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Facebook to Quit Flashing Pictures of Your Ex

Facebook changes 'Photo Memories' algorithm after complaints

(Newser) - Facebook has heard your sad, lonely-hearted cries, and will from now on stop rubbing pictures of your ex in your face. In case you have been blessedly spared this phenomenon, some Facebook pages sport a “Photo Memories” box that shows you old photos from your friends—and which, until...

Recession Is Not
Hurting Marriage

OPINION

Oct 13, 2010 1:25 PM CDT

Recession Is Not Hurting Marriage

Op-ed: The statistics are easy to misread

(Newser) - Despite a spate of recent reports to the contrary, the nation's economic trouble isn't hurting the institution of marriage, writes a UPenn professor in the New York Times . Over the past century, "marriage and divorce rates have remained remarkably immune to the ups and downs of the business cycle,...

Hookups Can Lead
to Love: Study

Aug 24, 2010 11:36 AM CDT

Hookups Can Lead to Love: Study

Casual sex? You can still have a serious relationship

(Newser) - Don’t worry, that one-night stand can still turn into a meaningful relationship—if you want it to. Despite widespread belief that “ hookup culture ” is ruining relationships, a new study discovers what Tracy Clark-Flory already knew : It actually isn’t. The survey of 642 adults initially found that...

Couples Who Pray Together...

... are more likely to stay together, says a study

(Newser) - Couples who pray together may indeed stay together. Researchers from the National Marriage Project surveyed couples on their religious practices and general satisfaction with their marriage. They found that couples who attended services together were more satisfied with their relationships, reports a Religion News Service story in the Huffington Post...

10 Best Facebook Love Stories

Jul 30, 2010 10:33 AM CDT

10 Best Facebook Love Stories

These should fuel your daydreams for a while

(Newser) - Sure, Facebook can ruin your marriage . But it can also spark Hollywood-worthy love stories. The Frisky rounds up the 10 best:

Young love: When war broke out in Ethiopia, 16-year-old Sysay Tedros and her family fled to England, and Sysay lost track of her boyfriend Getu. Ten years later, she

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5 Ways Facebook
Is Ruining Dating

Apr 12, 2010 12:50 PM CDT

5 Ways Facebook Is Ruining Dating

It makes it way too easy to obsess, for one

(Newser) - It's high-time Facebook joins wandering eyes and drunken indiscretions on the list of relationship busters, writes Samuel Axon for Mashable . Here are five ways the boundary-eroding site is making dating more complicated:

It makes obsessing too easy: He posted on your wall six times yesterday but only twice today...does

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Why You Must Delete Your Ex

OPINION

Mar 20, 2010 4:38 PM CDT

Why You Must Delete Your Ex

Technology has made breakups very complicated

(Newser) - Thanks to Facebook, Twitter, tumblr, and GChat—not to mention good old email—breaking up with someone today is even harder than it used to be. “How do you get over your ex when they keep popping up all over YouFace and you've got 32 mutual friends to keep...

Interracial Love Is the Answer for Black Women

NEW BOOK

Feb 25, 2010 9:35 AM CST

Interracial Love Is the Answer for Black Women

Authors: Lonely, educated women should give white guys a look

(Newser) - "Black women are in market failure," says Karyn Langhorne Folan, a black woman married to a white man and the author of a new book urging others to follow her lead. "The new market is men of other races," explains Folan, who joins a growing chorus...

The New Dating Trend:
The Pre-Prenup

Feb 23, 2010 3:00 PM CST

The New Dating Trend: The Pre-Prenup

Couples are making agreements before moving in together

(Newser) - Prenups aren’t just for married people anymore. As more and more young couples move in with each other, many are hashing out dating prenups, legally known as cohabitation agreements or “cohabs” to sort out who gets what in the event of a breakup. “The divorce rate is...

Office Romance Comes
Out of the Supply Closet

Feb 10, 2010 2:28 PM CST

Office Romance Comes Out of the Supply Closet

More employees see no reason to hide their love, and bosses are on board

(Newser) - The stigma of office romance is swiftly slipping away, bringing a time-honored—and surprisingly traditional—method of courtship out into the open. A recent survey shows 67% of employees see no reason to pretend they’re not dating a coworker, up from 54% in 2005. And no wonder. “The...

New Relationship Stress:
Facebook Oversharing

Feb 4, 2010 11:38 AM CST

New Relationship Stress: Facebook Oversharing

Partners aren't always on the same page

(Newser) - Facebook may be a great way to reconnect with old friends, but it's not always easy on relationships . The main issue: "Some people live their lives online, while their partners don’t," one therapist tells the Boston Globe . For example: “I don’t think it should be...

Judges Punt on Legal Definition of Romance

who's 'significant'?

Jan 8, 2010 10:01 AM CST

Judges Punt on Legal Definition of Romance

They cite 'He's Just Not Into You' in opinion on 'significant' relationship

(Newser) - It's not every day that references to He's Just Not That Into You and When Harry Met Sally show up in federal appeals court decisions, but this case is an exception. A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit struck down a bizarre condition that a defendant notify his probation officer—...