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Do you have a crush? Are you on fire? Is he hot? We use metaphors all the time to describe how we feel about love.

The other day my friend Claire asked me to set mouse traps for her in her apartment. Despite my hatred of cruel things like mouse traps, and my very comfortable position on the couch, I got up to help her out of friendly duty.

Most guy-girl friend duos were once complicated because one person had a crush on the other person. In fact, many of my friendships with women (before I started working) developed because I was attracted to them.

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They say "honesty is the best policy," and this rings true in dating. But women accuse me of speaking too truthfully, believe it or not.

Guys are visual creatures, but the other senses are important for a complete experience with someone.

As you know, my life has been filled with dating mistakes, and the occasional lucky triumph.

After all this cluelessness, Ive finally discovered that it helps to become friends with someone before actually dating them. But there are different levels and types of attractions that exist between friends.

I think I have a crush on Sarah Palin. She intrigues and intimidates me-two necessary ingredients for a crush. I admit, she could kick my ass.

Fourth of July conjures up memories of steamed crabs, fireflies, and sparklers. Yeah, those things are kind of random, but that’s the protocol for a late afternoon Baltimore cookout in the summer—oh, and terrible, terrible cheap beer. One would have to head further South to get real fireworks, but in our earlier days my sisters and I were content to sprint around with sparklers in hand. As the Fourth approaches, I’ve been inundated with friends seeking advice and telling me stories about dating, and they always take a moment to acknowledge the presence or absence of “the spark”. So, sparklers are lame entertainment for Fourth of July, but “the spark” is actually that rare thing we seek in relationships. The spark is a tough thing to define, but listing some characteristics of the spark will help us get there: It does not occur often—we can date for years and never feel a spark with anyone It is something we are almost always sure of—you can’t “think” you’re feeling sparks, you usually know it’s there 100% It is not always mutual: it is possible for only one person in potential couple to feel a spark It is spontaneous: it doesn’t develop, it kind of just happens. This is evident by the fact that sometimes friends suddenly feel sparks after years of platonic behavior It can go away and come back So, this brings up other things to consider. How do sparks make us behave, and—more importantly—what kind of strategies can we use to keep sparks flying in our relationships as they blossom into long term unions or marriage? Sparks make me do crazy things:

There are 21 definitions for “romance” on dictionary.com. None of them do the word justice. To me, romance is a memory you have of being with someone that stays with you forever. Within this memory, you have sensory recollection: smells, sounds (crickets at night, waves, wind through leaves, voices), and visions (maybe the way the lights in the surrounding city swirled around their face when you looked at them). In this sense, you can have romantic memories with friends/family as well as lovers, or even moments you remember when you were alone.

What is it about the geek that gets us going? His jaundiced sense of humor? The perspective that comes with having your face repeatedly slammed into a locker? Or the cred, bank, and power he stands to earn just as the prom king is getting thick aroun

A poll taken at a recent mojito night revealed that every woman in our office has a grandpa crush. Who's yours?