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God, do I love Richard Branson. Not only do I think his airlines are the best on the market — Virgin Atlantic and Virgin America for those who happen to be living under a rock — but the man is actually instrumentally about to help single flyers on his flights (and no, I do not mean he wants you to join the mile high club). more…

I don’t freakin’ think so!

Are we really meant to be with one person for the rest of our lives? Is monogamy possible? I’d like to think so. But one British couple claims to have found the secret to relationship success: and that is letting the man in question satisfy his sexual urges with other women while returning to the marital bed at night. Say what now? more…

Weak sauce, I say!

Before I begin (and before you start sipping on the haterade) let me make a few things clear. A) I have never been engaged. B)  I have never been proposed to. C) I am in no way, shape or form an expert on marriage. HOWEVER, I am a woman who knows what she wants, what she likes, and who — like most of you — believe in romance. So when I heard that two women formed an agency which, in essence, takes all the romance out of one of the potentially most romantic days of your life — the proposal — I was disgusted. How dare they!
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Can you define who you date by what they do for a living? 

I think it’s fairly obvious that I never mince bones with my words and tell you exactly how I feel (which, of course, does not always work in my favor), and so I shall continue to play it straight. I think a new ‘study’ by eHarmony is bogus, given that they’ve created a list of who should date who depending upon your job. more…

New study reveals which pet names give Brits the heebie jeebies

My hair nearly stood on end the other day as I was kissing the guy I’ve been dating goodbye when he said, “I’ll see you later, sweetie.” It was a) the first time he had given me a pet name b) the first time he had given me a cheesy pet name and c) I am many things, but “sweet” isn’t one of them. As per usual, I had no filter. “Sweetie?” I cried. “You called me “sweetie?”
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Discover what everyone is buzzing about!

Everywhere I go lately it’s ‘vibrator this’ and ‘vibrator that’. I wish I could say enough already, but I’m single. I knock nothing. Instead, I’ll share with you some buzzy pieces of vibrator news. May you all start feeling some good vibrations (oh, come on. You knew that was coming)! more…

A new poll shows what women want. Do you agree with it?

Don’t deny it — you’ve fantasized about the perfect man...and no, you don’t all always imagine that he’s Ryan Gosling. Your dream dude comes might come to you in the middle of night wrapped in a loincloth, he might have Fabio hair (but probably not, let’s get real), he might be 6’4 and have a big…bank account. Whatever. You’ve pictured him, rebuilt him, re-padded his cod piece and changed his eye color in your dreams an equal number of times as you’ve changed your underwear. Though everyone’s taste is different, a new poll reveals the results of what many of us are looking for. Do you agree with it? Or is your type more obscure (preferable, given that you won’t have to fight the masses for your man)? more…

Men and women alike would rather see the world than settle down

Believe it or not, quenching your thirst for travel is substantially more important than silencing your biological clock these days. Or so claims a recent study by Bing, which found that modern-day women (and men) would much rather fulfill their travel goals before settling down to start a family. Why not kill two birds with one stone and do some good, old-fashioned lovetrekking?

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Jane Johnson gave up her life in the UK to marry a Berber tribesman

Can you imagine giving up everything you know to move to a different country…on another continent…to marry a man who doesn’t live like a Westerner? I’m cool with all three parts of that statement, but not even I can imagine pulling a move like Jane Johnson‘s. The Sultan’s Wife author moved to the mountains of northern Morocco to marry a Berber tribesman. Though Berbers aren’t barbarians (though, literally translated, the word means just that), I just can’t picture myself riding a camel to work, covering myself up (no V-neck T-shirts? I wouldn’t last a week!) or living in a country where drinking isn’t a socially accepted custom. God knows how an English woman is managing the latter. Though I personally wouldn’t make this personally trek for love, Jane did — and found her happy ending. This is her story. more…

Love hurts…literally!

If you’ve ever felt the pain of being in love, you’ll know how Gregory Todd felt: the love of his life stabbed him! Can you say ‘love hurts?’ Ouch. more…