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8 Reasons I Don't Kiss/Make Out on the First Few Dates
Features I think it's pretty sad that I've never kissed a girl goodnight or made out, sober, after an actual date. The majority of my first kisses/encounters have occurred after knowing the person pretty well, crashing at each others apartment, a...
By Rich Santos Published
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The Art of Letting Your Inner Monster Out at the Right Time
I recently emailed a girl I don't know too well and "ornamented" the email with a joke. Of course my instincts are never correct, so I had my friend Margaret drop by my desk at work and assist me with editing. My clueless...
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4 Ways to Make Someone Feel Guilty for Dumping You
Features One of the few things about me that might make me a wonderful boyfriend is the fact that guilt is a 24/7 element in my life. Even if there's nothing to be guilty about, I create guilty within myself. When someone makes me feel guil...
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Is It Cheating if You Don't Get Caught?
The other day I saw a couple of women on the Today Show doing an interview and quipping that cheating was not really cheating as long as no one gets caught. I was surprised that my conversations with co-workers about this idea
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8 Things That Make Women Unavailable
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How Men Read Women's Signals
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Why Do I Make Girl Friends, but Not Girlfriends?
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.
By Rich Santos Published
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10 Deadly Sins of Conversation
Features Conversation is the crossroads of an individual's personality, intelligence, and spirituality. What someone says, and how they say it, becomes more important than their looks as a relationship matures. Bad conversation habits...
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Are You Always in a Relationship?
My friend and I were recently discussing friends of ours that are always in relationships with no breaks in between. The remarkable thing about these people is that they string together many long term, healthy (at least from the outside loo...
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10 Ways I Could Tell I Was Attracted to a Girl
Features The stars must align perfectly for me to find a girl attractive. Perhaps I'm too picky, or perhaps I'm not lucky enough to meet great women.
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6 Types of Control in Relationships
Features Im afraid to to fly because I am giving up the control of my fate to a pilot and a gigantic piece of machinery that I cant believe can rise 35,000 feet into the air.
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9 Reasons It's Tough to Be Friends with a Crush
Features 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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3 Ways to Tell if You Are More Than Friends
Features Usually theres a watershed moment that reveals that the relationship is moving to a romantic level.
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5 Reasons to Avoid Hooking Up with Your Ex
Features It's so easy to fall into bad habits like falling for the same person twice, or making out with them in a moment of weakness after you've had a falling out. It's comfortable, familiar, and easy. And sometimes you just want to ...
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Meeting the Family for the Holidays, Part IJoining my wacky family for the holidays is a tough proposition for any outsider. We have traditions, sibling rivalries, and many strange activities to worry about each year. The best way for a newcomer to handle our family around the ho...
By Rich Santos Published
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5 Tips for Navigating an Office Romance
Features If you're going to do it, here are a few things to keep in mind to minimize the damages
By Maura Kelly Published
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8 Rules to Help Deal with an Encounter with Your Ex
Features My friend recently lost her guy friend because of his jerky behavior during their on-again off-again romance. Because they have mutual friends, she's done her best to avoid him by skipping certain social engagements. But she just...
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8 Things Men Think When They Try to Meet Women
Features The funny thing about "hitting on" a woman is that, while we guys are often the aggressor, we usually fake: confidence, looking like we are in control, and "smoothness." Internally, there's a storm of thoughts in my head that...
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10 Ways to Find a Relationship in the New Year
How To There are many circumstances that create the perfect storm for a deep, committed relationship. In addition to compatibility, you need good timing, luck, and both parties must be willing to commit. There's no secret...
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What's Your Least Favorite Physical Trait in a Guy?
I've heard women complain about different physical traits they don't like in men. As I get older, I fear that these traits may slowly appear on my person. Things grow......
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What He Means When He Wants a "Break"Theres a difference between breaking up and a break.
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4 Things To Consider Before Saying "I Love You"Features
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5 Post Breakup Moods To Overcome After Your Crush Is Finally Single
Features 5 Post Breakup Moods To Overcome After Your Crush Is Finally Single
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The Tragedy of Showing Too Much of My Feminine Side
Do Women Like Sensetive Men - Downside of Feminine Men
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My Marriage Fell Apart...on Our Honeymoon!We'd heard the first year of marriage was the hardest, but would we even make it that far?
By Liz Fischer Published
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9 Great Places To Meet People (Other Than Bars)
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