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.
Faking it
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By GREER McDONALD
Chicks fake it.
I'm not going to lie to you; we do it. 
(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.
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Do the clothes make the man?
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By GREER McDONALD
Every now and then I receive an email from a reader that makes me laugh out loud.
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
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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.
Second time around
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By GREER McDONALD
Two friends recently got back together after a number of years apart.
They didn't plan it like that. It just happened.
I'm totally cool with it and it's got me thinking about the second chances that we get in life.
I can't say there are many of my exes who I'd consider going back to.
It's not because they're bad people - I just believe that there isn't any unfinished business.
When the music's over
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By GREER McDONALD
Don't you hate it when you break up with someone and among all the heartache and guff that goes on during that tumultuous time, you also have to break up with That Song?
Everyone has Those Songs.
They're the ones that within a few beats take you right back to where you were with that formerly special someone.
Plenty of couples have "their song" - the one they agree most reminds them of each other, or the one they chose to walk down the aisle or have their first dance to. But this isn't always the case.
Often just the most popular song of the time - love it or hate it - will be enough to kickstart the memory train.
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