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Dreams really do come true, but so do nightmares, and if you aren't properly prepared for a one-night stand, it can leave you in some rather undesirable situations the following day. Like a good boxer, a single guy has to learn to duck and weave through the booby traps of a one-night stand, so as not to be burned, bloody or become a boyfriend by the end of it. Should you find yourself enjoying the evening and meeting new, interesting and hopefully delectable ladies, the night may snowball with one of them into what is commonly referred to as a casual encounter, or "one-night stand" - the age-old practice of entering into a strange woman's most holy of areas and making yourself at home, like ...

Mother's Day is the annual celebration honoring our great caretakers with the reciprocated love and respect they have invested into our lives since the moment we painfully exited their bodies. Despite having the easy options of letting us play in traffic or leaving the hazardous cleaning products in arm's reach, they choose to keep us around and stand by us no matter what. By now, you should be well aware that if you're even a half-decent human being or contribute any good to society, your mother is solely responsible. The rest is just mumbo jumbo you made up along the way that may work for a bit, but will ultimately fall apart, leaving you crying for your mommy. So this year, treat your ...

Let's face the facts; sometimes things don't always go as you hoped they would. But instead of banging your head against the wall, getting loaded and being a general prick to everybody in your field of vision, why not try a better way of handling your newfound freedom? We've all been there and will likely return at some point, but how you handle a breakup, and some of the more trivial moments related to it, can be a catalyst for better experiences in the future. So before you go blowing off steam and hard-earned cash on dancing girls and afternoon strip club buffets, consider some more conducive alternatives to a speedy recovery and sharpen the focus on being you again -- a newly single ...

Let me tell you something: It's exhausting being funny all the time. But, supposedly, a sense of humor is the number one turn-on for women, so therefore I must be funny ... all the time. And if you think I could take a day off once in a while, check out my receding hairline and the "freshman fifteen" I gain every four years just for fun and then decide if any woman would date me without the jokes. "Self-deprecation should probably stop when it's all too believable," says comedian Myq Kaplan, who I talked to after I wrote that opening paragraph. I wanted to know more about when, how and where to make women laugh, so I asked him a few questions on the matter. If you'd like to be funny with ...

Back in the days when the headlights of your car filled the living room after a swervy drive home from the bar, your lady lover let out a sign of disappointment as she became chiefly aware that your smelly hair, yellow teeth and bonfire-stench clothing were about to bombard her perfectly lavender-scented living space. In addition to being extremely blotto, making inexcusable comments about her weight and mother, she had to lay next to the steaming chimney of rotting tobacco because you were too loaded to shower before bed. Fast-forward to today and ladies are much happier, now that cigarette smoking has been outlawed in and around public places. No matter how much you look like Don Draper, ...