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A love letter found 10 years after it was written leads a couple to reunite and marry.
Like a plot ripped straight from a Nicholas Sparks novel, the BBC reports that a UK man finally married his ex-fiancee after a lost love letter he wrote to her 10 years ago was recently discovered behind a fireplace in her mother's villa.
Steve Smith met Carmen Ruiz-Perez in 1993 when the pair was both 25 and she was an Spanish exchange student living in Devon, England.
The two were briefly engaged, but the relationship fell apart after Ruiz-Perez moved to Paris to run a boutique.
Five years later, in 1998, Smith located the address of Ruiz-Perez's mother in Spain … Read More
The LoveFeed reviews the BBC report about women who choose to stay at home and how sexism plays a part in income level.
Study reveals that telling him you like him will make him like you back.
What would we do without studies? They tell us such important, hidden truths about the world--without them we might be lost!
Today's revolutionary finding comes from The University of Aberdeen, where researches found that people interpret eye-contact and smiling as signs that you like them, and these social cues make them reciprocate the love. Telling someone you like them is another way to up your attraction factor. Who woulda thunk it?
According to the BBC, the finding is useful for single people because it can help them weed out those who aren't … Read More
'Thou shall not bear false witness' is pretty good relationship advice.
For the 10,000th consecutive year, it turns out that honesty is still the best policy. According to the BBC, a woman in Northern Ireland faked her 'tiger' kidnapping in a bid to get more attention from her husband. Patricia Thompson claimed that a gang of men broke into her home, stole some things, tied her up, and left her in her car at a roundabout. She then alleged that other acts of terror were leveled against her including threatening letters and texts, cut brake lines on her car, and graffiti. All of these things went down whilst she … Read More
I'd rather swim with sharks than meet these women in a dark alley.
Like a vulture to roadkill, I flocked to the first episode of Cashmere Mafia last night. In the process of watching, I thoroughly confused my boyfriend, who, in his defense, probably wasn't the ideal co-viewer: For nearly an hour I gesticulated wildly at the TV, then turned to shoot him incredulous looks that said, "Can you believe this %&$?"
"Then why are you watching?" he countered, rationally.
He had a point. I guess I wanted to see if these characters would eventually redeem themselves. Cashmere Mafia was clearly slated to be an oh-so-2008 battle … Read More
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From The BBC
A new BBC Two show will attempt to matchmake couples by using the principles of Asian arranged marriages.
The series, Arrange Me A Marriage, will be hosted by Aneela Rahman who will assist friends and family find potential suitors for the participants.
Rahman claims her 15-year marriage is proof that arranged marriages do work and "compatibility" is crucial.
The five-part series, which starts on 22 November, will feature men and women from a variety of backgrounds.
Rahman thinks traditional British methods of finding a partner - such as hoping to find one while out drinking - are "random … Read More
