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Dating a divorcee can be sexy

In modern relationships, it is not unusual for either or both parties to have been married. As about a third of all marriages end in divorce, if you are in the dating world and have not been married yourself, you will probably date someone who has. Tune into any Hollywood blockbuster and you will see the stereotypical sad picture so often portrayed of a divorced person. The divorced woman is usually drunk, angry or bitter - read it

Avoid a Rough Valentine's Day

"What did you do for Valentine's Day, Sandy", asked Heidi. "Oh, nothing much," sighed Sandy. "Dave brought home some flowers and take-out and we watched some movies at home." "Well, that sounds like fun I guess," said Heidi - read it

Understanding Women: What to Expect if You Are Dating and Courting A Single Mum

In today's society, it is not uncommon for you to date a single mom at some time in your life. This can be a problem for some men. They may not want to date someone that has children - read it

"Forcefully feminine"

One of my favorite things about going home for Christmas is getting to catch up with my Aunt "Gems". Aunt Gems always likes to exchange stories about work, school, the latest Sylvia Brown book and, of course, men - read it

Why men make better friends. (Just don't date 'em!)

Why is it that whenever a man and a woman are friends (and I'm talking in the truest sense, not the "bonk buddy" type) and dare to step out in broad daylight together, suddenly a hapless litany of folks feel it their duty to pass judgement on the poor unsuspecting twosome? - read it

The Messy Art of Living Alone

I'm dying to show someone my bedroom closet. It's a well-organized thing of beauty. At least, for right now. During my recent two days home sick from work—battling a bone-rattling cough and hiding out from Chicagoland's negative-14-degree weather—I got the sudden urge to purge the clutter from my bedroom closet and kitchen cabinets - read it

TRUE.com Applauds Lawmakers for Passing Landmark Safer Dating Legislation

TRUE.com(R), the leading scientifically based online relationship service, congratulates New Jersey legislators for yesterday enacting the nation's first online dating legislation -- which is designed to protect the growing number of New Jersey citizens who are going online to meet potential dates - read it

Speak the Language of Color on Valentine's Day with the Right Rose

Some people on Valentine's Day are not familiar with what type or how many flowers they should send their Valentine; mostly due to the fact that their relationships are undefined, are still developing or need a little construction! - read it

Video phones act as dating tools

Technologies, from e-mail, to net chatrooms, instant messaging and mobiles, have proved to be a big pull with those looking for love. The lure once was that you could hide behind the technology, but now video phones are in on the act to add vision. Hundreds have submitted a mobile video profile to win a place at the world’s first video mobile dating event - read it

Online dating 'sad and frustrating'

ONLINE dating renews women's hope in love and sex but can be just as disappointing as the real-life dating scene, according to new Canadian research. Susan Frohlick, an anthropology professor at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, says the women she surveyed gained a sense of empowerment from their online dating experiences - read it

Romance and Roleplaying

Sam and I had one of our twice-weekly “date nights” tonight. That means that from about 7pm ’til we go to bed, we do nothing but have fun with each other. The girl amuses herself otherwise, or goes out, and we do whatever we like. Usually, that means we spend some time gamin - read it

How to write the perfect lonely heart

With their abbreviated dialect - WLTM, GSOH, SWF - and cliched appeals, personal ads these days can appear anything but personal. But it doesn’t have to be that way - read it

A Lot Of Women Will Forsake Love For Money

Women will often be seen as the ticks and the man will be pitied because he seemingly doesn’t know that the woman “loves him for his money”. But this is not always the case, the art of gold digging involves a “give and take” mechanism so most often than not the man is aware that it’s his money that’s keeping the woman there. So where does the trick lie? can the man also be digging something thats more important to him than his gold? - read it

Couplets.com is an online social network developed exclusively for couples

Currently free, Couplets offers couples of all sexual orientations an online matching system to meet other couples for friendship. But although the concept is interesting, there isn't much at Couplets that couples can't easily find elsewhere - read it

OmniDate Takes Computer Dating to the Next Level

I’ve done my share of Internet dating, I’ve tried Lavalife, Plentyoffish, and Match.com. All with some success (I found dates, had relationships, etc). All of those sites are generally similar. Put up a profile and pictures, message people you’re interested in, and take it from there. Toronto-based Omnidate is really going the next step: avatars that people can interact with... - read it

Widow, 65, seduced out of $60,000 by online 'boyfriends'

A BRISBANE widow is on the verge of bankruptcy after being seduced out of $60,000 in successive online romance scams. The 65-year-old first-time internet user was also new to dating when she went looking for love online last year - read it

My sex and the city love life

When Londoner Sarah Ivens split up from her partner, she got a hot new job in New York, and took a bite of the Big Apple dating scene, Sex and the City style. Here she reveals how to survive the hunt for Mr Big - read it

Dating lessons for a neurotic

A man I like is coming to my apartment tonight, to cook dinner with me. It'll be our first date. Last night, hopping around the kitchen in my socks, I decided to redecorate. "A kitchen is not complete without a couch in it!" I declared to my houseguests, and, sniffing the air suspiciously, added: "Does this place smell like cat pee?" - read it

Dating a President? Not Exactly Model Behavior

The news that French President Nicolas Sarkozy is dating former model Carla Bruni is one of those bits of pop culture trivia that reaffirms suspicions that the world has gone topsy-turvy - read it

FoxSexpert Yvonne K. Fulbright: What’s it going to take to get her into bed?

Whether he’s just met a gal or has been dating a dame for a while, this is the million-dollar question that looms in the back of nearly every man’s mind when his focus becomes that of pleasure pursuits - read it

Marrying for Love … of Money

Marrying for money isn’t just grist for television plot lines. With the wealth boom creating unprecedented riches — and greater opportunities for gold-digging by both genders — price-tag partnerships and checkbook breakups are increasingly making headlines. Even more surprising, according to a new survey, are the going rates for today’s mercenary unions - read it

Healthy hearts

Although I didn’t make any hard and fast resolutions this year, I do have a concept sort of looming in the back of my mind that I want to make good on: I want my relationships to be healthier - Read it

THE DATING GAME: To tell the truth, it's better than a lie

A single guy's life has plenty of surprises along the way, even during the holidays. Take, for example, my friend Steve. Single all his life, he had been friends with Marissa for about three weeks when she told him that she was having to move out of her apartment - read it

For Some, Church Is the Place To Be When You're Single

Walk into any church on Sunday morning and you will more than likely find families filling up the pews.

Church is very family friendly...but sometimes those who find themselves not part of a family say it's hard to find their place - read it

Embracing that single lifestyle

A new Web site for singles, SingleEdition.com, wants nothing more than to embrace and welcome the lifestyle of single living. And unlike dating sites that treat being single as a predicament, this one celebrates flying solo, and offers shopping, financial and other advice to help them do so with pride - read it

Finding love online

I was with a girlfriend on New Year's Eve two years ago and she suggested we have a look at the dating website RSVP. She told me I needed some male company. It was all a bit of a giggle really. It was great fun scrolling through all the profiles, looking at all the guys' pictures and reading their stories. Later I registered and put up my own profile and it became very addictive. I spent a lot of time on there - read it

Zac Efron’s Kissing Tips For Valentine’s Day

Zac Efron has dished his personal kissing secrets in a recent interview with J-14 magazine to get people in the mood for Valentíne’s Day. Zac, who as we know is frequently, spotted kissing Vanessa Hudgens so he must be doing something right - read it

The importance of being frank

With experience comes candour, but after a roll in the hay, some men want to cuddle while the lady wants to leave. “Are these women you write about real?” asks a man over his beer. Well, he is real – an intelligent lawyer in his mid-60s, if you must know – and so is his question. Which raises some interesting, though not necessarily surprising, issues about men's perceptions of women and their behaviour - read it

Better You: Lordy, Lordy, look who's flirty

In the last of a five-part series, Ben Kaplan meets Kendall Christie, a 43-year-old divorcee looking to wade her way through a perilous dating pool. She talked to matchmaker Susan Kates about finding love again after the collapse of a 15-year marriage - read it

How to Date Casually

Slow Down Your Dating Life and Find Love

Change your ideas about finding a relationship and still have fun being single. Here's how. Remember fun? That’s what dating is supposed to be. For most singles, it was fun, at some point. But as time goes on the notion of finding your soul mate can seem like a pressure filled, full-time job. However, it doesn’t have to be that way - readt it

Sex Ed In Cyberspace

The Birds And The Bees In A Podcast?
Wisconsin Mom Runs Wry Sex-Ed Show
Web Show Tackles Teen Sex
It isn't just Jamie Lynn Spears; across the country more teenage kids are having kids. A controversial Web show for teens is trying to change that. If the name doesn't grab your attention, the opening montage will - read it

Coffee shops turning into dating joints

Gone are the days when coffee shops were used extensively by artists, intellectuals, merchants and bankers for having discussions on various socio-political issues. But nowadays, these shops have become the favourite haunt for dating couples - read it

The History of Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day cards are one of the great expectations and attractions of this special day. Such cards embody a very wide range of emotions - traditional capricious, humorous, charming, ornate, romantic, sensitive, and many many more. Cards for Valentine's Day are invariably sent or given to anyone considered a lover or a romantically inclined boyfriend or girlfriend - read it

Office romance: Pros and cons

Not only does an office romance rescue you from the task of finding a potential mate at probable places like pubs and parties, it also does your ego a lot of good. Statistics reveal that a fair degree of such relationships are successful - read it

NECCO(R) Declares 'Love's in the Forecast' with New 2008 Sweethearts Conversation...

"Weather-inspired Sayings Turn Up the Heat this Valentine's Day" The New England Confectionery Company (NECCO(R)) is looking to the skies this Valentine's Day and encouraging Americans to weather the storm of love! - read it

Valentine's Day Tips

Valentine's Day is next month, which means it's time to prepare your special events and promotions. Below, courtesy of the JCK Retail Panel, are 15 tips and ideas to help your customers honor their valentines - read it

Young women choosing careers over love

Olga Boyko, 23, has finished her studies at Antioch College and will be graduating in the spring. But she isn't putting her career on hold while she waits for her boyfriend of more than two years to graduate - read it

Valentines Romance Tips For Women With A Chronic Illness

“Hot and bothered!” For most people these words create images of being twisted up in sheets, breathlessly reaching out to the one you love. For those with chronic illness, however, “hot” is more likely to refer to one’s thyroid condition, night sweats, or a heating pad on high. It can be hard to be romantic! - read it

50 reasons why you’re still single

Do you wonder why everyone else is coupled up, apart from you? Our correspondent has the answers - read it

Make 2008 a great date year

Throughout 2007 reporter Laura Stott has been on the hunt. Armed with ideas from readers and the Sun Woman team, our girl has been looking for the man of her dreams. Despite meeting loads of lovely fellas, as the year draws to a close she is still single - read it

Shared activities essential for love But single parents, short of time, often rush headlong into doomed relationships

Last year my New Year's Eve was spent with a wonderful woman whom I had known for only two weeks. We drank cold Californian white wine, sideways as a matter of fact, and ate oysters. It was a glorious evening with angels perched on each post of the headboard. I even asked one to "please pass me the water." Single dad was deliriously happy on Dec. 31, 2006. I wasn't so happy when we broke up four months later. What happened? - read it

Dating Expert, Stephany Alexander, Reveals the Top 20 Do’s and Don’ts of Dating Rules

As a dating expert who has given dating advice to tens of thousands of people since early 2000, there are 20 basic Do’s and Don’t Rules in the world of dating to help you increase your chances of succeeding in dating. Dating can be fun and exciting but getting involved with the wrong person can destroy your life. How do you put the odds in your favor when dating? I have broken down the top 20 Rules of Dating to help you find that special person - read it

A date with the pick-up king

Neil Strauss’s tale of transformation from geek to ladies’ man was a bestseller. Now he wants to share more secrets - Read it

Getting de-layed
Local airports are top hookup hubs

Think getting delayed at the airport is a real drag? Think again. A new survey shows that the metropolitan area's three main airports rank among the top five in the country as places to "make a connection" by scoring a date with a sexy someone while waiting for your plane to take off - read it

Sniffing out trouble
First-time meetings call for safety steps

It’s a dating horror story. More than six months have passed since 19-year-old Donna Jou went missing after she went on a date with a stranger she met through Craigslist.org, the popular Internet bulletin board - read it

How to create the perfect date

You thought getting the date was the hard part? No, it's way too early to congratulate yourself--you're still just beginning. Now you have to come up with an exciting, memorable and fun series of events that will make you look like a romantic hero - Read it

Five Things Women Hate

Ok guys, so you have a basic idea of what women appreciate, but I'd like to offer some "NO NO's" when you're on that special date - Read it

One night stands – a good idea or should you be keeping your knickers on?

New research from a book called ‘The Rough Guide to the Brain’ claims that having sex early on in a relationship releases hormones that could lead to increased trust and intimacy. Which has been interpreted by some areas of the media as a green light for one night stands - Read it

Dating A Rock Star

My advice about dating a rock star, from experience, is 'don't bother'. It may sound an easy ticket onto the rock and roll superhighway, but it's rubbish in the end. You may have a good few nights out, get behind the scenes, meet a few famous people, be the envy of other girls and live the highlife for a bit, but… Actually scrub that - Read it

Your glass is empty

His name was Craig and I met him the night before at a party. We exchanged numbers and decided to go out to dinner the next night. He picked me up at my apartment and said he liked my outfit, not because it looked good, but because it matched his outfit... - Read it

First date Top Ten

A first date can be nerve wrecking, but with these ten tips you will know a lot more on what is good practice and what not on your first night out - Read it

The Dating Coach Is In ($125/Hour)

PHOTO: ANNA PALMA

THIS is embarrassing to admit, but for the sake of the greater good, here goes: I am a dating disaster. The thought of meeting a stranger, sitting through a drink or meal, trying to be clever, makes me cranky. Think about the books that could be read while the other person drones on about his as-yet-unfinished divorce. Imagine the films that could be watched while he confuses the word “anecdote” with “antidote.” What a colossal waste of time - read it

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