As a society we have become so enamored with high tech that we have almost forgotten the many ways people met before anyone knew what a megabyte of memory was. For all the buzzing up, facebook and twittering going on, we should not forget as Valentine’s Day approaches that millions of us still meet eye [...]

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Dear Lauren, I can’t get my man to return my phone calls. I know he’s under a lot of stress. I have asked him if he needs space and he says no, he wants me to call him. But how can he say he wants me to call and at the same time not pick [...]

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Here’s a debate that’s been raging for years: Are men or women more likely to engage in “mate poaching”?
Some surveys indicated that men had a stronger tendency to pursue attached women, but is that simply a reflection of the fact that men are more likely to talk openly about their romantic conquests?
On the other hand, [...]

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Researchers in Canada are pointing to the popular Internet site Facebook, as a source for potential relationship problems and they have the studies to back up their claim.
In one more example that what goes on the Internet, stays on the Internet, the research team at the University of Geulph in Ontario, Amy Muise, Emily Christofides [...]

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DNA testing shows that bonobos and chimpanzees are our two closest living relatives. So what can they tell us about how we live, lust, and love? Apparently a lot.
Let’s start with a word of explanation. Primates consist of five species, four of which are commonly called “great apes,” and then there are humans. Of course [...]

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It’s love in 140 characters, actually.
Time magazine celebrated its “100 Most Influential people” issue Tuesday night by throwing a posh Gala at the Time Warner Center in midtown Manhattan. Oprah, Michelle Obama, and 50 of the other “most influential people” were in attendance, several of them were busy Twittering away on their Blackberries and iPhones.

The [...]

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Boomer men, answer honestly: Six months ago, if you’d run into Susan Boyle on the street, would you have asked her out for a date?
By her own admission the 47-year-old unemployed singleton has rarely been kissed. And her only companion is a cat.
Now that her singing career is taking off – thanks to her virtuoso [...]

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