relationships

Aside from a pre-off-the-rails Mel Gibson being miraculously adept at reading Helen Hunt's lady-brains in ‘What Women Want,’ it’s pretty much a given that no one knows what the opposite gender is thinking, ever.

Online dating has become pretty standard practice these days, but many people still can't seem to master the art of the mating dance. Fortunately for us, this resulting Tumblr tag provides plenty of laughs, and also helps us know what not to say. Not that we need the help, or anything (we do).

Given the simplicity of signing up for an email account, most folks end up having multiple email addresses. Some are for business, others for friends and family, and it's a good idea to have one to use for offers that may result in a deluge of spam. Then there is the most controversial kind of email address: one you keep secret from your spouse or partner.

If you are in relationship with somebody long enough, the issue of nagging is sure to raise its annoying head. According to a new survey from YourTango, over 50 percent of couples classify nagging as significant a problem in their relationship.

Mad scientists have been hard at work trying to develop a sex-drive-enhancement drug for women ever since those wily old coots emerged nearly 15 years ago with a little blue pill called Viagra. Interestingly enough, it appears as if science is no match for men dedicated to breeding a society full of hornier women, because those fiends have done it.

When it comes to infidelity, women are a lot more forgiving than men.

In the classic rom-com ‘When Harry Met Sally…,’ one of the characters quips, “Everybody thinks they have good taste and a sense of humor.” That’s largely true — but a new study discovered that people who actually do have a sense of humor may have a much easier time finding a mate.

Poison frontman Bret Michaels has separated with fiancé and longtime love Kristi Lynn Gibson. The two had been dating since 1996, but called off their engagement, 20 months after Michaels proposed to finish his VH1 reality television show.

While flings with a much older man — and by much older we mean at least a 15-year difference — have long been sighted amongst women in our culture (Exhibit A: Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas), it is only recently that romances where the woman is the much older partner have come into the forefront.

The folks at TheCheeky.com have created a ring that literally brands potential cheaters with the phrase “I”m Married” after it’s removed. Just try cheating now, you two-timers!

Bad news for the monogamists out there: according to a new survey, fully a third of people thinking cheating on a partner is sometimes okay.

Dating is tough, and interpersonal communication can be even tougher. But the electronic age has brought with a whole new layer of angst — it seems nothing is more perplexing to a man than talking to a woman via text message.