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Grouper: Group Dating To Get You Offline And Out On The Town

Why meet one guy for a drink when you can meet three? This site's making dating a friendly affair.

Launched in June 2011, Grouper is an online social club (currently only in New York City) whose goal is to get you offline as quick and easily as possible and onto a great night out on the town with people you may have never met before. You can use it to find your next date or just to expand your social circle – a Grouper is whatever you make it.

Hurricane Irene: A Bonafide Wingwoman For You & I!

Hurricane Irene: A Bonafide Wingwoman For You & I!

Doubt a natural disaster could help you find love in the big city? Put down the Xanax and take this!

Call me an Optimist, because I think one can always find some calm in the middle of a storm. Call me an Opportunist, because I knew Hurricane Irene could come in handy just as much as a wing woman for NYC ladies looking for love before the Village Voice proclaimed it.

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Poll: How Would You Describe Amazing Sex In 10 Words Or Less?

Ten words is all you got to sum up amazing sex. If done well, you could win a trip to New York City.

Neighbors come over to complain, end up joining in. 25% Deep cuts on my back. Deeper cuts on my soul. 25% Mind blowing, Eyes tearing, toes curling, body shaking experience. 25% Even the timid feel like pornstars, surrendering to Madame Nature 0% Dormant volcanic build-up, warm orgasmic rush, toe curling immobility. 25%

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Is Jennifer Aniston Preparing To Stay Single For Good?

The actress just bought a posh new pad in NYC—but there's only room for one.

Jennifer Aniston is constantly fending off rumors about hooking up with new guys and adopting babies from overseas, but it seems marriage and children were the furthest things from her mind when she decided on her posh pad in NYC.

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Is The Problem With Condoms The Cost?

New York's latest STI-fighting effort involves an app that helps you find free prophylactics.

The city of New York has a major STD awareness campaign in full swing. And any responsible STD awareness campaign also includes solutions. In this case, the city is giving away free condoms. In addition the city is giving away a treasure map to these free condoms in the form of a smart phone app that leads safe sex-conscious folks to the free condom distribution centers. Will free condoms help? What about an app for finding them? Are these places open all night?

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4 Tips For Women Who Want To Make The First Move

Don't want to wait for the guy to ask you out like Kim Kardashian does? This is for you!

With the kind of dating history Kim Kardashian has, one would never expect her to be shy when it comes to men, but this isn’t what we saw on Sunday’s E! premiere of Kourtney and Kim Take New York. Yes, the Kardashian sisters are back and they’re taking over New York City with a second opening of their Dash boutique. And Kim, fresh out of a relationship with football player Miles Austin, is single for the show and ready to mingle. But, like many of us, she believes in the traditional idea that the guy is supposed to ask the girl out. Here are 4 tips for women who want to make the first move. Kim, take notes!

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NYC To Tell Gays Where To Marry

Gay marriage is not allowed in New York, but they'll tell you where it is allowed.

City hall will now let gay couples know where they can go (and not straight to hell, Stephen Colbert) to make their nuptials happen. I know that City Hall has a certain cache and credibility that the webs just don't, but don't they have bigger fish to fry? Defying the state and allowing gay weddings would be a good use of calories; voting to print out a page from Wikipedia is not.

Famous WWII Kiss Photo Star Edith Shain Dies

Famous WWII Kiss Photo Star Edith Shain Dies

The famous WWII nurse Edith Shain captured on V-J Day in Einsentaedt's famous photo dies at 91.

There's nothing like your significant other sneaking a kiss when you least expect it. It's thoughtful, romantic. In 1945, Edith Shain, then a doctor's nurse, received one of the most surprising kisses in history when an American sailor took hold of her in Times Square to kiss her in celebration of the end of World War II. Shain died on June 20 in Los Angeles at the age of 91.

7 Celebrities Stalked For Love

7 Celebrities Stalked For Love

Erin Andrews' peeping tom talk on Oprah reminds us of the celeb who've dodged delusional suitors.

Erin Andrews' peeping tom talk on Oprah reminds us of the celeb who've dodged delusional suitors. Visit YourTango's Celebrity Love for the list.

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Hailey Glassman Dumps Jon Gosselin Over Sexy Texts

Jon Gosselin's "soulmate" finds scandalous showgirl pics and finally breaks it off.

Jon Gosselin's "soulmate" finds scandalous showgirl pics and finally breaks it off. Visit YourTango's Celebrity Love for the breaking story.

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Melanie Oudin's Boyfriend's U.S. Open Secret

Austin Smith designed Melanie Oudin's shoes (pic here!) and prepped her for U.S. Open win.

Fifteen-year-old Austin Smith is one of this morning's hottest searches. Smith, 15, designed his tennis star girlfriend Melanie Oudin's shoes and prepared her for her U.S. Open winning weekend. Visit YourTango's Celebrity Love for the story - and a shot of the shoes!