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What women eat when they eat alone

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Ditch the ramen. Don't turn a solitary meal into an unhealthy one.

By Camille Noe Pagán

Table for one? Join the club.

Gone are the days when women would rather skip a meal than sit solo through dinner, especially in public. Instead, hectic workdays, hard-to-coordinate family schedules, myriad convenience foods and a restaurant culture that now courts single diners have made eating alone not just acceptable, but commonplace.

According to the 2006 American Time Use Survey,

Debating the Dating Age Gap: How Old is Too Old?

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So you've finally met a guy who seems worthy of your time. He is everything you've been looking for and more: handsome, successful, smart, and funny. There's just one thing; he's a little bit older than you...make that, a lot older. More so than you're…

Workplace Eating: 5 Health-Friendly Breakfasts You Can Eat at Your Desk

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We don't all have time to eat a nutritious breakfast at home every morning; that would require waking up earlier, and some of us like to get all of the beauty sleep we can. But that doesn't mean we have to skip the most important meal of the day. While it's easy to grab a

What to Wear for Your First Day of Work

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Congratulations! You've managed to get a job in today's atrocious job market. You progressed through the grueling application process, biting your freshly painted nails while wearing your most fashionably conservative attire; your qualifications surpassed many others in search of the same…

Why I still drive a 1995 Saturn

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By Terry Hernon McDonald

I know people feel sorry for me when I drive up in my reliable old Saturn, but I’ve been hard pressed to give it up. It gets 30 miles to the gallon. It’s only been to the shop several times (I drove it home from the dealership fifteen years ago Monday).

I have to admit, sometimes I let people’s perceptions get to me, and I think I should finance a new Mercedes. And then I come to my senses. My little Saturn has been a good and loyal friend. I took my babies home from the hospital in it. Why would ever I get rid of it?