Single Women Seek… Attached Men

It’s a truism among single women that all the best men are taken (or gay, but that’s a different matter). However, a new study on the factors that determine attraction indicates that it’s not so much the best men that are taken, but rather that the fact that men are taken makes single women thing they must be the best.

Confused? Well, the evidence the study produced is less than confusing:
184 heterosexual students, half of whom were single, participated in a study on sexual attraction and told the volunteers that a computer program would match them with an ideal partner. All the women in the study were shown the same photograph of a made-up „Mr. Right“ and all men were shown the same „Miss Perfect“. Now comes the interesting part – Read more

Ready for Marriage? A Retro-Quiz for Women

You want to get married? But are you even ready for marriage? In the 70s that question was a topic for comics aimed at young girls. One such comic published a quiz, to help young women find out if they’re ready for marriage. thatsmyskull found it, one Jezebel answered all the questions to see if SHE was ready for marriage. If you answer every question with “Yes”, you’re ready to say “Yes”. The questions fall into 3 categories:

1. Some questions are pretty sensible – even if you don’t answer “Yes” to all of them, it’s probably a good idea to think about some issues like finances and commitment, before you take a vow that will change your life.
2. Some of the other questions aren’t exactly bad, but today you should probably answer them the exact other way around if you’re ready for marriage!
3. Some questions feel like they came straight from the dark ages and make the questionnaire feel more like an employment form for housekeepers.

Whatever you answer – some questions will give you pause for thought, some will make you laugh out loud and in the end it’s still up to you to decide whether you’re ready for marriage! After the jump is the scanned quiz. Read more

Between Passion and Madness – a Fine Line

The line between passion and madness can be quite fine, and easily crossed. The romantic poets knew this and the following video illustrates it. Well, not the video but the different reactions to the video. But first, see for yourself what you think of this little love story:

A friend sent me the link to this video saying: “it will touch you – sooo beautiful!” To her, it was heartwarmingly romantic.

My first thought wasn’t of passion, but rather of madness. Read more

Want to Know How to Pick Up Beautiful Women? Successful Flirting is not Cheap!

So you want to know how to pick up beautiful women? Haven’t been successful flirting? Depending on how badly you want to pick up beautiful women (and how deep your pockets are) a „Pick Up Artists“ course from New York will teach you how to pick up beautiful women . But successful flirting doesn’t come cheap.

The course costs almost 3.000 Dollars (this article was published in the midst of the financial crisis as Manhattan bankers were losing their jobs left, right and centre – how many unemployed financial experts will still be willing to pay such a high price for successful flirting in the midst of a recession?).

But successful flirting obviously sells – the book The Game was a US-bestseller and the reality series The Pickup Artist was a success stateside. Now you can learn from the real „Pick Up Artists“ in Bootcamps that teach men how to pick up beautiful women. There’s even two Bootcamps scheduled for London this week. There’s nothing basically wrong with men getting a bit of help with successful flirting and building self-esteem, but some aspects of the „Pick Up Artists’“ strategies sound a little fishy… Read more

A Happy Life Thanks to Oprah

There is no idiot- proof formula for a happy life, even if some self-help books would have you believe such a thing exists. Neither can you plan every detail of a happy life – after all, happiness is often found in the most unexpected places. Nevertheless, an American blogger has been trying just that: to live a happy life by minutely following the advice of US Queen of Talk Oprah.

Due to the reach of Oprah’s empire, that advice encompasses diet, fashion, design, literature and film tips, as well as relationship advice and wellness-psychobabble. Imagine someone who knows the right diet, the inspiring novel, the perfect outfit and the correct relationship advice for every situation and serves it all up (with a generous helping of inspirational platitudes) on her website, her TV show, her radio show and in her magazine.

The blogger reads the Oprah Magazine and website and watches the Oprah Show. Whenever Oprah says “do this”, “buy that” or “read that”, she does. Her experiences are detailed at Living Oprah. Read more

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