She’s well educated, with a rapier wit and a willingness to use it. And yet, Friday still remains the most lonely night of the week when she sees all of the happy, laughing couples making plans, having romantic dinners and enjoying the sex while she’s at home with Fringe on the DVR and a bottle of Malbec breathing in the kitchen. Well, whenever she’s interested in a guy – a guy who’s worth her time, because what’s the point of having standards if she’s not going to stick to ‘em?

She’s done it all; dating sites, meeting guys at cons, the comic store, chatting up friends from class and at work.

It was at that moment that I fled Sonia and Starbucks.

How did I not realize Sonia's beauty was making me look like an ugly ducking?

I met her when I asked to take her picture for my website, Haute Drop-Off.

It’s an environment that breeds people to become coarse or cold emotionally in order to get to the next level.We've been talking for a while, maybe even tried the dating thing, and for whatever reason, you feel the need to inform me (as if I didn't already know) that I'm intimidating.I applaud your honesty, but why are you telling me this?Here’s what they told me: Abby: "I am very independent, and I love autonomy.[My girlfriends] see this in a positive light..of them wish they had more of a backbone and ask for my advice on how to emulate my demeanor." Katie: "I'm very direct.