Doesn’t it seem as though the divine Marlene Dietrich uttered this love quotation especially for us? Seriously, we’ve been posting love quotations for almost a year and this describes perfectly how we feel about love quotations!

“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.”

- Marlene Dietrich

Proving your love by saying “I love you” is, to many people, the best way of showing your feelings. Many people want to be told “I love you” as often as possible, some less often, but it’s still regarded as a way of voicing true feelings in a relationship. The frequency of „I love you“s is often equated with the strength of a relationship.

One factor, however, is often overlooked. “I love you” means different things to different people. To some it comes easy, especially if they grew up in families where “I love you” is said a lot. Like: “Have a nice day – I love you!”, “Good Night – I love you!” “Drive safely– I love you!” etc. If you’re used to that, it’s relatively easy to prove your love in a relationship by saying „I love you“.

Others use „I love you“ sparingly, and find it difficult to prove their love that way. This can spell trouble for a relationship where one partner feels like the other isn’t able to show their feelings. On the other hand, you could say that a rare „I love you“ is more valuable because of ist rarity.

If you think you don’t hear „I love you“ often enough in your relationship, remember you can’t prove your love in a quantifable way and there is no way of determining the correct amount of „I love you“s.

Paul Simon only came up with 50 ways to leave your lover.

A french author has upped the stakes and came up with 100 ways to leave your lover , just in case you can’t think of the right strategy yourself.

Well, if you’re gonna leave your lover, you might as well do it in an original fashion!

This love quote is really romantic. Even if it’s from a bear of very little brain, who is bothered by long words.

“If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.”

- Winne the Pooh

Our membership numbers continue to grow - be2 now has 8 million members. We’re happy about each new milestone, what does the number of members mean for be2? Do lots of members equal a good online matchmaker?

There are a few reasons why an online matchmaker is one with many members:
1. more members = greater selection Each newly registered single is one more single other be2 members can get to know. (more…)

Finally – wine that doesn’t just taste good and make us drunk, but helps us, determine our true sexuality!

An italian wine producer is claiming that ist wine can help you identifiy your true sexuality. There’s a “masculine” red, a “feminine” white and a “masculine-feminine” rose. They come with a sexuality questionnaire. Presumably then it’s the questionnaire, if anything, that helps determine what your sexuality might be.

P.S.: People who ask their wine for advice on their sexuality are what we call “drunk”!

When we first heard of “smirting” , we thought “buzzwords the world hasn’t been waiting for”, but having observed the effects of the smoking ban, we have to admit: it’s a real flirting trend.

Walk past any busy Pub in the UK or Ireland on a weekend night and you’ll find groups of smokers, talking, laughing, asking for a light, and of course flirting, to their hearts’ content.

Smokers banned from their local due to the smoking ban obviously feel like partners in crime. In the past, the noise of a loud pub could get in the way of flirting, but while smoke-flirting (smirting), you can actually have a proper conversation. (more…)

We’re going to go out on a limb and declare that springtime has finally arrived. Are you feeling springtime-y yet? Then let’s follow Milton’s advice and rejoice!

“In those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against Nature not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.”

- John Milton

We have speculated on the the perfect name for your online matchmaking profile. Now there’s a scientific study by a professor of cyber psychology, which gives us the definitive best names for online matchmaking profiles.

So, which are great names to fall in love with? Heading the list, we have “funny and flirty” names to fall in love with, like “joker” or “sweetie”, closely followed by descriptive names like “blue eyes” or “blondie”. (more…)

Are you still single? Your single lifestyle doesn’t just affect you, your friends (and your parents, who finally want grandchildren,) it also affects the environment!

A study has shown that millions of still single Britons are preventing Britain from reaching its environmental goals, because their single lifestyle is so wasteful.

Although environmentally concious living is widespread, you only need to look at single lifestyles in cities to realise that these one-person households use a lot of energy and produce loads of rubbish.

One more good reason to look for someone to share your life with if you’re still single in the city!