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Greer 2.0

Bridget Jones kept a diary - but that's so '90s. When she's not updating her Facebook status or writing stories as The Dominion Post's online issues reporter, Greer McDonald blogs on single life in the capital city and her even-more-active virtual social life on the internet.

Breaking up: The final Greer 2.0 post

09:57am 12 Feb 2010

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BY GREER MCDONALD

Dear John ... oh, I mean, Dear Reader, I'm sorry

I'm breaking up with you.

I'm not going to give you the whole "it's not you, it's me" spiel, because the truth is - it is you, and it is me, and it's a smattering of other things too.

We've been together for around 18 months now.

We started off slow, which was good. I needed to find my feet; we needed to suss each other out.

Valentine's Day: Commercial cop-out or celebration?

09:06am 11 Feb 2010

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BY GREER MCDONALD

Is this for real? It's Valentine's Day on Sunday.

It's supposedly the most romantic day of the year.

Commercial cop-out or a great excuse to celebrate love in all its forms?

I'm torn.

I think it's terrible to be "forced" into doing something, but if that thing is a nice thing (breakfast in bed, a sweet handwritten note, a flower stolen from the neighbours' garden), is it really all that bad?

Faking it

09:16am 10 Feb 2010

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BY GREER MCDONALD

Chicks fake it.

I'm not going to lie to you; we do it. As Meg said

(A quick disclaimer here: I've been blessed to not have been in a lot of situations where faking it was necessary.)

But here's the deal: guys and girls are very different when it comes to duvet dancing action and what we need and desire.

Aside from those who subscribe to religions where sex is purely for procreation, most of us enjoy sex as a healthy part of an intimate relationship.

Do the clothes make the man?

10:31am 08 Feb 2010

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BY GREER MCDONALD

Every now and then I receive an email from a reader that makes me laugh out loud. Arise, king of the sneans!

At first I thought this one was a joke, but after I read it out to a friend, he summed it up perfectly: "This is the problem with all you women right here," he said.

Surely not? Read for yourselves:

So I have started seeing this guy. We went out yesterday and I noticed he was wearing Black Nike Runners with his jeans. Is this a total put off only to me? I mean he wasn't dressing up or anything, had a hoody etc on but surely there's an in between with runners/sneakers and good going out shoes, like Chucks or something.

For some reason I cannot stop thinking about the sneakers, it wasn't TOO bad as they were black, but still makes me cringe! To be honest, I know this is totally 15 year old, but I'd rather skate shoes to sneakers with jeans! AGRRR.

Ask Greer Friday: Parental control

04:13pm 04 Feb 2010

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BY GREER MCDONALD

Hi Greer

Do you think you should listen to your parents when they are trying to tell you to stay away from a potential partner or follow your heart?

I believe go for it because at the end of the day if you don't try you'll never know and I don't want any regrets when it comes to love.

Those parents and family members may have the best intentions and all that jazz but do they really know what I want or what's best for me? I am my own person and not as much like them as they think I am.

Do I let their little digs sit on my shoulder as a caution sign or dispel them straight away?

Do others take their family members advice as gospel?

Just wondering.....

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The ability for a potential partner to get along with my family and vice-versa is vitally important for me.

Not because I'm a daddy's girl (but I admit, I am) and not because my family are uber close (we're not), but I'm stuck with them.

They were there at the start of my life, they've been here all the way through, and they will be there at the end - so there's no avoiding them.

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