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How Not to Cheat (Or Look like You Are)If you're going to step out, at least have a little consideration for your main squeeze and don't get caught.
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The Guy with Too Many EccentricitiesWhat should have really tipped me off to his peculiarities, however, was the night we were laying in bed and he confessed, "One of my exes became a dating columnist after we broke up. A lot of her stories were about me."
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Engagement: Loving Him, Flaws and AllNone of my fiance's annoying quirks keep me up at night thinking, "Crap. Do I really want to be bugging this guy about making the bed in the morning for the rest of my life?" The truth is, yes, I would.
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Celebrity Commitment Symbols: Not Just RingsRings are just too boooring for these celebs. -
Relationship Advice: Avoid Being Labeled a "Crazy"Maybe you've been labeled a little odd or a tad touched. Most likely you don't want your sanity shortcomings to be the first impression you make upon a new date. -
Relationships: When His Career Comes FirstI can't help feeling a little jealous or disappointed when his career comes before me, like when he deejays EVERY Friday night.
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Being Boy Crazy: Is it Natural?I find that increasingly, as I enter into the twentysomething world, I'm no less boy-crazy, but I'm a whole more embarrassed about it.
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Moving in Together: 3 Questions to Ask Before CohabitationIt's fun, convenient, cost-effective, and the next logical step in our relationship. But how are you supposed to know when it's the right time? -
Long Distance Relationships in a Bad Economy: An Expensive OptionFuel prices are affecting bank accounts, that's for sure, but did you know high prices might be influencing relationships, as well? -
Dating Don'ts: How Not to Get a Second DateLanding a second date is the tricky bit, so when you realize you'd like to never see this guy again, there are some tried and true strategies to assure that he decides the first date is also the last.
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Why It's Silly to Be Jealous of His Ex GirlfriendsThe idea that we're supposed to be jealous of the people that came before our partner is silly (unless, of course, they can't remember your name), and everyone who is in a relationship with open communication knows it. -
Breaking Up with Your Live-In BoyfriendHere are the dos and don'ts of breaking up with your live-in boyfriend from girls who've done it.
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How to Know It's Really OverI remember the end with a daunting visual and emotional clarity that is sometimes even accompanied by a distinctly palpable nausea.
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Dating a Pretty Boy: Is it a Dealbreaker?I needed to actually look better than my date. He had turned into a version of a female frenemy-the woman you're friends with but always feel, in a cruel way, that you need to one-up. -
Getting Married as an Atheist: What to Do when You're Not ReligiousI'm the kind of "spiritual" person who goes to yoga and chants not because it makes me feel in touch with the Divine, but because it puts me in the kind of calm mood I need to be in so I can make it through an hour and a half of extreme bendy-ness.
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Deleting a Guy's Number: Just Do ItFigure out when it's time to ditch a guy's number. -
Online Dating: Make Your E-Mail Work for YouWhat really makes me want to get to know and meet a guy is if he gives good email, and I think they feel the same way. -
Relationships: 5 Things to Know Before CommittingAll kidding aside, there are some serious issues you need to figure out before you make the plunge and change your Facebook status from "Single" to "In a Relationship."
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Little Lies in Relationships: How Much Do They Matter?Before I got married, I engaged in all sorts of behaviors that I knew were dumb, but I chose to do anyway because I was my own boss. -
Dating a Good Guy: There's a First Time for EverythingI have dated losers of all stripes. -
Avoiding Codependency: How to Keep Your Own SpaceI think I knew my boyfriend and I were finally settling in when we no longer did every single thing together. I no longer felt the need to try and feign interest in his love of social history books with single-word titles. -
Breaking Up (With His Family)If you break up with someone, it's only fair you also break up with their family.
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The First Date: 5 Words You Should Never SayFirst dates are awkward. You don't know if the chemistry will be there or what to wear or even what to talk about. But there are a few things you definitely shouldn't mention.
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Engagements: Your Parents Meeting HisThe cast is a bit like Meet The Fockers. My parents (they're divorced) are politically left-wing, while M.'s parents are middle of the road, fiscal conservatives.
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If You Can't Be Monogamous, Don't Promise to BeIf you can't be monogamous, don't be. Seriously, seems pretty simple to me.
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Online Dating Dry Spells: How to Get Past ThemI don't mean dry spells during which you get no physical love. I mean dry spells during which members of the opposite sex refuse to talk to you.
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Dating a Wuss: Why Men Should Be ManlyI wasn't always so discriminating on this point of manliness. I used to be the girl who loved the guys who looked like girls. -
When to Go Dutch: When Should You Split the Tab?I hate to burst your bubble, but every gal should pull her own weight after awhile. After all...your date doesn't work to make sure you get fed.
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Blind Trust Isn't a Bad ThingI've had a few years to ruminate on this-that is, a few years to immolate any relationship that had even an ounce of potential-and I've come to the conclusion that you just have to trust him. -
Dating a Man in Jail: What It's LikeMy boyfriend has giant blue eyes and is really bad at being on parole.
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The Politics of Choosing a BridesmaidI don't have a sister and the close female cousin I did have is now my sworn enemy.
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Married when Your Friends Are SingleI became adamant in my convictions that I was still a strong single girl at heart and had not abandoned my kind for the lesser, you know, more smug kind.
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Deciding as Parents What Your Children Should WatchThis new moniker originated courtesy of my husband, R. who, clearly in a moment of amazing judgment, decided to watch a portion of Superbad with our toddler son.
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The Laziest Wedding Planners EverTherefore, it should come as no surprise that I have loads of anxiety about planning a wedding that is both friggin' awesome for me and the feef, but for our guests as well.
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Friends with Your Ex: When to Break it OffIf you're friends with an ex you broke it off with, there's bound to be some lingering feelings from the one who didn't throw in the towel. After all, if they had their choice they would probably still be dating you.
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Can You Forgive a Cheater?I think every woman cringed a little when we saw Silda, tear-stained yet stoic, standing by the man that publicly shamed her. Would you do the same?
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Comparing Relationships: Should You Judge?I suppose it's part of human nature, like comparing apartments or new cars, but at least with tangible objects, it's a solid apples-to-apples comparison. The dynamic between two people ebbs and flows, changing daily or even minute-by-minute.
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Online Dating: When it Goes BadlySome dates are so full of halting conversation they would best be portrayed in silent-movie form. This is the story of one such bad date.
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Wedding Dresses: Why Are so Many of Them so Ugly?As I think I've mentioned before in this column, I haven't spent much time thinking about how I wanted my wedding to be "someday".
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Marriage and Differing Television TastesAt a certain point, I realize that I should let go of the hope that his interest in American Idol - or any of my other television favorites - will change and instead, appreciate that which we do have in common.
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I was the Other WomanAt first I thought this was merely a bad luck streak. But after being hit on, pursued by, or inadvertently involved with seven attached men in half a year's time, I have determined that infidelity is not just something in the air. This is cosmic revenge.
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When Your Man is a Drunken EmbarassmentI was sitting on the curb, wondering how I was going to face everyone like this, when one of my girlfriends came out looking for me.
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Finding Out You're Pregnant for the First TimeI rushed to the computer and did a Google search - yup. Pregnant.
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Judy McGuire's Bad Date Horror StoriesJudy McGuire has been on a lot of bad dates. "How many grains of sand are there on a beach? How many stars in the sky?
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Babysitting with a Partner Who Doesn't Want KidsOne thing I never considered in my non-debate over someday having kids was the possibility that my partner-in-crime might not want them as bad as I did...or even at all.
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Broken Engagement: Return the Ring?Engagements are all congratulatory wishes and bridal showers until they end without a wedding.
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When Your Man Needs to Man UpIt was clear, this nice guy was finishing last because he was a wet blanket wuss.
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Damsels in Distress: Quit the ActEvery time a girl goes bossing her boyfriend around, coddling him into helping her when she's perfectly capable herself, Elizabeth Cady Stanton rolls around in her grave.
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Men Are Clueless: Why Men Don't Understand SignalsAccording to the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, men have trouble reading non-verbal clues whether they are sexual or just plain polite.
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Wrap Him Around Your Finger: A Guide for WomenIt only takes these three paraphrased principles to wrap a man around your finger.
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Feeling Sexy After a Break-UpBreakin' up is hard to do, and like any other natural disaster, the aftermath is awful. You just don't know what to do with your wreckage, but you gotta get back in business.
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Online Dating: Enlisting Your Friends for HelpHave you ever wondered what your friends really think of you? Let them pick out your dates, and you'll know instantly.
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Breaking Up in Your 20s: How to DealThere will be some point in your career as a twentysomething when someone will break your heart, and bad.
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Being Engaged: Do You Have to Say Fiance?Then there's the wordage associated with engagements. I completely loathe the word "fiancé." First of all, I am not French.
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His Snoring Problem: What You Can DoWe live together and share a dog, so we can't break up over the fact that his midnight sinus warbling are freaking killing me.
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What Your Sleeping Position Says About YouFind out what science has to say about sleeping positions.
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The Mind of Man: Moving in with the GirlfriendAfter years of back-and-forth, sleeping in two places, bringing a bag to work and trying to schedule my week so I know I'll be sleeping at my girlfriend's place at least one night, I caved. I'm moving in with her.
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Top 5 Niche Online Dating SitesOnline dating sites are getting more and more specialized.
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The Long Distance Relationship: My StoryI met Duke* in Paris. He was actually British, visiting from London, and I was there from New York, sent by the magazine I worked for to cover the fashion shows.
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Your Online Dating Profile: What it Says About YouLooking back, I realize I probably should have had a friend edit my profile, filter my personality, and help me pick a photo. Then Leslie Oren, author of Fine, I'll Go Online!: The Hollywood Publicist's Guide to Successful Internet Dating, took a look.
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The Mind of Men: How We Say "I Love You" Without Saying ItInstead, consider this: You ladies frequently accuse the committed XY chromosome in your lives of being emotionally unavailable, but have you ever considered that most of you are emotionally over-available?
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Valentine's Day: Lame or Awesome? Two Writers on the HolidayWe asked two writers whether they think the holiday is totally lame or super awesome, after the jump. Find out what they said.
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What Being Engaged Feels LikeThe truth is, as elated as I am to be taking the next step in my relationship and as spring chicken-like as I still feel, thank God, I wasn't always so convinced that marriage was for me.
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How to Make Your Husband ObedientAlthough most wives aren't looking for athletic feats from their husbands, author Amy Sutherland was determined to find out if the same techniques they use to make animals jump on command would work on her spouse.
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An Iraq War Love Story that Will Melt Your HeartWarning: this story is so sweet, it'll give you a Valentine's candy toothache, but it's worth it!
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International Pick-up Artists: Who's Got Game?According to a Times Online article on international dating styles, all men find themselves constantly fumbling for a way to impress the ladies.
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Julia Allison in Time Out Magazine: Dating Expert?The magazine's "Singles Issue" promises that if you let someone Photoshop and style you, you can attract a mate someday-all aspects of Allison's marketing (yourself) plan.
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A Love Story like TitanticA story in the Guardian this week could easily become Gena Rowlands' next movie.
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The Ex Files: Is it Possible to Just Be Friends?Can you be friends with an ex? The Sun seems to think so, as long as you don't become a "bunny boiler," British slang for "totally crazy."
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Changing Your Last Name: Should You Do It?Being that this impending engagement is pretty much around the corner, I've been doing alot of hemming and hawing about what to do should that joyous occasion arrive and I need to decide what to do about my last name.
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A Wandering Eye is Natural: Science Proves ItAccording to psychologists, checking out members of the opposite sex (or same sex, if you're gay) is totally natural at work-but controlling how far you take that urge to ogle is what separates humans from animals.
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Divorce Rates Still HighDivorce rates have leveled off in the last few years, but they're still high.
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Knocked Up: The Most Controversial and Thought-Provoking Stupid-Funny Movie EverQuick and dirty movie review from TheFrisky.com