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Are You Clonesome Tonight?

Three areas in which partner harmony seems essential to happy coupledom

My friend thinks I’d do better in dating if I went on those sites that match people according to “similarities.” Most of the couples I know aren’t that similar. Could those sites be wrong? How much does similarity matter for being a good match with somebody and the chances of a relationship working out long-term? […]

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Charlie Brawn & Not a Good Lurk

Women seem to go for the body shape that evolutionary psychologists Rebecca Burch and Laura Johnsen refer to as “Captain Dorito”

Charlie Brawn If a guy is trying to amp up his attractiveness by working out, what areas of the body should he focus on? What do women notice and want? And how much of that can I get without any kind of surgery or dangerous potions? โ€”Office Bod Women seem to go for the body […]

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Jenny From the Flock and Girl Loves Oy

Okay, so it seems he didn’t quite get around to mailing out the formal invitations to the funeral for his freedom.

I hit it off with this guy I met on Match.com. We’ve been dating for a month and slept together twice. He said he’d delete his Match profile because things were going so well, so I deleted mine. Recently, a mutual friend told me he’d just gone on Tinder. I’m super upset, and though we […]

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Swarm Feelings and Dead Wait

The first few dates are the free trial period of romantic relationships. Think of it like accepting a sample of lox spread at Costco.

Swarm Feelings I’ve been flirting with two guys all year. I feel a connection and chemistry with both, but neither’s asked me out yet. This weekend, I’m attending a going-away party of a grad student we all know, and I’m nervous that they’ll both show up and ask me out. (There’s also a third guy […]

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Ambivalence Actually and Paradise Flossed

Having regular sex with you does not give another person the right to rake through your diary like it’s the $1 bin at Goodwill.

My boyfriend of two years read my diary and found out that I had expressed feelings for another guy while we were together. I never acted on them (and I wouldn’t have), and I probably shouldn’t have told the guy I liked him. But my boyfriend shouldn’t have been reading my diary! He broke up […]

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