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6 Unique Holiday Gift Ideas For Your Partner [EXPERT]

Ever get tired of giving the same things over & over? Spice up your gift giving & amaze your lover!

The holiday season is upon us once again. It seems that more people than not buy gifts for the holidays. Yet, sometimes it gets to be a hassle. We can get into a rut when it comes to buying gifts.

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5 Love Lessons From Marilyn Monroe

In honor of her 85th birthday, we look back at what the actress taught us about love and life.

Throughout the history of cinema, there has never been another screen legend quite like Marilyn Monroe—although her talent was often overshadowed by her many failed loves and her sex-symbol status. But even through the tough times, fighting illness and battling back from relationship woes, she was never without her sense of humor and many words of wisdom.

A Guy’s Guide To Thrilling Your Woman

A Guy’s Guide To Thrilling Your Woman

Tips I've learned from living with a pro.

Tips I've learned from living with a pro. Okay, I admit it. That teaser was a bit misleading. I don’t live with that kind of pro. I’m the life partner of an award-winning sex teacher and medical professional, Sheri Winston. Still, a pro’s a pro when it comes to expertise about sex.

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New Gadget Could Transform Long-Distance Love

A heart-shaped gadget from Japan lets long-distance lovers feel like they're holding hands.

Nothing says "long distance relationship" like waiting months on end just to hold your partner's hand. Miserable, right? Enter the Taion Heart, a Japanese handheld gadget that mimics the sensation of holding hands by sending your pressure squeeze, pulse and hand temperature to your partner's matching device.

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Why Our Lovers Are Like Our Mothers

Our "love map" determines who we love as early as childhood.

Have you ever known a married couple that just didn't seem as though they should fit together—yet they are both happy in the marriage, and you can't figure out why?

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20 Men, 20 Lessons: A Life In Lovers

20 Men, 20 Lessons: A Life In Lovers

Do we learn ANYTHING from past relationships? One women reviews her love life, mistakes and all.

With each man who enters my life, I think I'm making a better choice than the last. Yet even though I'm in my 40s, I keep making the same mistakes again and again. When my current relationship started (temporarily) to nosedive, I began wondering if I'd learned anything from my relationships with men. I decided to take inventory. Starting at 17 and continuing until the age of…don't mention it, here's what I've learned.

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Feeling Wise? Optimistic? Might Be The New Moon.

Astrology nut or not, this new moon in Sagittarius sounds uber-promising for our love lives.

As of 7:02 am EST on December 16, the moon is in Sagittarius. New moons are often characterized as bringing forth new beginnings, and a new beginning in fire sign Sagittarius, known for its candid, honest nature, means (as astrologer Lynn Hayes writes) an "expansion of our sense of what is possible and what is correct."

5 Road Rules That Apply To Love

5 Road Rules That Apply To Love

Love lessons that are learned on the road—quite literally. Tips for being a good driver and lover.

A relationship, much like rush-hour traffic on the interstate on a Friday evening, requires no small amounts of patience, determination and smart maneuvering. Some of us were born good drivers, others manage by the skin of our bumpers. For those of us in need of a defensive driving course or two, here are five pieces of advice for the road that work just as well as on the rollercoaster of love:

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How Cheating Just Got Easier

One way technology is making infidelity more seamless than ever before.

One way technology is making infidelity more seamless than ever before. There's an app that allows you to find an adulterous partner with a few taps of the keyboard – or handheld device. A website named AshleyMadison.com is a dating site specifically for committed individuals who want to cheat, and now it can be accessed by Blackberry and iPhone, reports Jeremy Caplan in this week's Time magazine.