Tuesday, January 13

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The “36 Questions Of Love” That Have Taken The Dating World By Storm
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The “36 Questions Of Love” That Have Taken The Dating World By Storm

Do those viral ‘36 questions’ actually lead to finding love? The “36 questions of love” have taken the dating world by storm. First published in 1997 as part of scientific research into relationships, the 36 questions of love gained global popularity through Mandy Len Catron’s viral 2015 New York Times essay “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This”. In that essay, she outlines how she used the 36 questions with a university acquaintance on a casual night out. The result was the two fell in love, not dissimilar to two research participants who took part in the study back in 1997. In the publishing of that essay, a phenomenon was born. Social media, dating websites, dating coaches and bloggers were posting, writing or discussing the 36 questions of love – often framing these questions as a sur...
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Social Prescribing Can Treat The Loneliness Making Us Physically Sick
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Social Prescribing Can Treat The Loneliness Making Us Physically Sick

Loneliness is making us physically sick, but social prescribing can treat it – podcast. Social isolation and loneliness are increasingly becoming societal problems, as they contribute to polarization and affect our physical health. Mental health professionals, community advocates and health-care providers have been raising the alarm about this impending crisis. The pandemic may have exacerbated social isolation and the subsequent feelings of loneliness, but it did not invent it. In 2018, two years before the pandemic, the United Kingdom created a ministerial portfolio for loneliness. Japan, where nearly 40 per cent of the population report experiencing loneliness, began a similar position in 2021. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to three researchers who invite...
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Is It Such A Bad Thing That You Can’t Have A Hollywood Meet Cute On A Dating App
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Is It Such A Bad Thing That You Can’t Have A Hollywood Meet Cute On A Dating App

The “meet cute” is the moment in which two unlikely people encounter each other while going about their ordinary lives, and something extraordinary begins. In the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006), Arthur (Eli Wallach) describes it thus to Iris (Kate Winslet): It’s how two characters meet in a movie. Say a man and a woman both need something to sleep in, and they both go to the same men’s pyjama department. And the man says to the salesman, “I just need bottoms”. The woman says, “I just need a top”. They look at each other, and that’s the meet cute. The meet cute is a magical moment of happenstance. The people involved aren’t looking for love (at least, not right then). In 1991, Roger Ebert rather prosaically described the meet cute as: a comic situation contrived entirely for the...
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Never Had A Girlfriend Before? Guess What You Are Not Alone
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Never Had A Girlfriend Before? Guess What You Are Not Alone

What if you have never had a girlfriend before? Common things I see when guys call the dating and relationship radio show that I co-host are: 1. A lot of guys in this boat are introverted and shy. To the point of extreme anxiety. You know that she wants a confident man but when just talking to her gives you a "flight or fight" reaction then it is tough to portray confidence. Women do not respond to fear, as you well know. 2. Negative thinking. When you have been down for so long, it is easy to fall into the "well, she is just going to reject me anyway" line of thinking. Guys who have never had a girlfriend before are more comfortable living in a negative world because it is safe for them. They do not have to risk anxiety and rejection and they can confirm the negative pattern that is impri...
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Married Women Looking For Affairs – Are They Fact Or Fiction?
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Married Women Looking For Affairs – Are They Fact Or Fiction?

Married women looking for affairs display certain characteristics that the perceptive males will pick up. Some of these married women are seeking affairs with married men, while others concentrate on unmarried males. They have their own reasons, based on which situation will be easier to extricate from when that time comes. Is there a way the men can be sure the married women are seeking affairs? At times there could be a misunderstanding, though there are certain characteristics that generally hold true, that give signals that the women want affairs. It does not revolve around their chattiness or being friendly. Many women are naturally friendly and are not looking for affairs. The way women dress is often the key. That is not to say all women who dress sexy are looking for an affair bu...
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My Funniest Online Dating Horror Stories
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My Funniest Online Dating Horror Stories

Yeah, yeah. It's absolutely true that online dating worked out pretty well for me, ultimately. But having given it some thought, I wanted to come clean with you about something. It's not like every single date was a blissful stream of perfection. Sure, I met lots of great women and had a blast for several years...culminating in meeting Emily on Match.com. But along the way, especially at the beginning, I certainly encountered my share of sometimes hilarious and sometimes downright nightmarish situations. Here are the four most memorable ones: 1) Not What The Doctor Prescribed Very shortly after my divorce in 1992, I received a "spam" message in my inbox that I actually responded to. Believe it or not, I hadn't even heard of online dating before. This ad claimed I could meet the woman of m...
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Black & White Dating: Things You Need To Know
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Black & White Dating: Things You Need To Know

Companionship can make a big difference in a person's life. There was a time when the only method to date was to dress up, hang out with friends and keep your eyes open for the single people out there. But today we live in a technically advanced era. And so this traditional approach takes a backseat. Men and women are known to interact more often thanks to the internet. And gradually, this technology is making its presence felt in the dating sector as well. There are various dating sites that welcome you to come share your profile and look for like minded people as companions. A relatively recent yet popular trend emerging through these interracial dating sites is black women white men dating and white women black men dating. Yes! The concept of interracial dating is growing fast and ...
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Why Some Women Are Traveling To South Korea To Find Boyfriends
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Why Some Women Are Traveling To South Korea To Find Boyfriends

For my entire life I’ve obsessively watched South Korean television dramas, or K-dramas. The term refers to the disparate genres of television dramas produced in South Korea, including mystery, crime and rom-com. Regardless of genre, most K-dramas seek to elicit a visceral response in viewers – laughter, tears, anger, indignation. The series usually feature charming, well-groomed actors who are in touch with their emotions. When I was in elementary school in the U.S., I regularly went with my parents to a Korean grocery store an hour away from my home to borrow VHS tapes of K-dramas. Eventually, streaming services ended the need for VHS rentals, and I could watch my favorite K-dramas, such as “The Innocent Man,” on platforms such as Rakuten Viki and Dramafever. I turned my passion for S...
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My Real Experience Of Being A Sugar Baby
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My Real Experience Of Being A Sugar Baby

Whilst traveling, it is hard to save up money quickly. You want to see and do everything while you're in a country for a short time so you don't miss out. Being a sugar baby was the perfect way for me to avoid wasting all my time earning money while I lived in Australia. I saw a job advert on Craigslist to make money by dating older, successful men. The link took me to a sugar daddy site, which is for sugar daddies seeking younger, attractive partners to share their resources and time with,then I made a profile.It wasn't exactly a job as it had been advertised but it did still suggest that a sugar daddy would help me out financially. I'd never used online dating before but I was curious enough to give it a go. When making the profile I was honest about everything apart from my name. I wa...
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Love In The Time Of Algorithms: Would You Let Artificial Intelligence Choose Your Partner?
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Love In The Time Of Algorithms: Would You Let Artificial Intelligence Choose Your Partner?

It could be argued artificial intelligence (AI) is already the indispensable tool of the 21st century. From helping doctors diagnose and treat patients to rapidly advancing new drug discoveries, it’s our trusted partner in so many ways. Now it has found its way into the once exclusively-human domain of love and relationships. With AI-systems as matchmakers, in the coming decades it may become common to date a personalised avatar. This was explored in the 2014 movie “Her”, in which a writer living in near-future Los Angeles develops affection for an AI system. The sci-fi film won an Academy Award for depicting what seemed like a highly unconventional love story. In reality, we’ve already started down this road. Delving into the human psyche The online dating industrty is worth more tha...
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