The Chandler effect.Sorry, Chandler. Today in studies we completely disagree with, UK social researchers have discovered that while funny guys are often the first to get laid, they're the last to be chosen to, say, meet her mom or pick out shower curtains with her at Crate and Barrel. That is to say: Ladies don't want to get serious with dudes who are funny, according to Metro UK. Boo.

By Anna Breslaw

The study filmed 40 psychology students - half men and half women - answering a basic hypothetical question. Nineteen students whose answers contained humor were termed "actors," and their videos were played for the following students, who were asked to rank them in terms of suitability for a short-term relationship (as short as a one-night stand, in fact) or a long-termone. Based on the answers, the researchers determined that male wit "nurtures an impression of not being serious or willing to invest in a mate."

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Personally, I shudder to imagine being

wordsBelow is a photo of my teenage daughter with a teenage boy. They've known each other for years, go to the same school, been in the same musicals, and belong to the same a cappella group. Last month, during that choir's trip to Italy, the two of them decided to make things a bit more official. But what were the words used for this teenage romance?

"Did he ask you out?" I asked my daughter. "No," she replied. "It's not 'going out.'"

"But are you going steady?" I tried again. "Nobody says that, no," she answered.

"Is he your boyfriend?" I finally asked. "Are you married, engaged, living together, is he your baby daddy, just, what?!"

It seems the language of love has become a more complicated playing field than the one of my childhood, which included first base through home run in an easy to understand matrix of escalating making out.

Recently I conducted an exhaustive survey of teen love parlance, which means I texted my daughter and son a few times. This is what I

Girls vs. Sex and The CityBy Jenifer Jonson for HowAboutWe

In the first season of "Girls," twentysomething ingénue Marnie lays out the "hierarchy of communication" between men and women:

"Texting is one of the lowest forms of communication on the totem of chat. You have Facebook at your lowest, before that there's Google chat, texting, email, and a phone call. Face-to-face is of course ideal, but is not of this time."

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Hearing this, I, a 39-year-old mother of 3 who until recently hadn't been on a date in 15 years, found myself screaming "YES" at the television.

I'm one of those people who met a man in college, married him, had 3 kids, and moved to the suburbs. Even before my marriage, I was always the one looking for a meaningful monogamous partnership. Dating was simply a means to that end. And once I became a wife and mother, I wasn't exactly keeping up on the singledom trends.

But now, fresh after a divorce, I find myself in some strange bubble. I'm the Rip

husbandI know it's a big stereotype that women are a mystery, but if we're being honest, dude, men are weird and I barely understand them.

I can sit there and explain my feelings to them for an hour, and barely get a response… aside from, like, waking up to have my oil changed or something else nice and preventatively responsible.

I'm a words girl. I'm not good at trying to decipher actions, so I decided, hey, maybe I should just come out and ask our husbands what they they want to say to us, like, using sentences?

Here's what happened.

Andy, married to Brittany 8 years: When you freak out about your age or you weight, I never see any of that. It sounds like a cheesy thing to say, but I still see the girl I fell in love with in high school… with bigger boobs.

Matthew, married 10 years: If you're married or a mom, don't get lost in those roles. I feel pulled into the parenting abyss too, but every so often, I like seeing glimmers of our pre-kid lives.

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Equala, the By Chiara Atik for HowAboutWe

There's a new app on the market that claims to be a "gamechanger" in the realm of modern-day dating, though perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a "gamechanger" in the realm of somewhat sad internet stalking. The app's developers are in fact so sold on its effectiveness that the press release they sent had the subject line, "No More Steak Dinners!" Because now you can use music, not Outback Steakhouse, to win a man?

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Equala, available on iTunes and Android, apparently connects to your Facebook account and…somehow? gathers the music tastes of all the men you like (assuming, of course, that you're already friends with them on Facebook).

After that, you just follow these steps (quoted from the press release):

Get familiar with his top jams. Listen [to them] yourself (or at least, pretend to)

Pretend to listen to music? AKA look up the lyrics online? I dunno.

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10 Ways To Improve Your Relationship

Do you feel like your relationship isn't quite what it used to be? To help you revive your relationship, we've reviewed a serious body of research to bring you the 10 most powerful, scientifically proven ways to improve virtually any relationship. These tips also happen to be the key ingredients that go into making a good relationship work, so even if you think everything's great, you can use this list as a diagnostic tool to make sure you and your partner are on the road to relationship bliss.

Solidify your friendship

How satisfied you feel in your relationship has to do with how connected you feel to your partner. Research suggests that our ability to connect with others (our attachment style) is influenced by our childhood experiences. According to Prior and Glasser (2006), 65% of children can be classified as having a secure attachment style, with the remaining 35% having an insecure attachment style.

As an adult, an insecure attachment style is associated with a slew of

The Female Pickup Artist

It's not 1855 (or even 1955) anymore, so most of us understand that a woman making the first move isn't a reason to gather a posse and start a witch-hunt. A hot girl hits on you at a bar? Great. She strolls up to you at a show and coolly asks for your number? Even better. But what if she's a full-on 2013 Don Juan? What if she's memorized the rules of Neil Strauss' The Game, too, and can play you like a Russian chess champ?

It's been almost eight years since The Game exposed the "secret" world of pickup artists (PUAs) and spawned hundreds of new ones who hit up the clubs and practiced gentlemanly tactics like manipulation and NEGS (things you say to a chick to slightly lower her self-esteem) to lure women into bed. The movement is still out there, even though it's mostly seen as lame, offensive and sleazy. But what would happen if the tables were turned -- if women became the PUAs? There are signs that, among some women, it's becoming a thing.

It's a pretty even playing field today,

The Nine of Chalices card reversed suggests that it might be time to come off the sidelines or out of the comfort zone. Deal with loss, resentment, a break down in communication or some other issue that might be affecting intimacy, self-acceptance, or gratification in your love life. This could be a dramatic turning point and might even bring a certain amount of relief. Ultimately, with little left to lose, this upset could create an opening for you to let go of old, constraining circumstances and surround yourself with what really matters. Afterward, you can conquer the mess or clean up your act while honoring your experience. You can then put it behind you once and for all and be free to be receptive to the joy, pleasures and love you deserve.

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