Chip In: Would You Help Buy Your Engagement Ring?

Chip In: Would You Help Buy Your Engagement Ring?

Love / Love Tips

Many modern couples are eschewing the tradition of the bride paying for everything that has to do with the wedding once engaged. Both parties are chipping in for everything from the cake, venue and even the attire. But it’s been virtually unheard of for the person who proposes to ask…

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The Rules for Setting Up Your Friends

The Rules for Setting Up Your Friends

Love / Love Tips

Blind dates: They’re the butt of comedians’ jokes, a nightmare when you’re single or perhaps – and we wouldn’t hold our breath on this one – how some meet their true love. When friends want to play matchmaker for their single buddies, there are a few rules of thumb that…

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Addicted to Love: Not Just a Song

Addicted to Love: Not Just a Song

Love / Love Tips

There are many types of addiction – substance, gambling, food, sex…the list goes on. But it seems like everyone could use more love in their lives, right? For some people, however, love becomes all-consuming. The emotional high of contact with another person who shows interest or love for the other…

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Women’s Lib: Pop the Question to Him

Women’s Lib: Pop the Question to Him

Love / Love Tips

A woman proposing to her man isn’t just a phenomenon we see on shows like Friends and Sex and the City anymore. Close to 10 percent of proposals are from women to men, and most guys are receptive to a woman’s proposal, according to iVillage. So should you propose to…

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Hey, Jealousy! Ways to Avoid the Green Monster

Hey, Jealousy! Ways to Avoid the Green Monster

Love / Love Tips

Your new boyfriend is phenomenal – great-looking, funny, lots of fun and ambitious. He’s quite a catch, and you know it. And you think perhaps that girl he hangs out with from work knows it, too. Perhaps that blonde in his Facebook picture thinks he’s as great as you do….

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How to Date a Divorcee

How to Date a Divorcee

Love / Love Tips

With half of marriages ending in divorce and more, younger divorcees getting back out into the dating pool, it’s likely that you might end up in a relationship with someone who’s already been married. While that can be a turnoff for some, who may feel like they’re getting “used goods”…

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New Friends vs. Old Friends

New Friends vs. Old Friends

Love / Love Tips

Almost nothing feels better than making a really strong connection with someone you don’t know. This sort of “friendship chemistry” happens when you and a person hit it off platonically, and you end up making a new friend. It’s sometimes like starting a new romantic relationship in that you want…

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Stop Saying You’re Sorry for Everything!

Stop Saying You’re Sorry for Everything!

Love / Love Tips

When “sorry” seems to be the easiest word, then you might want to take a closer look at what’s going on in your relationship. Apologizing when you’ve truly committed a wrong act is honorable; saying you’re sorry when you’re not or apologizing for the most innocuous infractions may indicate deeper…

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