(Young) women are the happier sex. In younger years, women are happier than their male counterparts. Later in life, old men get ahead in the happiness stakes. These findings are based on the evaluation of 30 years worth of research.

Young women are more likely than young men to be happy, because they are more likely to reach their goals at a young age. Young men, whose goals are linked to financial achievements, can’t achieve what they long for until later in life. Old men, however, become more content once they get that car, that house and whatever else is on their wishlist.

there is one thing that men and women both want: a happy relationship. Young women are, again, at an advantage, because they actually enjoy being in a relationship, while young men feel the pressure of constantly having to prove themselves. Presumably, this changes again for older men, who gain confidence, while older women live in fear of losing their husbands to a younger woman.

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.

Identity theft is usually associated with material losses. Credit card, bank or insurance details can be used to do serious financial damage. We know these risks and we protect ourselves against them. Now, there’s a new type: online-matchmaking profile theft.

Apparently, some singles looking for a partner are so lazy (unoriginal, uninventive, insecure…?) that they can’t describe themselves the way they really are in their online-matchmaking profile. Instead, they copy other singles’ profiles, probably in the hope of improving their chances with those looking for a partner. (more…)

Okay, so here’s the thing: men can be pretty superficial. They love women who are pretty, wear revealing clothing and don’t talk too much. You know this, we know this, but what we need is science to prove it! And here it is: a study on the importance of intelligence vs. looks in the mating choices of men and women.

It found that men valued the looks of the women they wanted to date a lot more highly than their intelligence. (more…)

Don’t try to change him, baby!

This is fundamentally a female issue. It’s usually the woman who wants to change her boyfriend, rarely the other way around. To get behind the reason for all this boyfriend-changing would require a whole post on its own, but lets just say that maybe women enjoy changing boyfriends and boyfriends quite often are in need of change.
The real question is: is it actually possible to change your boyfriend? The short answer: no. The only person who can change your boyfriend is your boyfriend – it’s as simple as that. However, it is possible to, ahem, encourage change. Depending on the scale of change a woman is aiming for, this may or may not lead to a new, improved boyfriend. (more…)

Generally, we’re not so big on over-analysing falling in love. We do analyse relationships (yes, there is a difference), but not falling in love. It is what it is, call that our motto. Falling in love is strange and beautiful and we don’t need to know what chemicals cause it, because that is not very romantic. Nevertheless, we got curious, then fascinated, then overcame our bad relationship history with chemistry and then found out the following wonderful things you never knew about the chemistry of falling in love. (more…)

What do you do when your relationship is in trouble? Talk! Sounds simple! And yet it can be so hard. If your relationship is worth saving, then overcome communication issues and start talking straight. In a relationship, each person has a different communication style. You need to acknowledge that your boyfriend or girlfriend’s style may differ from yours. If the boyfriend loves to talk, never letting the girlfriend get a word in, or the girlfriend is a great listener who doesn’t like to share secrets, there’s trouble ahead. Learn to adjust your speaking and listening patterns to your boyfriend or girlfriend’s speech. (more…)

Are you afraid of falling in love? Have you been to be2 before, but couldn’t find the courage to take the personality test? Or do you have a be2 profile and worry about contacting other members? What’s holding you back? (more…)

Are you falling for the wrong type?

”Tricked me once, won’t let you trick me twice” holds a lot of truth when it comes to love. We’ve all been in bad relationships, but most people learn from their mistakes. If you keep getting tricked into the same type of relationship, you are falling for the wrong type. Before looking for a new love at be2, figure out what has gone wrong before to avoid the same mistake again. (more…)