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Turns out lube helps your relationship outside the bedroom, too.

3 Women Reveal How Lube Changed More Than Just Their Sex Lives

While it's no surprise that lube benefits your sex life, it can also help your overall relationship.

It's no surprise that using a lubricant can enhance your sex life. But what about the rest of your love life — communication, emotional attachment, and intimacy beyond the bedroom? We talked to three real women about life before and after lube. You might be surprised by what they had to say!

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Who Are The 'Harry Potter' Stars Dating? [GALLERY]

A look at the love lives of the Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - Part 2 film stars.

As the world awaits the film release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2, we investigate the stars' real-live heartthrobs.

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The Real L Word: Lesbian Voyeurism Or Good TV?

Reviewing The Real L Word, reality tv show about lesbians and their love lives.

On June 20, Showtime unveils The Real L Word, a reality show about the real lives of Los Angeles lesbians. If you think this sounds eerily familiar, you're right. The Real L Word is the reality kid sister of the network's similar, scripted series, The L Word. This "real" version, however, promises to give curious viewers a true-to-life glimpse into the lives of ladies who lust after ladies.

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Feeling Wise? Optimistic? Might Be The New Moon.

Astrology nut or not, this new moon in Sagittarius sounds uber-promising for our love lives.

As of 7:02 am EST on December 16, the moon is in Sagittarius. New moons are often characterized as bringing forth new beginnings, and a new beginning in fire sign Sagittarius, known for its candid, honest nature, means (as astrologer Lynn Hayes writes) an "expansion of our sense of what is possible and what is correct."

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8 Harry Potter Tools We Want For Our Relationships

Magic objects from the Harry Potter series that, if they actually existed, we'd use for love.

As the latest Harry Potter movie installment, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, hits theaters, teenage hormones are running at an all-time high at Hogwarts. The sixth book in J. K. Rowling's insanely popular series took us to a major turning point in Potter and Co.'s love lives as Harry's relationship with Ginny develops and Hermione and Ron realize their antagonism was really amoré. In honor of the Potter nerd in all of us, we re-imagined eight magical objects from the Harry Potter world in the context of how they could benefit our not-always-magical love lives.

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What's An Ox Got To Do With It?

Chinese New Year means the stable, hardworking Ox now rules our love lives.

A new year in China brings a new ruling zodiac animal. From January 26, 2009–February 13, 2010, Chinese superstition says the Ox will be guiding us. The plodding stability that an Ox year brings will be quite a different change of pace from the aggressive, wealth-driven and charming Rat, who dominated 2008. Tarot.com reports that an Oxen-ruled year can challenge those with little patience, as change happens slowly but surely. There's an increased emphasis on reinforcing foundation and tightening of belts, and "Substance is always favored over style in the Year of the Ox."