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Dear Dr. Romance: Should I Date My Girlfriend's Best Friend?

Dear Dr. Romance: Should I Date My Girlfriend's Best Friend?

What men can learn from the Tiger Woods fiasco about respecting their partners

Dear Dr. Romance: I need relationship advice!!!? I have been with my girlfriend for 4 months now and her best friend who's a girl is also my best friend and I'm very close with the best friend. Me and my girlfriend do fight a lot but there are times where I'm in love with her. And me and the friend have talked about a few times what it would be like if we went out and know it would be good because we have similar interests and sense of humor and trust each other so much.

Is It Normal For Your Man To Notice Other Women? [EXPERT]

Is It Normal For Your Man To Notice Other Women? [EXPERT]

Clarifying why men look at other women when they are with someone they say they love

Have you ever noticed your husband or boyfriend casting a glance at another woman’s cleavage or tight jeans? If you haven’t, then you probably haven’t been paying attention. Now and then I have a client ask me something like, “Is it normal that my husband was pointing out the college girls in short skirts at the bar last night?” These women ask out of true curiosity, fear, confusion, anger, hurt and even amusment.

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Some types of gossip are good for your relationship.

Love Bytes: How Gossip Can Be Good For Your Relationship

Plus, 25 Valentine's Day movies for 25 relationship stages.

Rules for stay-over relationships. Should you stop self-pleasuring when you move in? Stop blaming yourself for his cheating. Do you know how to get him to call you back? Some gossip is good for relationships. 25 Valentine's Day movies for 25 relationship stages. What is a recycled bride? 10 signs he is into you. How much does money matter?

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A little "harmless flirting" could lead to a much bigger affair.

How Does An Affair Start? [EXPERT]

In his mind he is flattered, he thinks it's fun and exciting, and he knows it's a bit naughty!

Men are pretty unconscious about what makes them attractive. According to most women, it is not their looks that make them attractive, it is who they are and how they produce in the world. So...this married man goes to work and comes home and goes back to work the next day. At work there is a woman. She is single, attractive, smart, capable, speaks his language and someone who has time to pay attention to him. It starts as an innocent flirtation. What goes through his mind is something like "Let's see if I still have it!", so he starts flirting just to see what happens. Not a surprise, she responds by flirting back. This is the beginning of the affair.

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Does religious background drive your need for temptation?

Who Is Most Likely To Stray From Their Marriage? [EXPERT]

New statistics show that Catholics are more likely to cheat than any other religious group.

I've just conducted my first ever comprehensive study into religion and cheatingand can reveal that, shockingly, Roman Catholics are the most adulterous religious group in England.

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"He was asking to have an open marriage, and I refused," Marianne Gingrich told ABC.

Newt & Marianne Gingrich: Is An Open Marriage Still A Marriage?

The presidential candidate gave his wife two choices: open marriage or divorce.

Newt Gingrich reportedly offered his second wife Marianne two choices: an open marriage or a divorce, when he revealed to her he was having an affair with his now-wife, Callista Bisek (that plastic-haired blonde you always see with him on the campaign trail).

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The "like" button on Facebook may not be the root of your relationship problems...

Facebook Doesn't Ruin Relationships, People Do. [EXPERT]

Facebook doesn't cause problems in a relationship; it brings to light problems that already exist.

I often hear people say, "Facebook ruins relationships." And I must admit, I absolutely loved that the last guy I dated didn't have an account. But Facebook doesn't ruin relationships. Neither do strip clubs, porn, or online dating sites. People ruin relationships.

The UK's largest survey into infidelity

The UK's largest survey into infidelity

Together with IllicitEncounters.com and Onepoll, I authored the UK's largest survey into infidelity.

Illicit Encounters, with over 635,000 members (that’s 3% of the British public’s married population), has released the results from the biggest ever survey on infidelity, commissioned by the dating site and conducted by One Poll.  I authored the poll itself, in order to garner some hard facts about cheating in the UK. Findings include: 25.4% of married men and 18.3% of married women and have cheated on their current partners at least once

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Have you ever had an affair?

Do Women Cheat As Much As Men Do?

Some research suggests that women have (almost) as many extra-marital affairs as men.

Thanks to the courageous female pioneers of the past few centuries, women now have the same rights as men (thanks Susan B. & co!). Though the sexes still aren't 100 percent equal, us ladies are certainly working hard to be respected as much as our male counterparts. The latest struggle we've almost won? Infidelity!

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Things you shouldn't put up with from your boyfriend or husband.

Love Bytes: 11 Things Women Should Never Put Up With

Plus, 6 dates not to go on in 2012.

Nice guys are boring. Not ALL men hate being alone. There are six dates you want no part of. There are 11 things a lady shouldn't put up with. Keep up the touching. He slept with her friend whilst they were on a "break." Nina Hartley gives up some sex advice. There is a right and wrong way to win over Zooey Deschanel. The holiday party blowback is in effect. What if you hooked up with a coworker at the fete? Post-divorce advice from Suze Orman.

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33% of divorced couples cite Facebook as a reason for their split.

Why Facebook Causes One-Third Of Divorces

Yet another reason to get off Facebook.

Ah, Facebook. The social networking site that's fast becoming not just a thorn in our backsides, but the bane of our existences. If Facebook isn't selling your private information to companies these days, then it's breaking up happy marriages.