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What Is The One Piece Of Advice All Single Women Need?
What Is The One Piece Of Advice All Single Women Need?

What Is The One Piece Of Advice All Single Women Need? [VIDEO]

What every gal should know when it comes to the search for love.

Sometimes when it comes to dating, you wish you had all the answers on how to find the exact kind of relationship you're looking for. Of course, if you did, you'd be the most sought-after expert in the world. But, isn't there just one piece of valuable advice that all single women should be armed with when they're out and about looking for love? The Most Important Qualities To Look For In A Life Partner [VIDEO]

Relationship Fail: Save Me From Boredom (And These Cookies!)
Seriously, I can't stop!

Relationship Fail: Save Me From Boredom (And These Cookies!)

Nothing compels a guy to date you more than the opportunity to make you stop eating, right?

A 22-year-old woman in Boston needs your help. She needs to stop eating her favorite cookies, Cool Mint Oreos, and getting a date is the only thing that will make her stop!

6 Dating Lessons I Learned From "Always Hit On The Wingman"
"Always Hit On The Wingman," ladies. It's a life-changing book.

6 Secret Rules For Getting The Love Life You Want

Love lessons from "Always Hit On The Wingman," the new must-read from Glamour magazine's "Jake."

Every month, I always enjoy reading Jake's column in Glamour magazine. Since 1956, it's been penned by a slew of anonymous, single men who've helped countless women navigate the dating world by writing honestly and openly about the game of love from a man's perspective. One of the more recent Jakes has written a book, "Always Hit On The Wingman: And 9 Other Secret Rules For Getting The Love Life You Want."

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When the time is right, things will fall into place!

Planting The Seeds Of Love [EXPERT]

Change doesn’t happen overnight; instead, it’s in the culmination of all those little "aha" moments.

It would be nice to change overnight, but it just doesn't happen that way. And the truth is that's not how we really grow. It's about baby steps. An increase in awareness. A process. Sometimes three steps forward, two steps back. Some good days, some harder days, but no bad days; all of them lead to progress. Some days we feel like we're finally there, ready to step out and embrace our birthright, and other days we just want to bury ourselves under the covers and cry. The point is, it's our own journey; it's all about what happens every day to our consciousness that causes us to move forward on our life path at a pace that only we know. And no one can do that for us.

6 Signs That He's 'Mr. Boyfriend Material' [EXPERT]
You deserve a man who will make you happy and meet your needs!

6 Signs That He's 'Mr. Boyfriend Material' [EXPERT]

Here's how to know if he's the right one for a long term relationship!

With the start of 2012, it’s time for New Year’s resolutions and new beginnings. It might also be the perfect time to set some goals for your love life and learn how to identify the kind of man you want to date. I like to call him Mr. Boyfriend Material. Like you, Mr. Boyfriend Material dates with dignity and is interested in finding a partner who is confident, independent, and has the skills necessary to communicate in MANglish.

5 Behaviors that Could Sabotage your Budding Relationship[EXPERT]

5 Behaviors that Could Sabotage your Budding Relationship[EXPERT]

Newly Dating? Uncover 5 patterns of behavior that could sabotage your goal of finding love.

As a Dating Coach, Matchmaker, and former therapist my job is to help clients uncover patterns of behavior that sabotage their goal of finding love. My specialty is preparing Singles over 40 to return to the dating world, date more mindfully, and gain the highest level of results in their dating lives. Having worked as a Dating Coach and Matchmaker since 2005, I have seen recurring themes in my clients that have sabotaged budding relationships. Here are the five biggest pitfalls I have noticed.

10 Tips for Meeting Your Match at the Gym [EXPERT]

10 Tips for Meeting Your Match at the Gym [EXPERT]

What are your chances of finding love at the gym? These 10 tips will increase your odds.

The New Year is upon us and with it comes New Years resolutions. More people frequent the gym in January than during any other month. Here are 10 tips for singles who will be hitting the gym in January: 1. Don’t wear earphones. If you tune in to music on your ipod or watch TV while on the elliptical, you’re tuning out everyone around you. People who wear earphones are not approachable. Take them off!

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Tape this list to your bathroom mirror so you will be reminded of it daily!

10 Tips For Finding Love In 2012 [EXPERT]

Are you ready to meet that someone special this year?

I get excited to sit down and write my New Year’s resolutions. I put on cozy pajamas, light a fire, pour myself a glass of red wine and open my laptop. Before I start typing, I take a deep breath, close my eyes and breathe – an important pause because this is the moment of truth. This is when I look back and get "real" about my life. I acknowledge what is working and admit to myself what isn’t. And I think about what I want. Not what my parents, my kids or my friends want me to want - but what I want. Am I living up to my own expectations? Am I doing my best? Am I accomplishing things that matter? Is my life going in a good direction? And the most important question of all, am I truly happy?

What Men Really Think About You in the Club

What Men Really Think About You in the Club

Men will consider sleeping with the trashy looking girl, but will never bring her home to mama.

Men and women usually go to the club for vastly different reasons. Men go to the club to find women, find women, and to find women. Women go to the club to sometimes find a man, but also to enjoy themselves by dancing and drinking the night away with friends. Men are reactionary creatures. If you want to know what we think about you at the club, all you need to do is evaluate one thing: Your activity at the club. Men read what women give us to read. It’s as simple as that.

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What will you put on your list this year?

A Single Girl's Wish List: 7 Must-Haves For Mr. Right [EXPERT]

Use this Dating Expert's Wish List for Mr. Right to make choices that will move you forward in 2012!

There are cookies to be baked, candles to be lit, ornaments to be hung, and cards to be mailed out. Of course, there are also questions to be answered from unknowing relatives like ... Are you dating anyone?

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Don't go stag! Grab a friend and enjoy the holiday festivities!

What To Do When You're Single During The Holidays [EXPERT]

How to avoid feeling lonely at those Holiday parties.

Now that the holidays are looming and people are ramping up for parties and gatherings of all kinds, I'm starting to hear single people murmuring about wanting to shrink and hibernate for a while. They admit they don't find the glamour of the holidays quite as tinsel perfect as their dating and married friends.