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  • The Self-Help Section
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    The Self-Help Section

    The advice and steps offered to work through relationship problems or to strengthen relationships were quite hilarious, too. The authors used tactics that, while maybe helpful, seemed to be extremely far-fetched for the average person.

  • Spruce Up Your Online Dating Profile
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    Spruce Up Your Online Dating Profile

    As I’ve written about before, I have helped a friend scour different sites seeking a perfect mate for him. I even went as far as to write his personal profile. The number of profiles littered with poor grammar, awful spelling and embarrassing content is quite sad. I can’t tell you how many profiles I’ve run across with things like, “Im a kewl person n love to meet new ppl.” Gag.

  • How NOT to Set Up Friends on a Blind Date
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    How NOT to Set Up Friends on a Blind Date

    He was encouraged by a female friend of his to meet a friend of hers. Seems normal, right? Except, when his friend suggested this blind date, she decided she was going to attend as well. So my friend spent an evening with his friend and the friend she wanted to hook him up with.

  • Safely Dating Online is About to Get Easier
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    Safely Dating Online is About to Get Easier

    Three of the largest online dating sites — Match.com, eHarmony.com and Spark Networks, which owns niche sites such as ChristianMingle.com, LDSMingle.com and BlackSingles.com — announced last week they would begin screening for sexual offenders and take other measures to protect users.

  • Keeping Secrets From Your Partner
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    Keeping Secrets From Your Partner

    Some couples claim they’re open and honest with one another about everything. While that might be true in a small amount of relationships, I’m hard pressed to believe couples are as forthcoming with information about themselves as they might think they are.

  • Heads in the Sand
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    Heads in the Sand

    From 2008 through 2010, Kern County had the worst incidence rate of chlamydia in California, according to the newspaper. It landed close to the top for gonorrhea, too. And for teen birth rates, the county’s incidence rate was either worst or second worst, according to the newspaper, which cited health department records.

  • Love Hurts…Your Wallet
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    Love Hurts…Your Wallet

    Overall, consumers are expected to spend $17.6 billion on Valentine’s Day gifts — second only to Christmas. While consumers will spend most of their Valentine’s Day budget on their lover — they’ll also be buying for kids, parents, other family members and their pets.

  • Enjoying the Holidays (Solo)
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    Enjoying the Holidays (Solo)

    So Santa, if you’re reading this, I’ll take an iPad, a new car and cash. If you bring me a romantic interest, I’m going to have to ask for a gift receipt.

  • “Virgin Diaries”: Worth the Wait?
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    “Virgin Diaries”: Worth the Wait?

    A new program — “Virgin Diaries” — on Discovery’s TLC documents the lives of 20- and 30-something virgins, including a soon-to-be-wed couple who each will have their first kiss upon saying, “I do.”

  • Do Single Men Have More Testosterone (But Die Younger?) Bobby Investigates…
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    Do Single Men Have More Testosterone (But Die Younger?) Bobby Investigates…

    So I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t, right? If I get married and have kids, my testosterone levels drop. But if I don’t get married, I could die at a younger age because someone isn’t there nagging me to see a doctor or eat better.