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Love Bytes: 11 Reasons He Didn't Call You Back

Plus, women are giving up on careers in science to pursue romance.

Periodically, there's a good reason for a guy not to call you back... but usually there's not. Noises a woman makes during sex have almost nothing to do with her orgasm: Thanks, science. What happens when your husband shares your sex life on Facebook? Establishing booty call rules. Women are giving up on science and tech for romance (what is this, 1995?) And, the Japanese are embracing old-people pornography (what is this, 1995?)

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Shocking Stat: 25 Percent Of People Answer The Phone During Sex?!

A new survey finds 25 percent of people have taken a phone call during sexy time.

A new poll by British company MyPhoneDeals.co.uk recently tracked customer phone use and to obtain some stats. They took numbers on pretty interesting questions, and we'll just say the answers were "interesting" as well, for lack of an all-encompassing word. One survey question asked users whether or not they had ever taken a phone call in the middle of sex. A ridiculous 25% of people admit to answering a call while doing the deed. Yes, that is one in four!

25 Really Bad Excuses To Call Him

25 Really Bad Excuses To Call Him

Winning him back rarely starts with an embarrassing phone call.

Occasionally, he has a good reason for not calling you back. Generally, the reason involves lycanthropy, alien abduction or the velociraptor flu. But, for the most part, things must not be working. This goes double for a breakup, irrespective of who initiated it. Maybe you absolutely can't help but calling him, here are 25 ways that you do not want to start the conversation

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Why He Lost Interest After The First Date

A man can have perfectly valid reasons for not asking you out for a second date.

Guys can be fickle, or, as the French say, "huge jerks who don't call women back." Sometimes, though, we've got a pretty valid excuse for not picking up the phone. After the jump, why men might not call you back for that second date.

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Who Would You Call If Your Plane Was Going Down?

In a plane crash, would the person you called first be the one you loved the most?

A US Airways Jet that just landed in the Hudson river made us wonder: Who would you call if your plane was going down? Your husband, mother, best friend, son, priest? And is that a direct measure of love—would the person you called first be the one you loved the most?

How Not To Leave a Voicemail

How Not To Leave a Voicemail

We hope this awful attempt at a pickup is a joke.

By now you might've heard what's been called "the douchiest phone message in history" from holytaco.com. But if not, please drag all impressionable youngsters into the room with you and have a listen to learn how never to leave a voicemail for a hot chick who gave you her number at the bar.