And now, the battle of the sexes, driving edition, shall commence.

Ladies, why are you so down on yourselves? The reason we ask: Ford Motors recently released a Harris Poll on parallel parking, and the results were grim. The funny thing is, sure, we can all make assumptions about the the sexes when it comes to driving. But specifically parallel parking? Don't we all hate it? Apparantly not. Here, the details:

• 43 percent of female drivers rated their parallel parking skills as fair to poor; 21 percent of male drivers rated their skills the same.

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One frustrated YourTango user has tried it all from online dating to setups. She wants to settle down and doesn't know why she's not meeting someone. Watch the video to learn Dr. Diana's expert advice for how to improve a so-so love life.

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Featuring Love and Dating Expert Dr. Diana Kirschner http://www.lovein90days.com 

The morning quickie: the perfect way to start your day. Read on for three interesting love and sex tidbits.

Are little white lies you tell to your first date actually harmless? [Nerve]

Looking at him in the dark, I wondered who he was and what all this tenderness meant. I had wanted only sex from him before, but now that we had done it, another desire had begun to stir within me, and I felt that dreadful swelling in my chest that always prefigures a monogamous relationship. Glen wasn't really so bad, I thought, watching him snore softly. He was kind … Read More

In the cannon of relationship communication theory, John Gottman is widely considered the expert on why marriages succeed or fail. His research into the predictors of relationship and marital success and failure provides great help when pondering the impact of honesty within a couple's communication.

Though the conventional wisdom favors honesty above all else, Gottman notes that cruelty and contempt often masquerade as honesty and are reliable predictors about the end of a relationship.

So "honesty" in and of itself is not a sufficient goal for improving relationship communication. Especially when used as a … Read More

Time magazine this weekend commented on the increasing frequency of hymenoplasty, surgery to recreate the hymen, or at least skin that will bleed during sex, in order to establish the appearance of virginity in women whose innocence-indicators have broken. The surgery is common in France, where some young women are expected to produce bloody bridal sheets or face humiliation and hostility.

With the advent of the surgery women are now able to do whatever they want -- have sex, ride horses, use large dildos, … Read More

How far would you go for fame and fortune? That’s the question we’re asking ourselves after Lauren Cleri’s appearance on The Moment of Truth. The aspiring model confessed to 8 million viewers that she thought she should be married to her ex-boyfriend and had cheated on her husband Frank many times.

Lauren ultimately walked away from the show empty-handed and, according to the NY Post, is looking to get back together with her husband. Frank (who knew about Lauren’s affairs and was planning on splitting any winnings with his wife) is understandably reluctant to reconcile.

We’re just left wondering: Is … Read More