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Once upon a time, cupcakes were just a run of the mill dessert. Now there are boutique cupcake bakeries all over the place and our consumption shows no signs of slowing. It's no fad; the Washington Post has declared that our relationship with cupcakes is "an enduring love affair." Of course, the things you love say a lot about you. And, apparently, our love of cupcakes reveals some pretty disturbing things about us. More »
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Dear Mom and Dad, More »
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We've all heard plenty of hacky jokes made about the fact that women want to stop having sex after they've been in a relationship for a while, but men don't. Now there's some new research confirming that, in fact, there is a connection between the length of a relationship and the decline in a woman's desire for sex, but let's not abandon hope just yet. More »
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There are plenty of nice reasons to get married, but increasingly the basic experience of being married doesn't seem all that different from simply living together without ever making it legal—or living in sin, as our grandmothers like to call it. Now there's some new research that proves that the line between marriage and cohabitation has been blurred to such an extent that it's barely visible. More »
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The UK's Daily Mail has announced "the dawn of the flexisexual"—a perceived increase of "straight women who flirt with bisexuality." It's a new phenomenon that started with celebrities and is now affecting "regular" women. Trend alert! More »
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"Scientists have discovered that men, when deciding on who to date, really do make a decision based on a woman's curvy body, not her face, let alone her wit or brains." And yes, it gets worse from there. More »
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While our Crap Email series typically deals with shady mailings from dudes, today's letter comes to us from a woman whose husband's ex-girlfriend doesn't seem to understand why, in the words of Lady Gaga, she doesn't wanna be friends. More »
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A new study conducted by a UK diet pill manufacturer alleges that a woman's weight fluctuates through 5 stages while she's in relationship: Going on a diet to impress their new partner (-5 pounds), becoming more comfortable (+10 pounds), preparing for a wedding dress (-8 pounds), pregnancy (+14 pounds) and finally, a loss of about 10 pounds when the kids are older and women can focus more on their health and appearance. Do you think your weight fluctuates because of your relationship, or could this just be a stupid ploy to sell diet pills? [The Telegraph] More »
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