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How to Celebrate Valentine’s Day Sans Dining Out
by Jessika Toothman | February 8, 2011
Dinner on the town is a common way to kick off Valentine’s Day festivities, but it’s certainly not a necessary activity for the night. There are lots of other romantic angles a couple can corner in order to have a romantic evening. Find out more about them in this blog post.
Guys, if you’re single and having anxiety attacks about spending Valentine’s Day alone, then do I have some sexy science advice for you! To pique a woman’s interest, you don’t need to wear your heart on your sleeve and make a grand romantic gesture. Instead, just ask her to hang out in a casual enough setting that she won’t be able to decipher whether it’s a date or not. In other words, play hard to get because according to a new study in Psychological Science, women like guys who are indifferent toward them (which explains so much and so little at the same time.)
Ask your grandparents or great grandparents how they met each other, there’s a good chance family was involved. In the early 20th century, couples met most often through family members, which provided a vetting process before the dawn of modern-day dating. Once people started going on a-courtin’ outside the home, friends became more involved as matchmakers, and the family’s role diminished. But today, friends are getting elbowed out from introducing romantic hopefuls by the ultimate meta matchmaker: the Internet.
Blow Your Mind: Go on a Date with an Extraterrestrial
by Robert Lamb | November 18, 2010
We’d all love to date an extraterrestrial. Yes, all of us. Whether your dream date is a furry blue Jeff Goldblum or simply a clothing-optional space vampire, it’s certainly crossed your mind at some point. To misquote Arthur C. Clarke, “Either we are alone in the Universe or we might possibly meet hotties from another planet. Both are equally terrifying.” Yes, terrifying. Because as Julie and I explore in this week’s podcasts, humans bring a considerable amount of anthropomorphic baggage and plain old human drama to the table.
Are you an average Joe hoping to woo a lovely lady just in time for Halloween couples’ costumes? Good news. You don’t have to be a hunk to attract the apple of your eye around Halloween because you have the perfect seasonal entertainment at your disposal.
Dating Science: Do Feminists Make for Better Girlfriends?
by Cristen Conger | September 29, 2010
You know what’s a fun topic to bring up on a first date with a guy? Feminism. Once you get hard-lined religious and political beliefs out of the way (preferably in the car, on the way to date destination or maybe during the appetizer if you must wait that long), I highly recommend you toss out a couple of Betty Friedan or bell hooks quotes, and see if the gent picks up on it and responds with an appropriate Simone de Beauvoir reference.
Awkward silences — not gonna happen, guaranteed.
Dating Science: Does It Matter Who Makes the First Move?
by Cristen Conger | September 20, 2010
Even though men and women have played the mating game for eons, we’re somehow still scratching our heads about certain formalities. For instance, when it comes to dating, does it matter who makes the first move? More specifically, does it matter if a woman bends the social rules a bit and approaches a man who strikes her fancy?
A sociological study from the University of Iowa (via Feministing) found a correlation between relationship quality and when two people decide to seal the deal that might seem less than earth-shattering at first glance. Sexual relationships based on casual “hookups” or friends-with-benefits scenario are more likely to suffer a fast-burning flame than couples who decide to hold off on the horizontal tango. But that doesn’t mean hookups can’t evolve into steadier relationships…
In the following video, the show 20/20 sets up an interesting experiment. They take identical twins and put them in a speed-dating situation. One twin is wearing a pheromone mixture and one is not. Which twin gets the most dates? Do pheromones have any effect at all?
What if I told you that, when you meet a potential mate, that person smells “better” or “worse” to you based on the genetic makeup of their immune system? The funny thing is that this appears to be completely true, as vividly demonstrated in this video:
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