Blog entries

When to Pick up the Phone After a First Date?

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:08:26 +0100

It's the age old question, when is the best time to call someone after a first day? Many people think that calling the next day to tell the person what a great time you had and to try to set up the next date is the best way to go. Others think that calling the next shows this person that you really, reall...

You've Had How Many Lovers?

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:55:23 +0100

Question of the Day: "Should we tell our current lovers about our previous lovers?"

This really depends on why your current lover would want to know about your sexual history? Is it because he/she is the jealous type? Or does your partner only want a ballpark figure without all the steamy details?

The problems that can a...

Music and Sex?

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:06:23 +0100

Dr. Ruth Westheimer has recently said that listening to music while having sex is distracting, making it hard to concentrate and permits fantasties from developing. I completely and respectfully disagree and think that is an old fashioned way of thinking. I believe the use of music during sex is an aphrodisiac. The Mozart Effect could have ...

Guys, Will You Cook for Sex?

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:16:22 +0100

Did you guys out there know that women love the idea of a man doing things around the house for them, especially cooking. And it doesn't even matter if the food that you cook is good or not according to Rocky Fino, the author of Will Cook for Sex. Rocky says that your attempt alone will impress a woman more than buying her dinner. S...

Fighting in Public: The New Frontier

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:42:27 +0100

Have you ever seen couples that fight on Facebook? No, well count yourself lucky. If you answered yes, then you know what I am talking about. Some couples have been found to leave little quips about their significant others in their status update. Once their significant other reads the update, they may response with ...

The Mindset List: What Do You Mean a Telephone Use to Have a Cord?

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:36:56 +0100

According to The Mindset List for the Class of 2014, put out by Beloit College, the Class of 2014 has emerged as a post-email generation who finds the current digital world and technology too slow. They find e-mail to be so slow that they do not use it, they text instead, they do not wear wrist watches because their smart phone has a cloc...

Dr. Laura Schlessinger: What about Free Speech?

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:52:03 +0100

Dr. Laura Schlessinger says in the midst of the controversy surrounding her use of the N-word, that her 1st amendment rights were violated. She gives this as the reason for very publicly quitting her job in talk radio yesterday.

In response to the incident where she used the n-word sever...

Get Your #1 Internet Dating Questions Answered by Dr. Arlene Krieger

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:49:16 +0100

Get Your #1 Internet Dating Questions Answered by Dr. Arlene Krieger

As a sexologist, I get a lot of questions everyday about the rules of online dating. You may have found yourself wondering what the rules are. Today, I share the top 10 questions that I get asked by my clients. Please leave your a...

Do iPhone Users Really Have More Sex?

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:24:36 +0100

So have you heard that iPhone users have more sex? According to an article at News.com.au, iPhone users are more likely to have had sex with more people than indivdiuals using another smartphones. This comes after a study of online daters shows that the average 30 year old iPhone user has slept with around 11 people, almost double the amount of Blackberry and Android phone u...

Acting Out in Public. When Is it Too Much?

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:28:23 +0100

Have you ever been witness to the couple that thinks it is ok to take a jab at each other in front of a crowd?

We have all seen it. For instance, a couple at a dinner party with friends is talking about the days when you use to have to pay for your internet service by the minute and how great it is now that you can use the in...

Is Love a Game?

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:25:08 +0100

The old adage of "I don't like to play games" is still around today. So with this self professed claim of hating such games.....why do people still so often feel the need to play them in the process of meeting each other? At some point in time in the relationship, the real person is always going to either shine through or...

'Til Death Do Us Part - Since We Can't Afford a Divorce

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:59:31 +0100

It used to be that people didn't get a divorce because of the children involved. However, during these hard economic times, people are staying together simply because they can’t afford to get a divorce. That makes for any unhappy couples that are staying together becau...

The Ping of Romance

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:21:19 +0100

Who wouldn’t get excited to find a love letter waiting for them at the beginning of a day? Whether you are male or female your lover will appreciate your words and thoughts on paper. Ever since the Internet boom, receiving a hand written love letter has become a thing of the past. It seems today that the only remaining remnant of the love letter of days gone by...would be the ad...

Facebook Betrayal: When is Enough, Enough?

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:58:21 +0100

Have you heard the story of Lynn France, who found out about her husband's surprise second wedding that she found about via Facebook? No, ok - you will want to sit down for this one.

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Do You Believe in Love at First Sight?

Dr. Arlene Krieger — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:40:06 +0100

Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. -Adam Sandler

What is this thing called chemistry? There are many naysayers out there that don’t believe in love at first sight. However, for those of you that had the chance to watch the Bachelorette this...

A Man's View

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100

" A MAN'S VIEW OF DATING AND INTIMACY ~
...one of the biggest questions among singles is : when is the appropriate time for intimacy?
these interiews express several opinions on the subject.........

Part I.

"There are Things you Know - And Things You Don't Know -
And Things you Don't know You Don't Know-"

RELAX! There will be no man / woman bashing here! Finally a birdseye view of w...

Sex, Lies and Internet Dating

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100

In these times of Internet Dating and the virtual world, much is often overheard simply standing in line at the local Starbucks. Usually the conversation goes something like this; OMG! I just had the date from hell!!! ...she was talking about someone she had recently met on the Internet. He was tall dark and handsome, but by the end of the evening, he might as well have told her that space ships had landed and he was an alien explorer! The conversation had gone into weird land to the point of...

The Mancode: Laws of Attraction For Loving a Woman

Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100

Some men are just oblivious and others simply seem to just get it and understand what we women are all about! It is a well known fact that the sexes are altogether different creatures. So hold on to your Iphone and take careful notes here guys!

Women in general like acknowledgment and loving affection, a person withwhom they can connect, relate to and most important of all, a person they can trust. We also need our men to be able to "Com...

Risk Your Marriage In This Economy?

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100

During a press conference the other day, President Obama stated, “We are going through the worst economic crisis since the ‘Great Depression’. Whether one recognizes the President’s remarks as truth or not, one can’t help but realize that many in our nation’s population are experiencing financial hardship along with great levels of stress. This is a high stakes game that most are trying to find their way out of without any solutions in ...

Surviving Stress

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Wow, February has gone by in a blink! Does it seem that way for many of you? Many of my recent blogs ( which can be found on my newly revised website,http://www.bocatherapy.com/ either under the Euphorium Q&A or the traditional format of AskdrArlene Blog link) have addressed the current state of our country and the pressures of stress on our relationships and sex lives.

My office manager called me this morning to tell me that she heard a local radio station down in Miami, I bel...