Archive for October, 2007

Halloween Love Story

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Halloween is not typically a time for love. On the other hand, we’ve never met a holiday we didn’t like, so we had to find a way to combine talking about love with talking about Halloween.

This very unromantic, but funny Halloween love story made us giggle and we hope you enjoy it , too! Happy Halloween!

Love-cat: Making Love

Monday, October 29th, 2007

We have resisted the lolcats for so long, but this love-cat finally broke our resistance.

Look: it made you some love!

lolcat - i maked u some love

A New Week, a New Love Quote

Friday, October 26th, 2007

You know that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder and that true love is blind. This love quote neatly sums up these truisms in a new way.

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

- Sam Keen

Find Romance in Your Relationship

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Bring back the passion – now!

As relationships go from exciting to established, things can get a little boring. Even if the love is still there, you may miss the thrill of new-found romance. But rather than trying to find romance in a new relationship, why don’t you find romance in the relationship you already have. All it takes is a little time, imagination, and love. Here are a few tips that rekindle the old flame and bring back some passion: (more…)

Men Seeking Marriage Prepare for Engagement Season

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Once upon a time, people were quite happy to have a perfect marriage. These days, the marriage itself seems to pale in importance compared to the hype over the ceremony, the perfect dress, the perfect ring and all the other details couples obsess over. Now that obsession is even extending to the marriage proposal. (more…)

Unromantic Love Quote of the Week

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Socks? How, um, romantic? Still, it’s true!

True love is like a pair of socks - you have to have two and they have to match.

- Anonymous

Online Dating – Fact and Fiction

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

We’ve spoken about romantic films and the lessons to be learned from heartstring-pulling, tear-jerking, sigh-inducing stories of true love. But how realistic are those films? Not very, you say? Well, yes, we can’t recall the last time a full orchestra played during a romantic kiss, clothes came off effortlessly in the throes of passion and you just can’t get those romantic-moments-in-slow-motion-montages in the real world.

All in all, the romantic film genre is probably not the most realistic, so we’re putting one romantic comedy, starring the queen of romantic film, Meg Ryan, to the test (more…)

Share a View with Your Online Romance

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Finally, we have reached the last stop on our tour through the be2 profile. After the be2 Index, “Facts,” “About me,” and “Interests,” the last step to online romance is a single’s “Views.” (more…)

Our Love Quote of the Week

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Ringing in the weekend is another love quote. This one is for those who think they are single because they are unattractive and that they will remain single unless they change their appearance. Newsflash: people come in all shapes and sizes, everyone is loveable and true love sees your inner beauty. Or, as our love quote of the week puts it…

The most beautiful things in the world are not seen nor touched. They are felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller

Time for the Love Quote of the Week

Friday, October 5th, 2007

This American writer reminds us that we shouldn’t always think about what we get from a relationship, but what we can give. Giving love, as much as receiving love, makes a relationship grow.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
- Elbert Hubbard