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more about #romance more comments ā SBJ: Oh, good. We can eat all that Halloween candy my wife bought last night at Target! Super dreamy. #sweetestday more » Erda: So this is a Midwestern thing? That would explain why everyone knew about it - and posts about it on Facebook - back home (home for me = Michigan) wh... more » Snowbunny: My dad always used to buy me Swedish Fish on Sweetest Day and combined the words (Sweedished) so growing up I was massively concerned with why the Swe... more » KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins: I live in Ohio and think Sweetest Day is kind of silly. Unless you're getting me something. Then its okay. #sweetestday more » la.donna.pietra: You'd think, with all the relatives I have in Michigan and Minnesota, that I would have heard of this holiday by now. Nope. I suspect it's because t... more » spamanda: Add me to the Wisconsinites who've never celebrated this holiday. I hadn't even heard of it until I went to college in Minnesota, and friends of mine... more » thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.: Someone told me that Sweetest Day originated as a day to help the less fortunate and orphans, but turned into a sort of Sadie Hawkins Valentine's Day.... more » jemandtheholograms: How is this different than Valentines day? #sweetestday more » girlscantell: yet another reason to move to Chicago. #sweetestday more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: Wait, hold up. There is a holiday that's purpose is to eat candy? What am I doing here in New England? Midwest, here I come! #sweetestday more » suck_it_monkeys: I was an Army brat and didn't grow up in Ohio, but that's where my family is from and I visited often, and was there a lot for Sweetest Day. I honestl... more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: I think this is good, because I have been steadily consuming candy all day long. And I'm always nice to people. But only if I actually like them. Does... more » applejuice: Wow, this takes me back. I grew up in NE Ohio and Sweetest day was something of an event in middle school and high school. There was a Sweetest Day d... more » ihateyourescalade: Conversely, every day is Bitter Day in New York. #sweetestday more » f-words: I never know if I'm counted when NYers refer to the midwest. I live in Idaho, and it often gets referred to as midwestern, but I think that's just pe... more » -
#heartshapedbox
It's Sweetest Day, So Let's Go Buy Some Candy, Darling
It's Sweetest Day, which probably means nothing to you unless you live in the Midwestern United States. For those who don't know, Sweetest Day is a celebration of love and an excuse to buy lots of candy. [Wikipedia] -
#rants
Hollywood, Please Stop Inviting Us To Your Weddings
Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are getting married today after dating for approximately 8.2 seconds, and one gets the sense that the inevitable USWeekly divorce cover is on the way. But should we be so cynical? More » -
#brotallyawesome
Ask Men Thinks They're Too Good For You, Ladies
Ladies, Ask Men doesn't want no scrubs, and in this case, a scrub is a girl who is too pretty, too sexy, and too broke. Let's hang out the passenger side and call BS on this crap, shall we? More » -
#bedbehaviors
Counseling Makes Sex Better For Women, Not For Men
"Soon-to-be married men who want a 'problem-free' love life should avoid sex counselling," advises this story from Australia, based on a study of 71 couples. More » -
#brotallyawesome
Men's Health Has 41 Ways To Make You Swoon
Look out, ladies, because Men's Health has compiled 41 Ways To Make A Woman Swoon, a list of stupid romantic moves to melt your heart. Get your smelling salts ready, because I feel a case of the vapors coming on! More » -
#thebrightspot
"I Don't Have Any Positive Role Models When It Comes To An Open Relationship"
Susie and Aretha Bright believe that mother-daughter teamwork is the answer for all your sex advice needs. Questions? Send them to sexperts@jezebel.com. This week: difficulty with orgasms and navigating open relationships.
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#foreignaffairs
"Housework Makes British Men More Attractive"
"Swedes and Norwegians topped the table while Australian men ā stereotyped for their love of beer, sport, and the great outdoors ā came in last... in terms of pulling their weight around the house." Hey, I beg to differ! [Telegraph] -
#boredoflove
Depressing "Board Of Love" Overanalyzes Woman's Dating Life
Cami Thompson was having trouble finding a good boyfriend. So she and two friends formed the Board of Love — a three-woman mate-finding group with business card, regular meetings, a MySpace page, and now a profile in Cleveland Magazine.
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#teenspirit
Modern Romance: Harlequin Introduces Baby Tee-Rippers
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#xoxo
The Ups And Downs Of Having A John Hughes Boyfriend
With teen comedy I Love You, Beth Cooper hitting theaters this weekend (and getting trashed by the critics), I began thinking of teen comedy dreamboats of the past, and decided to break them down, one by one.
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#unsolvedmysteries
Who Killed Romance? Investigating The Allegations Against Feminism
Have you heard the news? Romance is dead, and feminism is the culprit. We decided to come to her defense and suggest a few other possible perpetrators. More » -
#crapemailfromadude
"Like I Said Before, I Have Some Sociopath Tendencies"
"The lover's discourse is today of an extreme solitude," Roland Barthes wrote in 1977, for those who didn't catch it from the placement of the apostrophe. Spoken like someone who'd never been confronted with change in an ex-girlfriend's relationship status!
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#modernlove
What Millionaire Matchmaker Says About Love In America
In a piece for n+1, Emily Gould shows us what you get when you take Millionaire Matchmaker as an exemplar of our culture's attitudes toward love and marriage. The results: kind of depressing.
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#hellsbelles
Dating Guides Are Hell: When Women Are The "Problem"
Confession: I've read way too many dating books over the course of my adult life, seemingly compelled by some masochistic need to find out what people think makes for an attractive partner.
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#crapemailfromadude
"Iām Sorry I Wasn't Honest About My Need For Non-Monogamy"
New game! "What's more offensive?" The erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) or the "awww, but it seems like he really loved her!" forgiveness orgy for this pathological dumbshit dipshit shitfuck?
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#thebrightspot
"My Boyfriend Loves Oral Sex But Hates Pubic Hair"
Susie and Aretha Bright believe that mother-daughter teamwork is the answer - or maybe the last resort - for all sex advice needs. Questions for Susie & Aretha? Send them to sexperts@jezebel.com. This week: pubic shaving niceties; virginity or not-to-be.
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#heartcondition
The Museum Of Broken Relationships Gives Romantic Residue A Home
My friend Jennifer once told me she was going to film a puppet show using all of her dumb ex-boyfriend's left-behind socks and underwear and send him the video. What do you do with the detrius of love lost? More » -
#lovestory
Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
It's on! Who is the most loathesome, arrogant, sadistic, chauvinistic hero in the whole canon of early-80s romance, that hot-bed of appalling manhood? For out first contestant, we have a rapey, manipulative former footballer with a will of iron! More » -
#crapemailfromadude
"If I Were John Steinbeck I Would Say (Casually) That You Have Penis Envy"
Welcome back to Crap Email From A Dude, in which dudes incriminate themselves in ways at once profoundly alarming and totally familiar. Today, the "Wow Dude, You Found Me Out, Fucking You Twice Means I'm Trying To Marry You" thing.
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#sexytime
What Women Want: Gay Male Sex
Who needs tired sheiks and virgins when you've got hot 18th century British sailor love? More »
