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Is turning into someone else for a day really all it’s cracked up to be?

I was amped for Halloween this year. After days of glaring indecision year after year, I inevitably wind up putting on a wig and/or corset and calling the whole thing a day. The whole point of Halloween these days is to dress in a way that you wouldn’t ordinarily, right? But this year, ah this year, I had the perfect costume…and I was eagerly anticipating going out instead of standing around thinking: ‘ho hum, another party, another day.’ more…

Having problems deciding what to be this Halloween? We’re here to help

We all know that Halloween isn’t just a holiday for children anymore. Kids may get candy when they go door-to-door, but we females have an entirely different method to trick-or-treating. We become the (eye) candy. This makes choosing your H-ween garb very important, given that October 31 and the weekend leading up to it gives us the potential to be someone else entirely…and allows us the opportunity to dress as racily as we want without comment or complaint. As Lindsay Lohan says in Mean Girls: “In the regular world, Halloween is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it. The hard-core girls just wear lingerie and some form of animal ears.” That said, LoveTrekker has enlisted the help of stylist Lindsay Albanese to let you know what the wear in order to bewitch the best. Whatever you decide on, wear it proudly and confidently. Don’t hold back. Just remember, you don’t always have to act the part to look it. more…

Because of the Internet, the men of Turkmenistan are becoming liberated enough to choose their own brides

Can you imagine a world in where your parents chose the man you married? Think about it really hard for a second. The man you’re meant to spend the rest of your life with. Chosen. By. Your. Parents. There are fewer thoughts that are more horrific (I love my parents, but I can see them setting me up with someone sensible, which is the opposite of what I want). Anyhoo, that’s the life led by the citizens of Turkmenistan, which was once a constituent republic of the Soviet Union. But thanks to the Internet, the country’s young men are fighting back and choosing the lives — and brides -- they want. more…

Your boyfriend may not be where he says he is…

I’m going to lay it out for you and preface with this post by saying there’s a possibility I’ve been duped. It’s happened before. I’m naive. So what? Want to fight about it? A new Argentinian beer advertisement suggests there is such a thing as a teletransporter meaning: men can lie about where they say they are. Awesome. Like we need yet another excuse not to trust guys. But is it real? more…

Is proposing on a plane romantic or mortifying?

When I think airplane love, my teenage boy brain immediately goes ‘BOING! Mile-high club!’ But that isn’t the only kind of romance you can find in-flight. One man actually proposed to his girlfriend in the air on Friday. To me, the thought of a public proposal is cheesy, embarrassing and unromantic, but there’s different strokes for different folks, right? more…

Technically, Phil Mitsch, I think that’s illegal

I will never date a politician. This isn’t because they’d never be attracted to the hippy, beach-girl thing I’ve got going on, but because, for the most part, they seem like stuffy, buttoned-up slime puppies. But maybe that’s just the ones from the Tri-State area (and Arkansas, can’t forget good ol’ Bill and the classy flavor-saving ‘lady’ he picked up). The latest assclown to offer horrible advice is New Jersey Republican Senate candidate Phil Mitsch, who has some classy advice to offer women to prevent their men from cheating. Via Twitter, of course, because I do so love to take my love advice from men without necks who wear really bad toupees…
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Speak his language

Kiwi ladies, you are clever, clever girls, and I bow down to you. For those of you who don’t know your ‘Kiwis’ from your ‘Aussies’, I’m actually talking about the women of New Zealand (not the fruit). They’ve figured out what many of us have not: namely, that to score a man, you must speak his language. Ours is love — his is sports. more…

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Think you have it rough? Just head East and you’ll realize your love life isn’t so awful

Sometimes it just takes hearing someone else’s sob story to put your own life into perspective. That said, you’ll want to read Wei Pan‘s story. She’s a biomedical engineer living in Shanghai, China, who is having one hell of a time finding Mr. Right. Unfortunately, Chinese men just aren’t cutting it for the highly educated 33-year-old. And believe you me, she’s tried everything to meet one. more…

A new study reveals what men really think is behind your hair hue

Does your hair color really reflect your personality?  I think so, but then, I’ve never been described as ‘needy’ before because of my goldilocks. Yet, a new study states that golden-haired girls need more from the men in their lives. My immediate questions are: ‘why’ and ‘is that a problem?’
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Hugh Hefner say what?

I haven’t been saying this all along, but I’ve been thinking it, and late is better than never, right? The key to keeping a relationship real is simplicity. If you thrive on drama, or another person is involved (and not in a threesome kind of way) or if you have more money, you’ll have mo’ problems. The former I know to be true from personal experience and the latter is the basis of a new study conducted by the fine folks at Brigham Young University. more…