• True romance is never easy.True romance is never easy.

    If you could spend a few hours rewinding my life (not that you would ever want to), you could chomp away on your bucket of buttery popcorn and tilt back your box of Goobers until the cardboard edge became damp with your lip puckers, and you could watch me make a perfect mess of a lot of romance. You could laugh and frown at me ruining more things heartfelt and lovely than you would probably ever be able to stomach.

    Over the course of my love affairs scattered across the last two decades, I have managed to screw up (amongst other things): picnics in the park, late Sunday mornings in bed, walks down streets in a bevvy of world-class cities on several continents, impossibly sensual outdoor kisses, train ride cuddles, motel room snuggles, Christmas Eves, Christmas mornings, tender moments eating ice cream on benches, dinners in dimly-lit restaurants… Okay, I've pretty much screwed it all up at one point or another.

    But why, you might ask?

    What is so hard or tough or

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  • The King of Wands card suggests that when it comes to your love life or relationship, this confident, man's man energy is a virile source of stimulating strength and virtue which you can tap or use to reach out and touch someone. Draw on his legendary willpower and competitive spirit to make it happen and come out on top. Supplement your personal power or fiery passion with the right toys, gadgets, props or tools for the job. This may be a prime time for stepping up to the plate. Use this magic touch for the purpose of expanding your legacy, preserving it for posterity or enabling this sexual peak to gather momentum and take on a life of its own.

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    Check your horoscope on Shine.

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  • When most people think of Disneyland, they think of a Mecca for children, a place for family fun. But here's the thing: Disneyland is many different things to many different people, including a place full of romance. There is a reason why so many couples get married in Disneyland and Disney World! There are romantic touches all over the place. In honor of Valentine's Day, I've compiled the 7 most romantic places in Disneyland. Which one is your favorite? - By Sunny Chanel



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  • Brian Donovan, Author of Brian Donovan, Author of

    Brian Donovan doesn't do things halfway. When the comedian and writer, who has written for the likes of Vh1, Thought Catalog, Comedy Central and NPR, found himself single and unhappy about it, he went looking for his next love story with a vengeance. Over 100 online dates later, he emerged with enough material (and emotional baggage) to write a book. Thus was bornNot A Match: My True Tales of Online Dating Disasters, which is currently #1 in the Love & Romance section of the Kindle Store.

    Given that we have a certain pointed interest in online dating, we reached out to Brian to get the story behind the story.

    For this book you went on many, many dates and had many, many bad experiences. What kept you going, made you leave the house on that 85th date? Was it the book? Was it habit? An unshakeable desire to meet your soulmate? None of the above?

    I know this is the sort of preposterous thing that Tom Hanks would say to Meg Ryan in a movie and make everyone throw up in

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  • Be a Valentine's superhero.Be a Valentine's superhero.

    By Ben Pomeroy for HowAboutWe

    So you've got a date for Valentine's Day. Lucky you! Now what? There's a truckload of pressure to nail this holiday, especially with someone new. The evening needs to be romantic, memorable, original, authentic-I could go on, but I'm starting to give myself a panic attack.

    Let's face it, Valentine's day can be a minefield. Everything from the cheesy bouquets to the reservation scrum to the underwhelming prix fix meal. Don't get me wrong-you should do the work to honor the woman you love. But it's easy to fall into the trap of societal expectations, and wind up spending a lot of time and money to have someone else's idea of a romantic night.

    Fear not-that won't be your situation this year. The best table in town on Valentine's Day will be at your apartment. It'll be memorable, unique, authentic, etc. plus no fighting for a parking space, battling the cold, dealing with slow service, or shelling out a fortune. I promise.

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    This is not the place I expected to be though it is the place of my own doing or undoing depending on if you are an optimist or a pessimist. I look back and I see how everything happens-a chain reaction from decisions and choices I have made that may have seemed inconsequential in the beginning.

    Everything counts. We may not realize that in the beginning and sometimes, we may never realize it at all. It doesn't make it not true. It all adds up to our lives, every moment lived, every belly chuckle, every round of weeping, every heartache and ecstasy, every single part of our living of our lives matters in some way. It counted whether the universe was keeping score or not. It all makes a moving difference or it makes a stagnant difference. And sometimes we get so caught up in what we do not have, have not accomplished and the places we have yet to travel to-we forget everything that led us to this place we reside in now.

    We forget that we may be lucky even in the midst of tragedy. We

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  • You might be surprised who the worst offenders are.

    You don't need a scientist to tell you that guys stare at breasts. (They'll tell you anyway: Eye-tracking studies show that when looking at women, men spend more time focused on the chest than anywhere else.) Nor is it a secret that some are card-carrying boob men, while others go for a flatter physique. But what might their preferences say about their perception of women?

    Our very own YouBeauty Attraction Expert, Viren Swami, Ph.D., waded into the male mind to test what we've been thinking all along: Sexist dudes dig D-cups.

    QUIZ: What Your Body Type Really Means

    In a forthcoming study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, Dr. Swami set out to investigate "the way that social factors like sexism can impact people's judgment of others." He showed 361 white, heterosexual males a video depicting 3-D models of five women, from the small-breasted to the very well-endowed. After watching the figures rotate 360 degrees on the screen in front of them, the men were asked to

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  • Namaste Adam Levine. (Photo by Eric Ray Davidson/Details) Poor Adam Levine. He's pretty, rich, business-minded and not at all rock and roll. There's no tribal tattoo on the planet that can obscure the fact that he writes love songs for mom's car when she's picking you up from the train. But look, he's good at it. He's also good at coaching reality show competitions and translating his pop star status into lucrative cross-branding opportunities. But Levine wants more. He wants to be taken seriously.

    That's a tall order from a rock star who tweets about his Macy's fragrance. But hey, that is why Adam Levine is a ridiculous man. Here are more reasons he's hard to take seriously:

    Because before he had his own fragrance he was making fun of people who did. Remember when he called celebrity perfumes a sin "punishable by death"?

    Because he has an interior design philosophy: "Furnishing a home is no different than going into the studio and making music," Levine told Architectural Digest. "You want to make sure you've pared down all the extra

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  • CN Digital Studioby Meredith Turits, Glamour

    I was having coffee with a friend a couple of weeks ago, who mentioned he'd purposely booked a trip out of town to see his grandmother during Valentine's Day because he didn't want the girl he was seeing to think he wanted to celebrate.

    I'm not a V-Day kind of gal myself, but flying halfway across the country to avoid a date on a calendar? The lady he was seeing probably had no idea how evasive he was being. Were there other things guys were doing to avoid the Day of Hearts and Roses and Candy, besides mysteriously coming down with the flu? I did some digging from my male friends and turns out, there are.

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    1. He goes out of his way to spend time with his family that day. As demo'd by the grandma example. While sweet, turns out there may be some ulterior motives lurking. Whomp whomp.

    2. He crutches on the "work" excuse more than a week out. "If he's building up talking about a big proposal he's putting together and it's

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  • How to Find Your Soul Mate

    Marie Claire

    BUILDER

    PERSONALITY: An even-tempered, family-oriented homebody who checks the date book before doing anything.

    BIOLOGY: Builders tend to have higher levels of serotonin, a brain chemical known for instilling calm.

    IDEAL MATE: A fellow Builder, who appreciates crucial details like alphabetizing the owner's manuals for appliances dating back to 1987.

    OUR FAVORITE COUPLE: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, whose marriage lasted for 50 years. In Hollywood, no less.

    EXPLORER

    PERSONALITY: A sensation-seeking creative type who would rather let dishes pile up in the sink than miss a chance to go bungee jumping.

    BIOLOGY: Explorers have high levels of dopamine, a chemical in the brain associated with feelings of euphoria and optimism. Explorers love sex. Love.

    IDEAL MATE: A fellow Explorer. In short, a partner who won't flinch if you ask him to play hooky and go to Bangkok on a whim.

    OUR FAVORITE COUPLE: Duh. Brad and Angelina, the jet-setting, tattooed,

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