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A website more known for diagnosing bodily ailments gets touchy, feely.
We equate WebMD with helping us diagnose our headache (is it a brain tumor?) or whether we should call in sick or toughen up and drink a power shake.So when we we stumbled upon a rather detailed feature called "Timeline of a Love Affair" we raised an eyebrow.WebMD is soft and fuzzy now? And you think you know someone!We're a sucker for these types of things because it's always fascinating to read what's going on biologically during the first pangs of a crush. (We're reluctant to call it "falling in love.")Why do our appetites … Read More
Dr. Helen Fisher, world renowned biological anthropologist, discusses her book Why Him? Why Her?, which explains the connection between biology and human attraction. She's identified four main personality types: Explorer, Builder, Director and Negotiator. Take a quiz to find out your personality type and learn more about Dr. Helen Fisher here.
What's behind love's highs and lows? Chemistry, the author finds.
When Paul, my future husband, kissed me for the first time, it was sweet and sexy and sort of salty—the way a kiss by the ocean should be, if you had thought to imagine it that way.
We made a date to kiss the next day, which didn't come soon enough. We met again and again after that. We spent hours hunched over pitchers of beer or tall iced coffees, our ankles intertwined, our eyes locked, our faces just inches apart. Quickly, without thought or deliberation, we traded coffee shops and sports bars for his studio apartment. Our tussles were … Read More