We’re not sure if this love quote is pro-marriage or against. Does marriage cure the insanity? That would probably be considered a good thing. Or does marriage cure the love? Not so good!

“Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.”

- Ambrose Bierce

Wisdom isn’t our greatest strength when we’re in love, but this one should make sense even when you’re head over heels in love.

“A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.”

— Thomas á Kempis

We are wearing our party hats today, sipping champagne and humming victory tunes. Okay, actually it’s a normal day at the office and the most glamorous drink on offer is coffee… BUT we are celebrating inside! Why, you ask? Because be2 has reached a new milestone. There are now more than 6 million singles looking for love through be2 and there’s more singles signing up every day.

Obviously, that’s good news for us at be2, because we are happy that our service is successful (plus the aforementioned imaginary party hats, champagne and victory tunes have totally made our day), but it’s also good news for all the singles who are looking for love through be2. (more…)

For all his cynicism, the king of aphorisms obviously had his romantic moments, when he wrote beautiful, loving things like this:

“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring.”

- Oscar Wilde

Happily in love, just fallen in love, been in love for years, hoping to fall in love, secretly in love, about to fall in love, working hard to help others fall in love. If you are one or more of the above, Valentine’s Day will be an all-important fixture in your romantic calendar.

If you’re a guy, you will frantically be trying to find an appropriate Valentine’s Day gift for the girl you’re in love with (and, let’s face it, probably fail). If you’re a girl, you’ll probably hope for the most romantic day of the year with the guy you’re in love with (and, let’s face it, probably be let down by your high expectations). We jest. If you’re in love, it will be romantic and wonderful and don’t let anyone take that away from you!

Year after year, romantic couples have their Valentine’s Day parade rained on by Scrooges harping on about Valentine’s Day being a marketing ploy devised by capitalists in order to sell more candy, flowers, romantic greeting cards and pink teddy bears (more…)

Call us old-fashioned, but wouldn’t it be nice to be somebody’s first love AND last romance?

“Men always want to be a woman’s first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man’s last romance.”

- Oscar Wilde

The idea behind 1 Million Love Messages is pretty simple. It’s a blog made up of love messages submitted by readers. Cheesy much? Still, we love the concept and some of the love messages are really sweet. From photos to poems, funny one-liners to epic love messages, the posts are as diverse and inspiring as love itself. The blog has a little over 500 love messages, so it still has a long way to go before it can live up to the title promise of a million love messages.

Maybe we should all chip in with our own love messages?

The reasons for fights between couples are as numerous as the reasons for love. Most relationships involve some amount of fighting – and, hopefully, making up. However, most couples believe that love has nothing to do with money and that money doesn’t count in a relationship.

Nevertheless, up to 80% of all fights couples have are about money. Maybe it’s because you don’t think about money when you fall in love. As love turns into a relationship, money matters creep in. (more…)