Have Any of the Friends Ever Hooked Up IRL?: An Extensive, Meaningful InvestigationKate Dries2/20/16 2:00pm886EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkOn Sunday night, almost all but not quite all of the cast of Friends will gather to celebrate famed comedy director James Burrows. The news has rocked lovers of laughs, who, years after their favorite show was taken off the air, still glom on to any Friends-related tidbits the way Chandler and Rachel did that…
Everyone Lies Online, About Everything, All the TimeLaura Beck2/27/13 10:30pm161EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkAccording to a new survey of 19,500 U.S. members on WhatsYourPrice.com, a seeking arrangements site where "wealthy" men bid on dates with women, one third of New Yorkers lie in their online profiles. For shame, New Yorkers! You seem like such an honest people.
Cupcakes Are Ruining EverythingCassie Murdoch2/09/12 5:00pm2992EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkOnce 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…
Kid's Hilarious Valentine Totally Nails the Parent-Child RelationshipCassie Murdoch2/07/12 10:45pm164EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkDear Mom and Dad, I love you and can't live without you, but always remember that I can destroy you whenever I feel like it. Happy Valentine's Day!
Do Women Really Lose Interest in Sex Over Time?Cassie Murdoch2/01/12 11:55pm256EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWe'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,…
Go Ahead and Live in Sin! Science Says It's OkayCassie Murdoch1/19/12 11:00am2392EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThere 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…
British Paper "Invents" the FlexisexualLauri Apple11/27/10 12:40pm195EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThe 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!
Study Confirms Your Awful Suspicions About Men And DatingAnna North9/15/10 11:30am338EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink"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.
Crap Email From A Partner's Ex: Someone's Wearing RomCom GogglesHortense Smith9/11/10 1:20pm513EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWhile 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.
Does This Relationship Make Me Look Fat?Margaret Hartmann10/16/08 1:30pm108EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkA 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…