Technology has fundamentally changed the way we seek, nurture, and experience intimacy. Beyond the coy status updates, drunken emails and occasional sexting, we find soulmates on dating sites, we send "I <3 U's" with our thumbs, we fight over IM, make up over email, then go on Facebook to announce to the world our renewed devotion. Gadgets have enhanced our love lives, but they also enable mixed messages, vague sentiments and other bits of intentional or unintentional confusion. Texting Your Way To Love 

The questions around protocol are endless: Should I text him or email him? She sounds sad … Read More

So you want to try online dating, but don't want to have to answer questions like "What's the song that's running through your head most often these days?" and "Who's the celebrity you resemble most"?

Not to worry, your solution is here. It's called Gelato (http://ge.la.to/) and it allows you to put yourself out there without having to answer a single question with originality or flare.

We know what you're thinking: "It sounds great, but how will other daters know that I look like Tori Spelling or that Hall and Oates makes me swoon?" It's easy, as long as you subscribe … Read More

Chris Brown is still groveling.

Celebitchy has reported that on Tuesday Chris Brown used Twitter to get Rihanna's attention. Chris's interview on Larry King Live two weeks ago proved that he's still in love with her (he told Larry King that was "definitely" the case), and it sounds like the two may even be dodging the court's junction to stay apart by planning an October holiday together. Celebrity Love: Chris Brown And Rihanna Meeting In Mexico

Clearly Chris is not coping well with the court orders. Recently he deleted the Twitter post everyone's talking about, … Read More

Lindsay Lohan, step away from the computer.

Someone please take away Lindsay's iPhone, computer, Twit pic app, playlist, and any other electronic device with which she can possibly contact another person. Also please lock up her booze and other substances because her multi-media rants are almost certainly chemically-influenced. YourTango: How Not To Deal With A Romantic Rival

Celebitchy reports that Justin Timberlake dispises Lindsay Lohan. But he digs Sam Ronson's chops. So he invited Sam to Vegas to spin at the party to launch his new tequila line, and, … Read More

Since starting a psychotherapy practice 15 years ago, I've witnessed three basic waves of technology-based infidelity.

Back in the '90s, my clients generally discovered infidelity when opening their partner's cell phone bill. The story was pretty much the same for all of these clients: they would see countless calls to the same number, dial it up and find themselves speaking with the object of their partner's indiscretions. Then came email, the second wave of technology-assisted infidelity. These stories began to emerge in the late '90s. Suspicious partners would log in to their partner's email account and find plentiful evidence of extra-relational … Read More

You are in a state.

"Pangs of love," you say as you roll over on the couch, pantomiming stab motions to the heart. Your roommate looks bemused. It's the third or fourth date, and you've been struggling to hold off sending those late-night, inappropriate text messages. "Head. Heels. You. Me." (send—no wait, delete.) New Relationship Rules: Texting & IMing

Instead, you're on your knees, head in hands, summoning the forces of the universe to carry your love-cry out to the one you desire. Does he hear? Maybe. Will it be returned? The silence of everything that has not been … Read More

I finally had one of those moments when you discover an ex has gotten married and your world momentarily collapses. Facebook was innocently trolling my email address book looking for new users who could become my friends. Martin popped up and when I clicked on his profile picture, I saw him looking mighty fine in a grey tux smooching some babe in a wedding dress. Facebook Decides To Control Your Love Life
Ouch. Yuck. Puke.
Many of my exes have gotten married and the news hasn't ruffled my feathers. Even my ex-husband has a new wife and I feel … Read More

Miley Cyrus may be Twittering deliriously about how in love she is with new flame Liam Hemsworth, but her bliss has left someone out in the cold—Liam's girlfriend, back home in Australia. The heartbroken lass, Laura Griffin, tells Australia's Woman's Day magazine that she thought the photos of Miley and Liam making out were part of filming The Last Song, until further snaps of them snogging off-set showed up.

"He was my boyfriend and my best friend," Laura says, going on to blame Miley for coming between them: "There is no other reason why we would … Read More

We were just thinking the other day how relieved we are that Facebook was just a twinkle in Mark Zuckerberg's eye when we were in high school. Read: Facebook Group: I Need Sex

We aren't entirely sure our fragile, angsty hearts could've handled the rush of photos, wall posts and status updates advertising the whereabouts and canoodlings of our various crushes. The gossipy hallways and yearbook inscriptions were about all we could take. Thanks.

So it came as no surprise when we read that a study of 300 college students revealed that Facebook incites a significant amount … Read More

According to multiple British tabloids, Amy Winehouse has been secretly keeping in contact with her former husband and druggie-in-crime Blake Fielder-Civil through a recently activated Facebook account under the handle "Shirley," the name of her pet cat.

Proving to be yet another example of the many break-up and moving-on challenges in a socially-networked world, "the pair have been messaging each other with rhymes and ramblings," according to OK Magazine. 20 Relationships And Technology Dos And Don'ts

For example:

...Shirley has posted several status updates, including one in which she says she loves "Sailor," … Read More