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  • Abelard and Heloise
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    Abelard and Heloise

    Telling a love story (in which category I include both the Bible and the history of Abelard and Heloise) is a more difficult thing than telling other sorts of stories, whether fact or fiction. The love between a woman and a man, or between a person and their God, is ultimately an indescribable affair between the lover and the beloved.

  • Make Your Life “Greener”
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    Make Your Life “Greener”

    10 simple steps that couples can take to make their lives greener and happier, one lightbulb at a time!

  • From Total Intimacy to Total Strangers
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    From Total Intimacy to Total Strangers

    ...One day, after 6 months…one year…two years, those butterflies turned to moths and started tearing at your clothes, then your heart. How did that bubble burst?

  • Unique Gifts for that Special Someone
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    Unique Gifts for that Special Someone

    Looking for a gift to really surprise and delight? Check our our gift list! Something special for that special someone in your life...

  • Quiz: Do You Recycle Your Lovers?
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    Quiz: Do You Recycle Your Lovers?

    Do you love 'em or leave 'em? Or do you keep them around for when you need them? Take our quiz and find out!

  • Sometimes, That Old Flame is a Trick Candle
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    Sometimes, That Old Flame is a Trick Candle

    With enough positives to raise hopes but enough negatives to raise doubts, sometimes that old flame is a trick candle, impervious to the first attempt...

  • Power Couple of the Present
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    Power Couple of the Present

    After a White House which would seems to have suffered no dissent from any quarter, Michelle, I hope, will hold nothing back in her take on things. It speaks of Barack Obama’s confidence...

  • Breaking Tradition
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    Breaking Tradition

    In 2007, I got engaged and nearly had a nervous breakdown while pursuing a career that I did not like, and planning a type of wedding that I did not want.

  • My Bitter Valentine
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    My Bitter Valentine

    “How does this always happen?!” I thought angrily to myself. Here I am, sitting alone in a little coffee shop on Valentine’s Day, stood up. I think. It’s either that or he was in a freak car accident that caused him to be two hours late... At this point, imagining him in a serious wreck did make me feel a little better. I smiled internally at the thought of him getting his eyebrows singed off.

  • The Unconventional Dater
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    The Unconventional Dater

    Getting inebriated and adding another notch to your ever-expanding belt seems to be the new form of dating. How romantic. However, there are a few places outside the confines...