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I'm a writer daylighting as a banker! I started this blog as a single woman in my 30s, and while it has blossomed to include conversations on spirituality and travel, the basic premise is still relationships. I like exploring love relationships (they're fascinating) and the idea that we take ourselves wherever we go (from relationship to relationship, city to city, country to country, etc.) So self assessment is always necessary for growth. And you know if I'm writing about relationships (romantic and otherwise), topics also include dating, lust, the single life, getting ready to be ready (for whatever kind of relationship you envision), etc.

Thanks for joining me on this journey. If we're doing it right, expansion is ongoing. We never stop. This blog evolves, as I do. But -- I can only write from a woman's perspective, for us, and for those who love us.

• How Has Life Been For You

  By myfemalepersuasion on December 2, 2012 • ( 14 )

  

  This is a picture of my fifth grade class at P.S. 274, an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. I’m the girl at the far left end of the second row, in the grey sweater and jeans. A childhood friend posted the… Read More ›

• In The Interest of Sharing – A Love Poem

  By myfemalepersuasion on November 28, 2012 • ( 12 )

  

  When was the last time you fell in love? What was it about your lover that captured your mind and your hormones? Was it the way he walked? His scent? I bet you can think of a whole list of… Read More ›

• It’s Not Hard to Say Goodbye

  By myfemalepersuasion on November 24, 2012 • ( 11 )

  

  What do you do when someone you were fond of decides they’re no longer fond of you? Do you plead with them to stay in your life? Or do you say, “Oh well. Fuck you,” and keep it moving? I’ve… Read More ›

• By myfemalepersuasion on November 21, 2012 • ( 2 )

  Originally posted on My Female Persuasion:
  I was sitting at my desk the other day thinking of a rendezvous, and I got a visual of a man entering a woman (I was pretty distracted). At the same time, I thought…

• Snap Once for Sex and Twice for Romance

  By myfemalepersuasion on November 18, 2012 • ( 10 )

  

  Remember the post I wrote a while ago titled Ladies: Our Male Friends Have Motives? About a long-time male friend who asked me to consider a serious relationship with him? And a series of dates that stopped short of romance?… Read More ›

• Love Jones and Moscato

  By myfemalepersuasion on November 13, 2012 • ( 29 )

  

  I arrived at Prince’s place one Saturday night in September at around 11:30pm, with Adele’s 21 CD and a bottle of wine in hand. “Here, I brought a copy of Adele’s cd for you to burn,” I said after greeting him with… Read More ›

• I’m Married But Sex With My Lover Is Better

  By myfemalepersuasion on November 8, 2012 • ( 10 )

  

  I was chatting with a girlfriend the other day over cocktails, and from general relationship banter, we moved on to the topic of infidelity. In reality, no relationship is perfect – and sometimes people cheat on their spouses or significant… Read More ›

• Dear Meeka (A Letter to My Sixteen Year Old Self)

  By myfemalepersuasion on November 5, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  A few days ago I saw this writing prompt on http://www.wordpress.com: Write a letter to your 14-year-old self. But since my life shifted drastically when I was sixteen, I decided to write a letter to the girl I was then…. Read More ›