Periodically, people say things like, "I would give my left ball if the Red Sox win the World Series," or, "I would totally give you a blow-y if you would give me a massage." Only periodically do we mean these things. Which is a shame because holding people to things they say is one the greatest pants-on pleasures that life has to offer. Which is mildly ironic considering the warm water that a Philadelphia Phillies fan got into over saying something a little inflammatory regarding her love for her team. 

Per FoxSports.com, a woman named Susan Finkelstein posted an … Read More

A woman named Laura thinks she's come up with the next big thing: finding dates with the help of Twitter. She calls it "Twating" (a mash-up of the words Twitter and dating) and she's using her friend Katie as the initial test subject for her experiment (which, thus far, has involved giving Katie the username "datekate," logging onto Twitter as her, and then tweeting about how much she would like to be taken out on a date).

For some reason, Laura's managed to get a lot of attention from the press for this (suckers that we are, we … Read More

I couldn't help it; his email was password was just too easy to crack. His cat's name? He must've wanted me to take a peek.

My fingers hesitantly pecked at the inbox, and suddenly, I was reading my recent ex's email. To my horror, he had placed a singles ad on Craigslist. He truly was moving on.

I'd like to say I didn't sit home feeling sorry for myself, but, of course, that would be lying. Weeks passed; I started to flirt a little. But at 36, it seemed every cute or kind man near my age was married … Read More

Thank you Gawker and Craiglist.

If it wasn't for these sites, we would have missed this oh-so-classy help wanted ad for a "Personal Introduction Assistant" or "Wingwoman."

Now, the employment posting wants applicants to be classy and dress well, and states the following about the ideal applicant:

"Must be able to do 4 things: 1) start conversations with beautiful women; 2) after that, remain totally silent, unless spoken directly to, but smile and look friendly while the man you are "winging" orchestrates the social situation; 3) socialize and block any man or woman attempting to interfere with the … Read More

Love Bytes: Three must click dating, sex and relationship links.

Longitudinal study shows love is the key to happiness. [Asylum]

Sell boyfriend on Craigslist. [College Humor]

Spring cleaning is here and I'm looking to get rid of one overzealous Xbox player/ex-boyfriend. Comes with Xbox live account, impressive "kills" or whatever its called, and an affinity for sleeping with slutty roommates.

Teaching women not to be pushovers when it comes to sex. [Lemondrop]

A story of types, control and sneakers? [The Frisky]

It's that time again, I cruise around the entire interweb and find the most noteworthy stories, advice or anecdotes about love (and relationships). No jokes about Swine Flu today and I will not talk about that plane that flew a little too low over Manhattan yesterday with a fighter jet in-tow. I will talk about…

Awful divorces. Cracked has compiled a compendium of their ten stickiest divorces of all time. That guy who gave his wife a kidney and tries to get cash value after the fact even made the list.

Cash Rules Everything Around Me, too. That's why … Read More

Everyone and their dog has heard of Casual Encounters. It's only been the punch line to, like, a million and one lonely people jokes for, like, a billion years now, but somehow the Times decided to get their investigative hands drrty and explore the "underbelly" of craigslist.Casual Encounters is exactly as it sounds; a place to find a casual encounter. While garnering more traffic than match.com, eharmony and Yahoo! personals, the smutty section of anonymous sex gained some bad publicity as of late due to two murders that happened pretty close to one another. One man … Read More

Last night Love Buzz was perusing Craigslist personals (and reading about new laws regarding CL prostitution). Not seeing anyone ISO a blogger obsessed with relationships and the internet we turned our attention to other interesting posts. Below are a few favorites, and, as YourTango has perfected the art of translating online dating profiles, our interpretations.

Post: Guitar Hero/Vagina Champion (warning: actual post contains a potentially NSFW image, although no nudity)

-Front man in progressive nu metal band Byarg Sarlock and the Sarlocks-Broad shouldered, wide ankled, tight anused, supple breasted, man god-Likes to settle misunderstandings with … Read More

 Craiglist.org announced yesterday it is helping to weed out prostitution from its "erotic services."   (Uh oh!  We thought that being a lady of the night was a recession-free gig!)

At the behest of attorney generals around the country hoping to regulate prostitution, Craiglist.org asked the posters advertising in their "erotic services" section to provide a valid phone number last March, The New York Times reports. 

But today Craigslist agreed to require a valid ID and announced it would charge such posters a small fee -- possibly $10 -- to post.  The funds earned from that charge … Read More

Per the Boston Globe, popular listings site, Craigslist, promises to cut down on the prostitution. And Craigslist's traffic just dropped 95%. It’s OK, no one asked them to yank the reigns on casual hookup postings. And 50% of that traffic is contemplating returning.

Seriously, why go through Craigslist when you can just use the Emperor's Club and get off Scot Free? The New York Times is reporting that former New York governor and chin-y fellow Eliot Spitzer is not going to face any charges in his prostitute purchases.

And the people of San Francisco feel … Read More