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The best job in the world
2007-04-02 00:15:00 I held off writing about this for a few days, but enough is enough. Sooner or later it was bound to come out. Durex are looking for condom testers. No money, but plenty of perks. Obviously. Closing date for applications is 30th of April so there’s still time! Just remember: saying you have a whole load ... More About: World , Best , The World
New questions and answers section
2007-03-27 12:43:00 Since I started this blog, I’ve had a few people email me with some online dating problems/questions, so I thought it may be a good idea to invite more people to do the same. I’ll post them on here with the answers but obviously won’t include any personal information. So if anyone out ... More About: Question , Questions , Answer , Answers , Quest
New research claims to disprove popular astrological matching
2007-03-27 11:50:00 Dr David Voas from The University of Manchester said that zodiac ‘love signs’ have no impact on our chances of marrying - and staying married. The Senior Research Fellow at the University’s Centre for Census and Survey Research analysed the birthdays of all 20 million husbands and wives in England and Wales. The investigation - using 2001 ... More About: Pop , Search , Popular , Match
Online dating - good for your health?
2007-03-27 11:41:00 Is this thing for real?! Researchers at Arizona State University released a survey on Monday showing that writing love letters lowers cholesterol levels. (Full article here) Apparently writing love letters for 20 minutes, 3 times a week lowered cholesterol more than writing about “insignificant topics” So by this token, heavy users of dating sites should be fitter than Madonna!! ... More About: Health , Dating , Online Dating , Your , Online
Woman posts dating profile on a job site
2007-03-26 22:46:00 I’ve often said that online dating is not a million miles away from job hunting. Now someone has gone that extra mile. A woman looking for Mr Right decided not to use a dating site (because some of her friends have had bad experiences) and has posted a “job advert” for a husband on ... More About: Dating , Post , File , Site , Woman
Online communication and false intimacy
More articles from this author:2007-03-26 21:53:00 I came across an interesting article today about the way mobile text conversations and online interaction supposedly affect teenagers' views on relationships. By "interesting" I don't actually mean intelligent and well thought-out, unfortunately. Here's an example: Professor Doreen Rosenthal said mobiles and the internet had created an accelerating intimacy between adolescents, with many making relationship decisions more swiftly than previous generations. Electronic communication tended to shrink the time span in which friendships developed, leaving teenagers more exposed to risky decision-making. The article seems to suggest that, as a result, teenagers get a "false sense of intimacy" and tend to sleep with each other faster than they otherwise would: "For many teenagers, this acceleration of intimacy is occurring without the usual checks and balances of face-to-face contact. It's a pseudo-intimacy. You don't create genuine intimacy through these mediums. More About: Mac , Communication , Cat , Muni , Online 1, 2, 3 |
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