds are adept at it. My grandson has told me more than once that old people don’t have to put on makeup because it takes too long to look young. How’s that for unintentional sarcasm (or maybe not), and from a four year-old?
So we turn to situational irony. To refresh your minds, class, that’s when an outcome in a story is the opposite of what one expects. Comedic stories are replete with this kind of irony. For example, the most recent romantic comedy, “The Ugly Truth”. We don’t expect the lovely, capable but anal-retentive control freak, Abby, to fall in love with the rough, uncouth, free-wheeling womanizer, Chad. Of course, most of the fun in that genre of movie comes from watching (or reading) how these polar opposites attract, repel, and finally end up together.
Just as in OPERATION FAMILIA, my heroine Dina calls her ex-fiance “the Hated One”, avoids him like the Black Death, and is suspicious of his attempts to work his way back into her life. That he has a small daughter, who is learning disabled and irresistibly cute, tugs at her heartstrings. Later, however, the little girl’s jealous, possessive tantrums nearly scare Dina off. Teaching her that men with baggage should be weighed very carefully.
What an opportunity to show that Dina’s just as stubborn and willful as the pampered little Daddy’s girl. Another scene on the golf course—a sport Dina takes up because she thinks it’s going to propel her into the middle class—has Dina breaking off with her old boyfriend (a self-absorbed assistant D.A.). How she accomplishes this is by demonstrating to her latest in a series of bad-choices that golf has many unusual purposes. One of these includes displaying one’s scary, obsessive side by taking twenty mulligans to drive a ball over a pond. She proves to herself that mind over matter is stronger, and her unwanted boyfriend decides Dina is certifiable. Thereby, showing Dina that she indeed can kill two birds with …uh, one golfball.
When Sonya, my artist-heroine in HLV,B, feels distraught after her handsome, narcissistic husband, Earl, dumps her for his pregnant girlfriend, she naturally turns to her best friend for solace. Scott, her husband’s youngest brother and her best friend, helps Sonya make sense of the mess she finds herself in. For most of her life, Sonya has been blind to everything but beauty—including the duplicity of men. In time, and with compassion and true friendship, Scott teaches her that there’s more to a man than his dimples or biceps. To survive in a cruel, male-dominated world, Scott shows Sonya how to assess a man’s character. That character in people takes precedence over their beauty.
Most writers are connoisseurs of human folly. Everywhere we look, examples abound—from our state’s legislature (California—need I say more?) to the way we justify a two-thousand-calorie meal by accompanying it with a Diet Coke.
When Dina discovers her Mexican-born grandmother’s secrets—a baby son abandoned in Mexico sixty years before—at first she doesn’t want to get involved. But her grandmother insists that only Dina, who’s educated but knows nothing about Mexico, can save her longlost cousins from a vicious, Juarez drug cartel. We don’t expect Dina to rescue anyone, most of all herself, but indeed she does. Who aids her in this rescue is the family’s screw-up, Jesus, whose only redeeming trait up to that point has been his viable sperm. His ability to play the family fool, however, actually saves the would-be savior, Dina, from a fate worse than—well, you get the picture.
Dramatic irony—when the reader or viewer knows something important that the characters in the story or film do not know—is another literary device we authors of comedy love to employ. In a bag of comedic tricks, it’s the biggest crowd pleaser. Look at the musical comedy, THE PRODUCERS. The audience loves the fact that they know the two conniving producers’ real intention is to have a show that opens and closes in one night, so that they can keep all the money they’ve raised. That the show becomes a Broadway hit horrifies the two con men—and delights everyone else.
In HLV,B, the reader knows how worthless Sonya’s husband truly is. She doesn’t see him as we do because a childhood trauma (a father who abandoned her) has effectively crippled her ability to see men as they are. She is a classic enabler and she suffers greatly for it. She’ll tolerate lying, womanizing Earl for he, at least, sticks around. For the seventeen years of her miserable marriage, Sonya sublimates her anger and lack of self-esteem by throwing herself into her work as an art teacher and muralist.
The extent to which she denies reality is laughable, but we also have the urge to shake her shoulders and force her to wake up and wise up. It takes a younger man, strangely enough, to make Sonya grow up. Reality is tough but living in denial of it is even harder, as she ultimately realizes. The truth finally strengthens her and her artistic skills make her proud and self-confident. But it’s love that makes her feel life, even with all its ugliness, is worthwhile.
With the serious issues that confront my characters, I can either make the reader laugh or cry at their predicaments. I prefer to make my readers laugh for, in the final analysis, what’s more fun to do?
Who was it who said, “Life’s a comedy for those who think, and a tragedy for those who feel”? Oh yes, the old bard, of course!
Well, in my humble opinion, life’s too tragic and scary to take seriously! With humor, we show how resilient we really are!
Jane Austen, Pockets and Reticules
Because Regency dresses were on the whole elongated and close fitting, the reticule, ridicule or pocket came into its own.
From the Times 1799: Every fashionable fair carries her purse in her work-bag… the new custom of carrying a bag with her handkerchief, smelling-bottle, purse etc..
Jane Austen used pockets and ridicules for secret correspondences, often used to give the observer a shock or embroil the perpetrator in a veil of mystery. Here are some examples from Emma, Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility.
Emma: She soon believed herself to penetrate Mrs. Elton’s thoughts, and understand why she was, like herself, in happy spirits; it was being in Miss Fairfax’s confidence, and fancying herself acquainted with what was still a secret to other people. Emma saw symptoms of it immediately in the expression of her face; and while paying her own compliments to Mrs. Bates, and appearing to attend to the good old lady’s replies, she saw her with a sort of anxious parade of mystery fold up a letter which she had apparently been reading aloud to Miss Fairfax, and return it into the purple and gold ridicule by her side…
Northanger Abbey: Catherine had not read three lines before her sudden change of countenance, and short exclamations of sorrowing wonder, declared her to be receiving unpleasant news; and Henry, earnestly watching her through the whole letter, saw plainly that it ended no better than it began. He was prevented, however, from even looking his surprise by his father’s entrance. They went to breakfast directly; but Catherine could hardly eat anything. Tears filled her eyes, and even ran down her cheeks as she sat. The letter was one moment in her hand, then in her lap, and then in her pocket; and she looked as if she knew not what she did.
Sense and Sensibility: “I begged him to exert himself for fear you should suspect what was the matter; but it made him so melancholy, not being able to stay more than a fortnight with us, and seeing me so much affected. – Poor fellow! – I am afraid it is just the same with him now; for he writes in wretched spirits. I heard from him just before I left Exeter;” taking a letter from her pocket and carelessly shewing the direction to Elinor. “You know his hand, I dare say, a charming one it is; but that is not written so well as usual. – He was tired, I dare say, for he had just filled the sheet to me as full as possible.”
Elinor saw that it was his hand, and she could doubt no longer. The picture, she had allowed herself to believe, might have been accidentally obtained; it might not have been Edward’s gift; but a correspondence between them by letter, could subsist only under a positive engagement, could be authorised by nothing else; for a few moments, she was almost overcome – her heart sunk within her, and she could hardly stand; but exertion was indispensably necessary, and she struggled so resolutely against the oppression of her feelings, that her success was speedy, and for the time complete.
Jane Odiwe
How to Stop Jealousy: When your partner isn’t helping you
What do you do when your partner isn’t making it easy for you to stop being jealous?
What do you do next to stop the jealousy and put this behind you forever?
Let’s look at your best case scenario…
A “best case” scenario for healing jealousy is when you and your partner work together to make the changes in your relationship that help each of you feel loved and supported–but what happens when you don’t get that support?
What happens when you want to stop feeling your intense, sometimes out-of-control jealous feelings but your partner tells you it’s your problem–not his or her’s?
What happens when you want to get over jealousy and your partner keeps doing what he or she has been doing that brings up jealousy and refuses to stop doing it?
Your partner may even be saying or doing things that undermine your self-confidence, self-esteem, love and connection and..
How does that make you feel that your partner–the one that you love– isn’t supporting you in ways that would help both of you and the relationship?
Frustrating and upsetting probably wouldn’t even begin to describe how you feel inside about this situation.
Recently, a woman wrote to us telling us that her partner wasn’t making it easy for her to stop being jealous–and she wanted some advice.
If you are in this kind of situation right now, you certainly know how this woman feels.
We’re guessing that you feel very alone, frustrated and don’t know where to turn.
You’ve probably tried to talk with your partner about it but it doesn’t seem to do any good; in fact, he or she just gets angry and moves further from you.
As you can guess, there is no easy answer.
It would be nice if your partner made it “easy” for you to trust and not be jealous…but that’s just not what’s happening.
What’s happening is that you are left to deal with this by yourself.
But strange as it sounds, that doesn’t have to stop you from healing jealousy–and here’s how…
Your Love Guide – How Can You Reach The Highest Standard Of Loving?
Would you like to out-love most mortals? Follow the lead of my personal love guide. When my father-in-law died at age 91, he had out-lived two wives, one of his children and all of his closest friends. He’d been happily married to his third wife for 40 years when their love story ended, just moments after she kissed him and then he passed away during a nap.
His tender passing was a well-deserved blessing for an immensely lovable, kind-hearted and honorable man. As I give thanks for his being a mighty positive force in our family life, I’d like to reach his high standard of loving, and live up to the Love Lessons he taught us by his actions:
Love Lesson One: Family First
He offered fatherly support during life’s painful challenges, like the untimely deaths of my parents.
He traveled cross country to celebrate career successes of his children and the births of his grand children.
He marked his personal milestones by gathering his children and grandchildren for a family vacation.
He gave children a Philadelphia handshake that rattled their arms and created unshakable memories.
He waited till his 80th birthday to explain how he earned his medals during WWII.
His word was his bond throughout his professional and personal life.
He was proud to be fiercely loyal, both as a husband and in his relationships with colleagues, family and friends.
Love Lesson Two: Protect Family Bonds From Death Or Divorce
After his second wife died, he stayed in touch with her family for the well being of their young children.
Before he married his third wife, he made sure she would spend time with the families of his former wives, which she did happily.
After his son initiated our divorce, he continued to be a magnificent father figure to me and a loving grandfather to my children with his son.
He often joked that he was the easiest guy to get along with, as long as you took his way or the highway.
When he took the path with heart, he showed us how to joyfully blend our extended families.
Love Lesson Three: Know The Secret of Joyful Living and Loving
As my 21 year old daughter expressed sadness over losing her grandfather, she confronted her fear of losing her own dad and me one day. She said she didn’t want to die, either.
“Those feelings are a wake up call to action,” I said with a tender hug to help her through this crossroads. “You have to face your own mortality, before you’re free to live fully and love deeply. You go for love, even though you risk losing it.”
She nodded thoughtfully, and then packed her carry-on bag for her Eastbound flight to attend her grandfather’s funeral with her brother, father and his second wife.
I mourned his passing privately, honoring the request of my former husband who had helped me through the pain of losing both parents twenty years ago. I wanted to spare my former husband any additional pain that my presence might cause him at his father’s funeral.
That decision didn’t help bond our blended families as my father-in-law had done so beautifully. Although he thought of himself as a regular guy, I see him as a guiding beacon who set the highest standard of loving that we all can strive to reach. I am forever grateful for his loving guidance that survives his passing and lives on in all who knew and loved him. Since love leaves traces, take great care in choosing your Love Guides.
I hope you’ll use these Love Tips to reach the highest standard of loving in your intimate relationship. If you’re single and seeking to meet your great love match, I invite you to claim a free, 30-day membership in the Singles Club of Tribe Of Blondes.
Not a hair color, it’s a resilient optimism that unites us and fuels our adventures in loving and living our dreams now. Start meeting our tribe of singles in video chats, book discussions (aka TelePowWows) and travel vacations. Click on SINGLES CLUB at the top of this page and sign up now. Enjoy!
Dedicated to your dating and relationship happiness,
Hadley Finch
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More Random Things – Lucia Macro
1) I am not on Facebook. You will never find me on Facebook. I think that friends are people I hang out with, not people I met in cyberspace. So there.
2) I was on Jeopardy!, two years ago, and I am still dining out on the stories. To answer the common questions: Alex is very nice, but kind of goofy; you pay your own way out there; yes, it’s all about the signalling device; Sylvia Plath (the answer in Final Jeopardy)
3) I still can’t swim, and I am still foolishly unafraid of the water.
4) Actually, I recently told someone that I’m not afraid of anything. That is a lie: I am deathly afraid of snakes–in a faintable way.
5) I love 80s goth music. I am very happy to lie around, listen to The Cure and feel the sorrow. “Back then”, I used a lot of Aqua Net to make my hair stand up.
6) I like going to Presidential Birthplaces and State Capitols. I always take the tour; I’m actually interested!
7) One of my favorite books is MY LIFE AND HARD TIMES by James Thurber. I think everyone should read it. I give it to people when they turn 40.
I did really poorly in college. This is not an exaggeration. You can see the glad relief in my father’s eyes in graduation day photos.
9) Some of my friends from college call me “Lunch” because I was always obsessed with eating lunch. I kind of still am.
10) A scary amount of my income goes to clothing.
11) If left to my own devices, I will change my clothes many times over the course of a day, which is actually somewhat Victorian of me.
12) It’s heresy but I still love the Brontes more than Jane Austen.
13) It’s my unfulfilled (so far) desire to do a trapeze class. I don’t know why, because this goes against my innate sense of laziness.
14) I have never belonged to a gym. I doubt I ever will belong to a gym. I even chose my college because it didn’t have a gym requirement.
15) I love the dog show. I have been to the Westminister Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden more than once. It’s fun because you can go backstage and visit with them. And Vendors sell beer, like at a hockey game.
Reveal top 15 of miss universe 2009!
PUERTO RICO
ICELAND
ALBANIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
BELGIUM
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SWEDEN
KOSOVO
AUSTRALIA
FRANCE
SWITZERLAND
SOUTH AFRICA
USA
CROATIA
VENEZUELA
ohhh! 
Vintage Giveaway Winner and Colbie Caillat
Hi Ocean Dreamers I wanted to do a quick post to let you know that the vintage giveaway winner is ~ {Laura} She is a beautiful and talented artist! Go check out her blog and I hope you enjoy your vintage goodies love!
Go and visit Laura’s blog here!
Also, today I was featured at Delectable Swank’s blog as the Delectable Blog of the week, thanks so much Miss Delectable, I think your blog is amazing!
You can hop over and visit my blog feature here!
One more thing…
My absolute favorite artist, the lovely Miss Colbie Caillat is coming out with a new album tomorrow, titled Breakthrough. I can’t wait! I am heading over to Target right after work to get it. 
What style do you prefer? Comfy or dressy?
Here are the songs that are on the CD:
1. I Won’t
2. Begin Again
3. You Got Me
4. Fallin’ For You
5. Rainbow
6. Droplets
7. I Never Told You
8. Fearless
9. Runnin’ Around
10. It Stops Today
11. Break Through
12. Breakin’ At The Cracks
Also, here are some pictures of this lovely lady, I love her voice and cute casual style! Colbie grew up in California, specifically in Malibu so that is probably another reason why I love her music so much, it makes me want to head to the beach and just relax!
Today I was actually thinking about whether I was more of the type of girl who likes to dress up or dress down, and I decided that I most definitely am most comfortable in a cute pair of jeans with a tee-shirt and flip flips. Even though I love heels and a cute top or dress, I always end up changing into something more comfortable like Colbie is wearing in these photos.
Oh, and check out her leather jacket. I just bought one and I am dieing to wear it, would it just get cold already?!
Hope you have a lovely Tuesday darlings, remember to kick back and relax where ever you are! The sky is the limit!
P.S. while I was working on this post I randomly thought to check and see if Colbie was going to perform in Cali, and sure enough she is going to be at the House of Blues in September. Well…let’s just say I just bought two tickets! I just need to find one of my girls to go with me. Talk about random and seizing the moment, should be so much fun even though I only bought the general admission tickets to save some $!!! Yaaaaay!
Your Film Guide To Healthy Relationships – Want A Recipe For Great Cooking And Loving?
Want real health care reform? Start cooking real food and making real love. That’s a healthy love tip I’ve often told our online community. Now you have a film guide to reveal recipes for hearty meals and happy marriages. You’ll be craving both as you experience the delicious film, Julie and Julia.
It’s the story of two lost women who find their professional purpose through food and passionate fulfillment in marriage. This film celebrates the best in happy marriages with lasting love. It’s inspired by true love stories of two couples.
The best known couple, based on Chef Julia Child and her diplomat husband, Paul Child, had enjoyed five decades of great cooking and loving in France and America until death parted them in their 90s. They are brought to life with endearing wit and charm by Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci.
The second couple is based on a young newlywed (Amy Adams) in New York who blogs her way through the preparation of 524 of Julia’s French recipes in 365 days and through common hurdles of making an emotional home in a new marriage to a supportive husband.
These two love stories are interwoven into a graceful tapestry by the film’s writer and director, Nora Ephron. She’s reported to be enjoying a second marriage of 22 years, after suffering through a betrayal while she was pregnant by her first husband, the journalist Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame.
Ms. Ephron has survived and thrived after that marriage melodrama, and there’s no hint of it in her film portrait of these two marriages. She gives us an authentic portrayal of pleasures and passion in a mid-life marriage. A delightful example is when Julia and Paul Childs sneak home from cooking school and the American Embassy in Paris for a little lunch and some afternoon delight.
When Julia learns her newly-married sister is pregnant with her first baby in her 40s, we sense sadness that the Childs weren’t able to have children in an era before infertility intervention.
When we learn that Julia was a 40 year old virgin when she married Paul, it tugs at your heart when she asks him, “What if you didn’t fall in love with me?”
“But I did,” Paul said tenderly. And then he showed his love in wonderful ways — as they stood by each other, handled challenges and sparked chemistry as a couple. Not in a sappy, trite way. But with savvy joy that can be experienced in any mutually-supportive marriage. If you seek a role model, Julia and Paul can be your love guide.
What about the blogger and her husband?
Julie Powell’s blogging adventure had connected her to online readers (including her mother) while she reported on the results of a preparing a Julia Child recipe each day.
At one point, Julie asked her readers if anyone’s out there paying attention to her. Having blogged for a year, I’ve often wondered that myself. This is a tender nudge for you to start a dialogue and make a meaningful connection with people you’re getting to know online.
After month’s of Julie’s blogging had stolen her focus and energy from her husband, she had to decide whether to change her priorities to save their relationship. It’s an authentic love test that most couples face in an enduring relationship. The love lessons they learn from this experience will make you question how your choices and priorities affect your relationship.
Can you recall any recent Hollywood films that portray the emotional depth and enduring passion in a happy marriage?
I can’t. So there’s another reason I’m recommending that you go to the theater and savor this tasty treat. You’ll also send Hollywood a message of support to keep making glorious, grownup love stories.
I hope you’ll see this film as a love guide to spark up your relationship. And if you’re single and seeking your great love match, I invite you to claim a free, 30-day membership in the Singles Club in Tribe OF Blondes.
Not a hair color, it’s a resilient optimism that unites us and fuels our adventures.
Start meeting our savvy Tribe Of Singles in video chats, book discussions and travel vacations.
Claim your free, 30-day trial membership when you click on SINGLES CLUB at the top of this page, and sign up now!
Dedicated to your dating and relationship happiness,
Hadley Finch
Your Film Guide To Healthy Relationships – Want A Recipe For Great Cooking And Loving?
Want real health care reform? Start cooking real food and making real love. That’s a healthy love tip I’ve often told our online community. Now you have a film guide to reveal recipes for hearty meals and happy marriages. You’ll be craving both as you experience the delicious film, Julie and Julia.
It’s the story of two lost women who find their professional purpose through food and passionate fulfillment in marriage. This film celebrates the best in happy marriages with lasting love. It’s inspired by true love stories of two couples.
The best known couple, based on Chef Julia Child and her diplomat husband, Paul Child, had enjoyed five decades of great cooking and loving in France and America until death parted them in their 90s. They are brought to life with endearing wit and charm by Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci.
The second couple is based on a young newlywed (Amy Adams) in New York who blogs her way through the preparation of 524 of Julia’s French recipes in 365 days and through common hurdles of making an emotional home in a new marriage to a supportive husband.
These two love stories are interwoven into a graceful tapestry by the film’s writer and director, Nora Ephron. She’s reported to be enjoying a second marriage of 22 years, after suffering through a betrayal while she was pregnant by her first husband, the journalist Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame.
Ms. Ephron has survived and thrived after that marriage melodrama, and there’s no hint of it in her film portrait of these two marriages. She gives us an authentic portrayal of pleasures and passion in a mid-life marriage. A delightful example is when Julia and Paul Childs sneak home from cooking school and the American Embassy in Paris for a little lunch and some afternoon delight.
When Julia learns her newly-married sister is pregnant with her first baby in her 40s, we sense sadness that the Childs weren’t able to have children in an era before infertility intervention.
When we learn that Julia was a 40 year old virgin when she married Paul, it tugs at your heart when she asks him, “What if you didn’t fall in love with me?”
“But I did,” Paul said tenderly. And then he showed his love in wonderful ways — as they stood by each other, handled challenges and sparked chemistry as a couple. Not in a sappy, trite way. But with savvy joy that can be experienced in any mutually-supportive marriage. If you seek a role model, Julia and Paul can be your love guide.
What about the blogger and her husband?
Julie Powell’s blogging adventure had connected her to online readers (including her mother) while she reported on the results of a preparing a Julia Child recipe each day.
At one point, Julie asked her readers if anyone’s out there paying attention to her. Having blogged for a year, I’ve often wondered that myself. This is a tender nudge for you to start a dialogue and make a meaningful connection with people you’re getting to know online.
After month’s of Julie’s blogging had stolen her focus and energy from her husband, she had to decide whether to change her priorities to save their relationship. It’s an authentic love test that most couples face in an enduring relationship. The love lessons they learn from this experience will make you question how your choices and priorities affect your relationship.
Can you recall any recent Hollywood films that portray the emotional depth and enduring passion in a happy marriage?
I can’t. So there’s another reason I’m recommending that you go to the theater and savor this tasty treat. You’ll also send Hollywood a message of support to keep making glorious, grownup love stories.
I hope you’ll see this film as a love guide to spark up your relationship. And if you’re single and seeking your great love match, I invite you to claim a free, 30-day membership in the Singles Club in Tribe OF Blondes.
Not a hair color, it’s a resilient optimism that unites us and fuels our adventures.
Start meeting our savvy Tribe Of Singles in video chats, book discussions and travel vacations.
Claim your free, 30-day trial membership when you click on SINGLES CLUB at the top of this page, and sign up now!
Dedicated to your dating and relationship happiness,
Hadley Finch
