Karin JonesApr 2, 20207 minLove in the Time of CoronaVirusHas social isolation made you reconsider your loving priorities? Just as CoronaVirus was overwhelming the world, I burst into tears while...
Karin JonesJan 14, 20205 minOn Asking (and Listening)"If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me." W.H. Auden Last year I made a simple, low risk New Year’s resolution: I...
Karin JonesSep 27, 20195 minThe Fascination EquationThe Special Sauce of love may simply be staying fascinated with your partner I used to have a few rules about the men I ‘liked’ on dating...
Karin JonesJun 5, 20196 minOn Being Out of LoveToo often when love ends, the people who adore us will insist we’re still wonderful and the person who left us the idiot. Think again.
Karin JonesApr 25, 20195 minYour Brain on Love & LossHigh on love or felled by loss? It's simply temporary insanity I once developed a crush on a married man so consuming I could barely...
Karin JonesMar 26, 20195 minAfter Infidelity - On Walking Through FireNot every marriage is worth saving. But no marriage deserves to be abandoned during the most stressful point in its lifetime. I recently...
Karin JonesFeb 10, 20194 minMidlife Dating - It's an Attitude It doesn't get any better than dating at midlife. Trust me If I were a drinking buddy of ‘Stella Gray’, The Guardian newspaper’s 50...
Karin JonesJan 17, 20194 minThe Infidelity Files - Part 1Is the one who strays the only cheat? 2018 was my year of dubious honor. The New York Times publish my essay, ‘What Sleeping With Married...
Karin JonesDec 19, 20185 minThe Thermodynamics of LoveIs your relationship stable? Consider its chemistry.
Karin JonesOct 8, 20174 minThe Four Horsemen: How to Spot Trouble in Your RelationshipConflict, not compatibility, will tell you what you really need to understand about your partner I’ve done most of my internet dating...
Karin JonesDec 15, 20164 minThe Gift of GenerosityI once arrived late to a school bake sale with my son who, when he discovered everything with chocolate had already been purchased, burst...
Karin JonesNov 30, 20164 minThe Desire DividePick (up) on someone your own age I know a talented, vivacious, woman living in Greenwich Village, who creates fixed and ephemeral art...
Karin JonesSep 22, 20164 minThe Anatomy of Attachment Your limbic system is telling you how to love. Listen carefully. I once dated a man who asked me, during our first online conversation,...
Karin JonesSep 10, 20164 minFriends With All Sorts of BenefitsDating isn't just for the romantically inclined A few months ago I went to Paris on the Eurostar simply because tickets were so damn...
Karin JonesAug 11, 20163 minAre You Practicing the Magic Ratio? Your five a day isn't just about fruit and veg Romanticism has done heaps of harm when it comes to living a successful love life. Yes,...
Karin JonesAug 4, 20163 minSpeak Your Body LanguageOn becoming non-verbally articulate The other day a friend of mine was sighing over how too many women strain his patience when it comes...
Karin JonesJul 29, 20164 minGet Pissed With Your Jealousy (Or How to Make Jealousy a Comedy Not a Tragedy)Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. - Iago to Othello A few years ago,...
Karin JonesJul 22, 20164 minPolyamory or Polyfuckery Can more than two be equals in love? When I started internet dating, I was quite clear: ”Jealous types need not apply. I like variety.”...
Karin JonesJul 15, 20165 minThe Paradox of Choice When it comes to online dating, will abundant choice lead to love or drive us mad? When I found myself, at 49, suddenly single, I was...