kendall, if you think women take rejection harder than men, you have obviously been way too successful for your own good.

Mrrzy, according to a therapist friend of mine, money (how much you make or have), honestly discussed, is the last great taboo. Not having been a subject that ever interested me, I can't comment.

The big absolutely unbreakable rule (all of my women friends have written this in lipstick on their foreheads) is NEVER NEVER say after the first date that you will phone the lady if you don't intend to. Say anything else: even say you are joining the French Foreign Legion. Do not promise to phone and don't.

yours, Peter T.