If you asked if me if I'd ever read a romance before, I'd say "no, of course not."

Then I'd pause and realize, that's not right –– I'm a voracious consumer of young adult vampire novels!

Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer, and Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, by Beth Fantaskey, are two of my favorite vampire romances (both young adult novels).  Though they're not packaged as "romances," exactly, I surprised myself enamoured with –– swooning, even! –– over the hunky male protagonists. 

Even though they're, um, undead.

At first, neither Edward in Twilight or Lucius … Read More

What is it about "the chase" that men find appealing? On this episode of "That's What He Said," the guys talk about dating and the pursuit of women. Also, what do they think about the 3-day rule?

Who pays on a first date? Even in 2008, it's a loaded issue—and not in the sense of whether the guy you're out with is or isn't. Even among experienced daters, deciding who should pick up the check stirs up complicated emotions.In the video above, Tango asked a few ordinary civilians—and recently ELLE/MSNBC.com did too, in the form of their sex and money survey. 74,000 respondees, and still no definitive answer. But according to Piper Weiss, in today's Daily News, a few interesting themes did emerge.

According to the poll:

-2/3 of men want to split the tab.

-More … Read More

Time magazine has an issue dedicated to the W’s and 1 H of love (Who, What, Where, When, Why and How). One of the most interesting articles was a Why. Why do we flirt? It doesn’t seem like that tough of a question. UK rapper The Streets says this, “the reason girls flirt is to work out their worth. Whereas men just hanker for the panky to happen.” He also says, “You're not playing at hard to get. You're playing at not getting a hard-on yet.” So that’s one theory.

The Time article largely talks about … Read More