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Your Boyfriend Didn’t Write You That Sweet Love Letter. These People Did.
If you've ever gotten a romantic letter or poem, there's a chance it was written by a secret professional.
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Love Boats: The Delightfully Sinful History of Canoes
Before the youth of America fooled around at drive-ins and necked on Lover’s Lane, they coupled in canoes. Boatloads of them. In the early 1900s, canoes...
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New study sheds light on how and why being hard-to-get can make you seem more desirable
Reciprocation of attraction — people’s tendency to like those who like them — may encourage the initiation of relationships with targets of interest. Immediately reciprocating another person’s expression of liking, however, may not be the most effective strategy for attracting mates. Indeed, people who are too easy to attract may be perceived as more desperate and thus as less valuable and appealing than those who do not make their romantic interest apparent right away.
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What’s in a Love Potion?
Besides the infamous Number Nine, that is.
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9 Most Romantic Places To Visit In Gdańsk (Poland): For Lovers, Couples
You are welcome to my list of the top most romantic places to visit in Gdańsk, a port city on the Baltic coast of Poland. At the center of its Main Town, reconstructed after WWII, are the colorful facades of Long Market, now home to shops and restaurants. Nearby is Neptune Fountain, a 17th-century symbol of the city topped by a bronze statue of the sea god. Gdańsk is also a center for the world’s amber trade; boutiques throughout the city sell the ossified resin.
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Is Being Creative the Key to Romantic Passion?
Is there a link between creativity and romantic passion? A new research article published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that there is. Written by Kathleen L. Carswell and Eli J. Finkel of Northwestern University and Madoka Kumashiro Goldsmiths of the University of London, the article presents the results of three research studies examining whether being creative helps bolster long-term romantic relationships.
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After When Harry Met Sally, almost every rom-com tried to have what Nora Ephron was having
If you were trying to find a consensus pick for the best romantic comedy of all time, 1989’s When Harry Met Sally would definitely be a huge part of the conversation, if not just the clear-cut winner. It’s the rom-com that forever changed the nature of rom-coms, and you can find traces of When Harry Met Sally’s DNA in virtually every romantic comedy that’s been made since. A funny but pessimistic male lead paired with a neurotic but optimistic female one? Check. Quirky supporting characters who have a subplot about falling in love with each other? Check. A climax that ends with someone running through the streets in order to confess...
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Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
For any, like me, either one of us will face this some day.
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Love in the Time of Cryptography
Most romances today have deep digital footprints. This one didn’t — and to the state, that was a problem.
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Body and Soul
Considering the eternal dance of Eros and Thanatos. By Noga Arikha.
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She’ll Text Me, She’ll Text Me Not
A few years ago there was a woman in my life—let’s call her Tanya—and we had hooked up one night in Los Angeles. We’d both…
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Krafty
New Order
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Closer
Frida Amundsen
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The Seven Stages of Love, According to French Poetry
A Poem for Each of Stendhal’s Phases of Romance
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INTRODUCE YOUR SELF
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Pros and Cons of Online Dating - APRIL Speaks
If you are looking for someone to have a relationship with or a future partner, online dating should be among the options you must consider.
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10 Reasons Your First Relationship Didn't Last
Here are the ten common mistakes of a first timer in a relationship, which is why their first relationship didn’t last. One should learn from these.
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My Autistic Brother’s Quest for Love
He’s still searching. By Danielle Bacher.
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How Frida Kahlo’s Love Letter Shaped Romance for Punk Poet Patti Smith
Sealed with a kiss, the 1940 note reflects the "earthly human love" between Kahlo and fellow artist Diego Rivera. By Patti Smith.
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My High-School Boyfriend, the Con Artist
From the start our dates were more like stakeouts. By Heidi Julavits.
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