Splashy receptions + marriage certificates = economy boost.
The dwindling, Great Depression-era economy has forced the state of Maine to be Practical Polly's about this whole gay marriage fiasco. Money talks, folks. Big time. And The Williams Institute of Law in Los Angeles, CA thinks the state could earn $60 million in a three years. So where exactly is this $60 million coming from? From wedding rings, to wedding attire, to parties, hotel bookings, honeymoon tickets and vacation clothes. Name it, the gays and lesbians would surely do it. Regardless, even if the couples had no desire for a ceremony, party or vacation, at the very least they would need marriage certificates. From marriage certificates alone, the state thinks they could generate $539, 193 just from their own citizens.
Wonder how they will get laid now that they are middle class.
According to the Washington Post, sugar daddies are bearing a terrible cross now that the market has gone from black to red. "It's been incredibly stressful for me," one recently downsized man says. "I was so used to using my financial situation to leverage my dating." Now what is he supposed to do? Date non-gold diggers? Are they even pretty?
How to act like Freida Pinto, even if we don't all look like her.
At first look, taking advice from How To Love Like A Hot Chick: The Girlfriend-to-Girlfriend Guide to Getting the Love You Deserve might seem imprudent. The authors are two decidedly "hot chicks," so the idea that they'd be able to relate to everyday Plain Janes is as believable as The Supermodel's Guide to Getting Pants Hemmed.
Margaret Ruth wants us to assume everyone is giving us their best. Even if they disappoint us. Hm.
Margaret Ruth is some psychic/ radio VJ who hosts a show called Radio From Hell on X96 an alternative radio station tells listeners to "assume that the person you are relating with is doing the best she can for that time and that situation. No matter what others are saying or doing, assume "he is giving me his best available at this moment," and you will start feeling better about relationships and other people instantly." Margaret says "Labeling other people's reactions to you as "good to me" or "bad to me" allows you to take everything someone does personally." Rather realize their best isn't good enough and move on.
Fat Tuesday comes around once a year. Grab a date and enjoy it.
While we can't all be somewhere festive for Mardi Gras, why not channel the indulgent nature of the day (mardi gras is French for "fat tuesday," after all) and plan an impromptu date to celebrate your partner or find a new date among the festivities.
Dying to know your lover's secrets? Then spark up this conversation.
It's definitely not the type of light and airy chat you want to strike up on your first starry-eyed date. Let's be honest: Dredging up the past and owning all things that went right and wrong can be about as pleasant as having a root canal. But precisely because spilling the beans requires such a high level of comfort and trust, a Q&A session (topic: all things past) with your guy can bring the two of you closer in your relationship.
The Sun recently explored the whys and hows of the men turning down sex.
Since when have men been allowed to turn down sex, we later shriek to our girlfriends. Is there someone else? Is he gay? Am I fat? Too skinny? Something I said? Does my breath smell? The finicky male sex drive has served as fodder to female questioning and hypothesizing since the first time a man told a woman "no." if the UK's Sun is to be believed, the annoying trend of men turning down sex is a straight-up epidemic across the pond. British relationship service Relate has reported a 40% increase in men saying they had "gone off sex" compared to ten years ago, while "anecdotal reports from experts in the field" say, yes, men are turning down sex more than ever. Chicago-based therapist Michele Weiner-Davis. She thinks when women collectively made the shift to grow balls, own their sex drives, and go to work (perhaps making more than their mate) the results made "tears at the fabric of male sexuality." Adding that "Western men feel marginalized."
