There’s an age-old stereotype that maintains men are confrontational in relationships, while women try to avoid conflict. Traditional role-distribution required men to seek domination in their relationship, but women were always saying “Yes, dear” to prevent an argument.

According to a new study, those days are long gone. Looks like women are no longer the peacemakers and much more likely to pick a fight than to end it. But does that mean we’re in for endless relationship bickering?

Actually, the opposite is true! While women are becoming more assertive and more likely to speak about problems in the relationship, men are less eager to “win” every argument, so they are more willing to compromise. (more…)

You’ve fallen in love at first sight and it’s all going splendidly – until your crush turns up for the third date wearing yellow dungarees, a purple sequinned minidress, an ill-fitting plaid shirt or (insert your own personal nightmare item of clothing here). You think back to the night you fell in love. At first sight, he or she was so tastefully dressed, but in this outfit you’re worried about being seen on the street together.

What to do? Abandon ship and never fall in love at first sight again until a thorough wardrobe-inspection has been performed? Turn a blind eye and hope that love at first sight is, indeed, blind (if the colour of that horrid sweater doesn’t blind you first)? (more…)

We never really bought into “love is blind,” because we know full well that you see your beloved’s faults. Love simply makes you ignore them or even makes them endearing.

“Love is not blind, it sees more not less;
But because it sees more it chooses to see less.”

- Will Moss

In the romantic comedy “27 dresses,” Katherine Heigl plays a truly tragic figure - always the bridesmaid, never the bride. But the most tragic thing are the truly horrific bridesmaid’s dresses that take pride of place in the romantic film’s title and storyline.

Heigl, who was a bride in real life recently, wore a tasteful white dress to her own romantic wedding and made sure her bridesmaids looked equally classy. (more…)

We knew that Gandhi stood for love and peace, but we had no idea he held such a high opinion of marriage.

“Between husband and wife there should be no secrets from one another. I have a very high opinion of the marriage tie. I hold that husband and wife merge in each other. They are one in two or two in one.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

A lot of celebrity couples extended their families in 2007 and 2008 looks like it’s off to a good start in that respect. Both Nicole Richie and Christina Aguilera gave birth to healthy babies at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles last weekend.

But while those happy couples are starting the year with something new, Britney Spears is back to something old. The same old substance abuse problems, the same old lack of good judgement regarding men and the same old wedding dress. Britney was seen with her new man last week, wearing the wedding dress she had previously worn for her wedding with Kevin Federline. The ex-couple is currently battling it out for custody and alimony.

Of course singles don’t spend their every waking hour worrying about how and where they will meet men or women. However, for most singles, it’s an important issue. What’s the best way to meet men who are single and attractive? How can you meet women who are single and don’t want to stay that way?

Now, Glamour and GQ magazines got together to find the answer. They asked their readers the best way to meet men/women. Predictably, “through friends” and “at a party” came first and second, closely followed by “at work” (really? haven’t they heard that’s a really bad idea?) and “at a club” (ditto). However, online dating came in fifth place! (more…)

There was more than one bride at the wedding of Texan woman Chidi Ogbuta - one bride made of flesh and blood and one bride made of cake. The bride had always dreamt of having a life-size doll made in her likeness. The bride-cake was the next best thing and certainly lives up to the groom’s promise of a “unique” wedding.

We just hope the groom spent the wedding night with the real bride!

We are always told that love makes the world go ‘round, but as always a slightly different perspective leads to a different conclusion, like in this love quote.

“Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.”

- Franklin P. Jones

Placing a personal ad online to find your perfect match doesn’t seem terribly innovative anymore these days. There are plenty of websites for personal ads and online matchmaking where you can seek and find your perfect match. The time of exclusively printed ads seems like ancient history already, but can you even imagine a time before personal ads? A time when the concept of personal ads was unheard of? A time where you had to rely on being introduced to your perfect match socially or resort to your spinster aunt’s amateur matchmaking?

Well, believe it or not, the first known personal ad was published a mere 281 years ago. (more…)