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Five signs your BFF is detrimental to your new relationship.
Society has well-worn, oft-rhyming phrases for when it comes to choosing between friends and boyfriends: "Bros before hos," "Chicks before dicks." But despite all these handy expressions, most of us know that when relations between a close friend and a lover go sour, picking a side is vastly more complicated than three-word idioms. 3 Tips For Introducing Boyfriend To Friends
Psychology Today recently posted an interesting article titled, "Could YOU Be a Toxic Friend?" It describes five signs that determine whether you are the one being a bad friend. We decided to flip the perspective back around to … Read More
Six places to meet women, learning about feminism from your ex-boyfriend and feeling sexy.
Love Bytes: 10 must-click love and relationship links.
It's Friday (Hallelujah!), and what better way to celebrate than with a minute or two of the adorable John Krasinski. Check him out as he talks about his new movie, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men — the newly released film about a recently-broken-up-with guy who conducts a series of interviews with men in an effort to understand what drives their behavior. [theFrisky]
Check out six secret places to meet women. [Asylum]
At 19, is Soulja Boy ready to get hitched? [Yahoo!Buzz]
Pee-wee Herman appeared on The Jay Leno Show this Tuesday to … Read More
Psychology Today says yes, I'm skeptical.
Getting a "good divorce" sounds a little like having the "good kind of cancer," that is, fairly unbelievable. But if The New Adventures Of Old Christine is any indication, it's possible to split with someone and remain friendly (or cordial or polite or civil or peaceful). But some people like the splash that The War Of The Roses makes a little better.
Sometimes he's not the person you thought he was. Sometimes you're not the person he thought you were. Sometimes he's not the person he thought he was. And sometimes you're not the person you thought you … Read More
Meeting the pets, hope sex and how "odorprints" determine who you marry.
Love Bytes: three must-click sex, dating and relationship links.
Forget meeting the parents; now it's meet the pets! Advice on how to create harmonious relationships with people, pets, and people with pets. [MSNBC]
Trend: hope sex. Can you guess what this is all about? [Huffington Post]
Hope is a physical as well as mental state," says Pepper Schwartz, PhD., professor of sociology at the University of Washington and author of Prime: Adventures and Advice About Sex, Love and the Sensual Years. "When we feel hopeful we produce positive hormones, such as adrenalin and dopamine, that energize and uplift our … Read More
Infidelity can actually help a marriage. Find out how.
Unless you're inclined towards polyamory, extramarital relations are generally frowned upon. Monogamy is accepted and expected; infidelity is harmful. Right? Not so fast, says Michael J. Formica, a Psychology Today blogger. In a post on the "Enlightened Living" blog, Formica makes the case that thinking about cheating—and even stepping out on your sweetie—can potentially help your relationship. First Formica identifies four basic types of affairs: object affairs, sexual affairs, emotional affairs and full-blown secondary relationships. In object affairs the cheating partner neglects the relationship to focus on something else—work, a video game, an intense involvement in … Read More
The unexpected statistics on divorce rate for second marriages. Plus: asexuality.
The morning quickie: the perfect way to start your day. Read on for three interesting love and sex tidbits.
Interesting: the rate of divorce for second marriages is ten percent higher than it is for first marriages. Does getting divorced once make it easier to end a marriage a second time? Are some people just more likely to split up? [Psychology Today]
A marriage counselor writes in his blog (called Barbeque Ribs) about intimacy with yourself. He says that often when people feel they've lost their connection with their spouse, that they don't have the passion they once had, they've … Read More
Virtual sex, what not to do when you meet his family, and dealing with your partner's flaws.
What counts as adultery? For one woman in England the answer is virtual sex. The staff at Wowowow delves into the case of Amy Pollard who is leaving her husband of three years after discovering he was having an online affair in Second Life. The twist? Amy and her husband first met while playing Second Life, so we guess she knows a thing or two about how these online affairs can end up.
The Frisky is getting ready for the holidays with this handy guide on how NOT to deal with his family. Good to … Read More
A psychologist shares the relationship wisdom he's learned from gay men.
Conventional wisdom dictates that men are so sexual that they can't possibly be faithful, and the stereotypical gay man has sex with bathhouses full of dudes every night. So what could we possibly learn from gay men about monogamy? A lot, according to Joe Kort, author of Psychology Today's Gay's Anatomy blog.
It makes a certain amount of sense: If men have more trouble with monogamy than women then a gay male relationship has twice the probability of having faithfulness issues. But since men do marry and stay together for life, maybe we can learn something … Read More
