• My Speed Dating Experience

    I sipped my second green apple martini, which matched my cardigan and purse, and watched "Miss Cupid" at work, tagging numbers on all the men I would soon encounter.

    "Welcome, HurryDaters!" Miss Cupid called. Yes, my single life has gone on too long and I can no longer call it an act of feminism. I was on the bottom floor of a popular downtown bar. In hope to find that special someone, I signed up for HurryDate, which according to their website I'm supposed to have a blast, meet mass quantities of single people, and do it all in a hurry. What could be easier than this?

    The other participating women and I were instructed to sit at different tables opposite of a man. I expected a large turnout, but instead there were about seven available males, which I could easily scroll through and say no to each one. But I decided to be a good sport, have fun, and recall the $35.00 sign-up fee.

    Sitting across from man number one, Miss Cupid reminded us that we would four minutes of

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  • Uh, oh. You're going to see your ex at work.Uh, oh. You're going to see your ex at work.Kristen Stewart swears she and ex boyfriend Robert Pattinson will be "fine" while promoting Breaking Dawn-Part 2, but, um easier said than done. Have to work with your ex? Check out this advice from Nicole Williams, LinkedIn's connection director and author of Girl on Top: Your Guide to Turning Dating Rules Into Career Success.

    By Korin Miller

    Talk It Out
    Yeah, it's probably the last thing you want to do, but talking to your ex about how you can work side-by-side shows that you're mature and professional. If it was a horrible breakup, you might also want to talk about whether you can switch projects so you can avoid each other for a while. Having a plan takes some of the awkwardness out of it (instead of just ignoring the elephant in the room).

    Keep a Lid on It
    If your coworkers didn't know that you and your ex were dating, they def don't need to know that you split. And if they knew about it, keep the news of your split simple. Just say, "We broke up" and leave it at that. Giving

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  • There is Always Competition When It Comes to DatingThere is Always Competition When It Comes to Dating
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    New York City. The concrete jungle. The city that never sleeps. The city filled with museums, culture, art, and a beautiful park, smack dab in the middle of the island.


    For those of us that live within the five boroughs of Manhattan, we are every day entertained with the excitement of being able to live in a city that, just like its name states, is all about the new. New restaurants, new bars, and new shops are opening up so fast, that we cannot even keep track.

    Related: Still Going With the Flow? 5 Ways to Be Optimistic

    There is always a new hotspot to be seen at, a new food to tasted, and a new club to get drunk at. Perhaps that is why the city never sleeps. We are too interested in trying everything, and keeping up that we somehow lose the ability, or even willingness, of taking a break and going to bed. Maybe this is why the city never sleeps.


    The same goes for relationships. You always hear people grunt

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  • Jennifer Garner and hubby Ben Affleck had a secret wedding too!Do you hear wedding bells? Probably not, since celebrities these days are doing their weddings the normal way: privately. While both Kim and Khloe Kardashian were excited to show their marriages in a special on E!, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively did pretty much the opposite this weekend.

    Reynolds, 35, and Lively, 25, have been dating for a year and secretly exchanged vows in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. We're guessing Reynolds isn't a fan of public weddings, since he also had a secret one with Scarlett Johansson in 2008!

    More From YourTango: Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds Secretly Married This Weekend!

    Actually, quite a few celebrity couples have chosen the quiet route. Here are the top five couples who have pulled off a secret wedding:

    1. Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon. The 42-year-old singer secretly tied the knot with the 31-year-old Wild N' Out star on April 30, 2008. The public later found out when his family admitted the next day that he was extremely happy. Their getaway took place

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  • Lie #2: 'This could turn into a real relationship.' A new study published by Christine Milrod and co-author Ronald Weitzer analyzes 2,442 postings written by people who pay for sex on an online discussion board that reviews sex providers and their services. Approximately one-third of the posts discussed emotional intimacy between sex workers and their clients. Many of the people who paid for sex expressed a desire to grow their relationships beyond the sex act and develop feelings and mutual love with the person.

    Here are 5 ways people who pay for sex lie to themselves:

    1. "I'm not doing anything wrong."
    The responders make excuses and do not obey the law. These comments were posted by people who are paying for sex. These people are a sub group of the population who are engaging in illegal activity. From a societal view, those who act outside the norms and rules of the society are not the norm for the culture.

    Those who engage in paying for sex are breaking the law. Many of the people who engage in prostitution are also involved in a

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  • Banana pudding, yum!Banana pudding, yum!Lamar and Ronnie Tyler run a website based on marriage and relationships, so they often get questions on how they would handle certain situations as a couple. This latest email came in, and not only did they want to answer it, but they want to ask for your opinion as well. Below, you can view the question along with separate responses from the couple.




    Dear Lamar & Ronnie,

    I've been with my spouse for 14 years and married for 9 of those years. I have always had issues with my husband's relationship with his mother because of boundaries, which he seems to think is a normal occurrence. Tonight, I witnessed something that I was truly disgusted by and as a result, I'm feeling very uncomfortable. My husband ate his mother's unfinished banana pudding, using her bowl, spoon and all. Am I overreacting or should I not be concerned?

    Related: The 15 best marriage tips from the worst husband ever

    LAMAR:
    Maybe the guy just can't resist a good banana pudding - just kidding. I agree withRead More »from Momma's Boy: Are My Husband and His Mother Too Close?
  • Enjoy this collection of the couple's personal photos of how they celebrate their wedding anniversary.

  • Screenwriter and novelist Niall Leonard. (Photo: Rolf Marriott via niallleonard.com)Screenwriter and novelist Niall Leonard. (Photo: Rolf Marriott via niallleonard.com)You may think that being married to the woman who wrote the BDSM "Fifty Shades" trilogy might mean a long parade of expensive trips, jealous fans, and plenty of erotic toys. But according to Niall Leonard, James' real-life husband of more than 20 years, the couple's "lifestyle" has little in common with the book.

    "We're mostly, for all intents and purposes, just a regular family," Leonard, a screenwriter and novelist, told CNN in an interview.

    Their two teenage sons have to put up with plenty of fallout from their mom's steamy "Twilight" fan fiction.

    "They can look after themselves and they don't take any crap from anyone who wants to tease them about it," Leonard says. "People do, but… deep down they're really proud of what she's done and they're really proud of her."

    While the idea may make their sons squirm, Leonard says that he does see aspects of his wife in her "Fifty Shades" characters, Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey.

    "I see my wife in the emails that they exchange,"

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  • The Temperance card suggests that the timing may be right for sharing your feelings, getting together, creating something new or pouring your heart out, but don't expect a quick fix. This could be the beginning of a creative process of cooperation, diversity, sexual compatibility or testing of the romantic waters, so be prepared to go with the flow or to set new relationship goals that can work for the long term. Patience, trust, compromise and self-control can bring moderate, consistent and stable results as long as you are not afraid to get your feet wet.

    Free Sample Lover's Potion Tarot Reading

    Check your horoscope on Shine.

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  • Keep problems out of your bedroom

    *Apart from experts and authors quoted, real names and locations have been changed.

    Kelly and James were our oldest friends. We met before we had kids, and while James and my husband, Sam, bonded over hours-long bike rides and trail runs, Kelly and I connected over our love of literature and movies, politics and fashion. As the years progressed, our lives stayed in sync: We had babies around the same time, bought houses near each other, took vacations together. On Sundays, when it came time for dinner, the only question was, our house or theirs? Married 20-plus years, Kelly and James* had weathered some tough times - his incessant travel for work, her struggles with low moods - but their relationship seemed solid. Or so we thought until last July, when James confessed to Kelly that he was in love with another woman and had been cheating on Kelly for months.

    I'd seen agony up close, but never quite like this. Kelly called almost daily, sobbing through her recitation of hurts.

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