cold feet
She thought he was "the one," but rumors say he couldn't get away fast enough.
Amidst all the brouhaha over Kanye's bad behavior last night at MTV's VMAs, The Washington Post's Celebritology blog dropped a rumor from across the pond: Nicole Scherzinger single again? Kanye's VMA Rage: Does Amber Rose Bring Out Worst?
That's right, word on the street is that The Pussycat Dolls star is broken hearted over a recent split from her twenty-four-year-old British Formula 1 boyfriend Lewis Hamilton, and has subsequently pulled out of her commitment to host the upcoming F1 Rocks pop concert in Singapore. The couple had been dating since 2007, and in recent months had … Read More
Plus, warming up cold feet, male biological clocks and determining your relationship insanity.
Love Bytes: Five must-click sex, love and relationship links.
A U.K. study gauges how much certain phrases mean to people—literally. The three-word zinger, "I love you," is worth a reported $267,000. [Yahoo Shine]
4 ways to walk off your pre-wedding cold feet. [Huffington Post]
The male biological clock ticks too, so why is the stereotype gender specific? [Divine Caroline]
Several papers produced by researchers from the United States and the United Kingdom suggest that the older the men are, regardless of their socioeconomic status and the age of the mother, the more likely they … Read More
And wins, big time.
As the intro sentence to a new Tango article, "The New Breakup," states: Let's face it: Breakups suck. But let's say you get engaged and move away from your life, your friends, your job for your future husband. And then he calls off the wedding. That sucks a little bit more.
That's exactly what happened to RoseMary Shell, who appeared on the Today Show to tell her story. It really is a story of triumph.
She and her ex carried on a long distance relationship for a few years, they broke up, she got over … Read More
A Mexico City politico wants to punish runaway brides and grooms.
Weddings in Mexico are expensive. In addition to the cost of all of those Mexican Wedding Cookies and Mexican Wedding Cakes (but not Mexican Wedding Cookie Cakes, that would be silly), they invite a lot of guests. It’s not unusual to see 500 – 1,000 people at one of these shindigs. They go late into the night and are quite boisterous. The gunfire is blown out of proportion, at least in comparison to weddings in Afghanistan and Appalachia.
So, these things are pricey. And being a largely Catholic country, … Read More
Should she date other people before marrying her high school boyfriend? Cathi and Dan offer advice.
For the best advice on sex, love, dating and relationships we ask two experts with personal experience. Cathi Hanauer is the author, most recently, of Sweet Ruin, a novel about love, marriage, and adultery. Daniel Jones is the editor of both the "Modern Love" column for The New York Times, and Modern Love, an anthology derived from the column. They've been married for 15 years, and together they provide a his and hers take on relationship questions. This round: should you date other people before marrying the one you love?
Question: I've been dating the same guy exclusively since high … Read More