For the first time ever, Bonnie Fuller, former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, has interviewed Helen Gurley Brown, creator of the women's love and sex bible. The original Cosmo queen dishes about sex, love, work and how to have it all.  

According to Fuller, women today are in debt to Gurley Brown for "her once-revolutionary ideas and her bold determination to relentlessly articulate a better, more self-fulfilling life for women, which she did in every issue of Cosmo during her thirty-year tenure." With the release of Jennifer Scanlon's new book, Read More

Every morning I make some coffee, put on pants (Okay, sometimes I put on pants) and turn on my computer. When I sit down to answer messages and emails from the YourTango community, it feels like I'm getting paid to chat with friends. Friends who I've never met and have names like Qverb, Watersisland, LAWestphal, BookMama, lwarrell, Rocketman, onewriter, nubiancoco, cal, jss, dynamike, MoniaFreedman (okay, her username sounds normal)…but friends nonetheless. … Read More

Our developer, Dom, just got engaged! Here we offer congratulations and words of wisdom for grooms-to-be.

Dear Dom,

Congratulations on  your recent engagement! As relationship experts, we've pulled together some engagement-related articles and videos you might like. Read on for enlightening engagement information.

You may have heard that men are more involved than ever before in planning the wedding. If you or your fiance are wondering how you can participate, check out our Love U video, How to Include Him In the Wedding Planning.

Even if you're not choosing the music or venue, there are certain wedding-related details you'll need to … Read More

What do guys have against date movies? Would all men rather watch people blow things up than fall in love on the big screen? Turns out, guys don't all hate date movies. In fact, 40 percent of our users told us that their men actually enjoy them. Poll: Does Your Guy Secretly Love Date Movies?

Andrea Miller, YourTango's dynamic CEO and founder, visited The Early Show this morning to set the record straight. Guys, just because we want to watch Sweet Home Alabama with you doesn't mean you need to propose marriage to us in the middle of Tiffany's! Read More

Our friends over at Recessionwire did a little write-up about us. Apparently, they like how YourTango and our founder, Andrea Miller, is handling the economic downturn that has hit so many other media groups. The Recessionwire crew would know: After getting cut loose in the downturn, they started the pop-up site to highlight the good in the sea of gloom. Full disclusure: we're content partners with Recessionwire, but we didn't ask them to write this! 

Writes Recessionwire co-founder Laura Rich:

When your industry is shrinking like Lily Tomlin in that movie, what can you do to keep … Read More

YourTango will host a panel of writers for the first time at this year's New York Lit Crawl. What's a lit crawl, you ask? It's a pub crawl plus literature. Clever, right?

The YourTango panel will include local writers Susan Shapiro ("How I Fell Madly In Lust With My Husband"), Craig Bridger ("I Was A Groomzilla: Advice From The Trenches") and Jill Provost ("Dirty Talk Dos And Don'ts") and YT Associate Editor, Genevieve Lill. The authors will read from their essays and discuss the process of writing about love, sex and everything in between.

When: Saturday, … Read More

Ah, love stories. The drama! The butterflies! The humor and heartache! Here at YourTango, we can't get enough of love and relationships (uh, clearly), but it's not often that we share our own tales. While writing "Love In The Time Of Twitter" about SMITH magazine's new book Six-Word Memoirs On Love & Heartbreak By Writers Famous & Obscure, I asked the YT team to contribute six-word love and relationship memoirs of their own. Here's the splendid collection.

I love you more. That's final.—Andrea, CEO and Founder

Six words is too short for…—Brett, Executive Vice President, Interactive

I forgot you … Read More

Last Thursday, friends, advisors and staff of YourTango gathered to celebrate the site's continuing growth and thriving community—and break some of those pesky New Year's resolutions.

Here are some highlights from the party, which included plenty of drinks, sweets and Cheez Whiz (which, evidently, did not follow grunge out of style in the '90s):

• Giancarlo (ie JG or Juan Carlo), of Office Dating Rules video fame, "went long" on the Absolut Pear, his largess helping to increase our inventory.
• The look on many a newbie's face when they take their first sip of the YourTango signature drink (ie … Read More
  

Happy New Year! I am excited to begin by saying that we had a wonderful close to 2008 traffic-wise. While our goal was 200,000 unique visitors in December, we reached 250,000 UV and 1.5mm page views!

And the momentum continues. Yesterday we had our highest single traffic day ever with about 132,000 page views. Other bits of good news:

• We relaunched our newsletter, YourTango Tease, which I am thrilled about. Important way to quickly build our data base. If you're not signed up, please get there! 
• I am very pleased to announce that Anne Perton has joined … Read More
  

It's nearly midnight and I'm deep into my daily routine of sitting on the couch opposite of Sanjay, crunching through emails and trying to complete the last lingering tasks of the day. We're watching a Simply Red dvd. I'm feeling extra cheerful because I just ordered Sanjay's Christmas present (hint: it involves Simply Red, shhhh). And happy that I'm no longer hung over.

I can't complain – I drink so rarely that every now and then feeling over-served is a friendly reminder of the fun that preceded it. YourTango's Christmas party was at our apt last night. I drank … Read More