Technology has fundamentally changed the way we seek, nurture, and experience intimacy. Beyond the coy status updates, drunken emails and occasional sexting, we find soulmates on dating sites, we send "I <3 U's" with our thumbs, we fight over IM, make up over email, then go on Facebook to announce to the world our renewed devotion. Gadgets have enhanced our love lives, but they also enable mixed messages, vague sentiments and other bits of intentional or unintentional confusion. Texting Your Way To Love 

The questions around protocol are endless: Should I text him or email him? She sounds sad … Read More

While the details were sketchy, we reported yesterday on the murder of Howard Stern regular, Playboy model and Vegas stripper Jasmine Fiore. Reports yesterday stated that police are pointing to her husband Ryan Alexander Jenkins as the perpetrator. According to Celebitchy, last Saturday Jasmine's body was found strangled and stuffed in a suitcase in Orange County, California. Celebrity Love: Did Reality Show Reject Murder Jasmine Fiore?

Jenkins was a finalist kicked off VH1's Megan Wants A Millionaire by notorious gold-digger Megan Hauserman. The show finished taping last March, right around the period … Read More

These days, women need to be technologically savvy not only for work, but also for their love lives. In today's dating world, men aren't limiting themselves to calling us. Instead, we've come to expect a flirtatious text or two after a date. If you hit it off, you might even take it to the next level of "sexting"—exchanging sexy images and texts.

Texting is a return to written language as a means of flirting—albeit with a modern twist. For most of the 20th century, besides the occasional love note, our means of romantic expressions were limited to … Read More

Tony Romo's breakup with Jessica Simpson seems to have come from left field (er, wrong sport). After all, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback did unceremoniously dump the star the day before her 29th birthday. Now, new details from Hollyscoop.com offer up a possible cause.

According to the gossip site, Jess may have secretly kept in touch with ex-flame singer-songwriter John Mayer. The two had dated briefly in 2006, but Romo apparently discovered text messages from Mayer in Jessica's phone after he flew into L.A. for her recent birthday.

"They were hanging out and he picked up her phone … Read More

Ever sent a sexy text to your boyfriend... and then realized it was actually to your boss? Do you know your partner's email password? Are you constantly checking your Blackberry—even when you're on a date? Even if you've never experienced these tech troubles, it's likely that you've encountered the intersection of technology and relationships—and maybe you've wondered how to set some rules for yourself and your partner. Below, 20 dos and don'ts when mixing love with the latest technology. What are your rules? Let us know in the comments.

DO plug in your significant other's iPhone, Blackberry or computer in … Read More

Ryan Reynolds has a new movie coming out June 19th with Sandra Bullock called The Proposal. And since he’s newly married to Scarlett Johansson, Ryan finally reveals just how he popped the question to his new bride. ScarJo Loves Being Married
 
Well, in a world where electronics have taken the romance out of dating, apparently even time-honored traditions like getting down on one knee has been replaced. Ryan admits that he actually asked Scarlett to marry him by sending her a text message. It was just any text, however, as he admits he put a lot of thought … Read More

The other night, when I was having dinner with a guy friend who told me my engagement history might scare off some guys, we also discussed the issue of privacy in a relationship and how big of a deal it can be when that privacy is violated. He maintains that checking your partner's email, cell phone call log, and text messages is totally wrong, whereas I think it's wrong, but not pathological or evil. Frankly, I know many women who do the occasional cell phone check or email glance (and a few women who do oh-so-much more), but what … Read More

Remember when dating simply meant a guy asking out a girl? Maybe he would call her up, maybe he'd do it face to face. Either way, the options were limited, and the results easy to decipher.

Now with email, instant message, texting, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and their brethren at our disposal, we have found plenty of new ways to communicate and even more ways to mess it up. Where there's a new technology, there's a potential relationship dissolving because of its (mis)use. Watch: Facebook Manners And You

"Each form of communication has its own followers and rules, which means … Read More

Love  Bytes: three must click sex, dating, and relationship links.

Is it ever justified to use your cell on a date? [DearSugar]

If you're on a blind date and you think there's a chance you'll need to make a quick escape, by all means keep that phone on the table for your "emergency" call from your best friend.

He-cession vs. she-cession. Which gender is the recession hitting harder? [Asylum]

Signs a man is scared of commitment. [Lemondrop]