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In part two of our two-part Valentine’s Day spectacular, we talk about celebrity couples — favorites, not favorites, and why we imagine it is super hard to have romantic relationships if you’re a famous person. Normally I try to make a pretty thorough list of what we talked about, but in the absence of stuff to link off to besides IMDb, in this case the list is abridged. Listen to the episode if you want details!
PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 40: Did movies ruin love?
by Tracy V. Wilson | February 8, 2012
Ah, love. It’ s so different in the real world than in the movies. Or, rather, if you get your relationship information from the movies, you might notice things don’t quite match up to your own life. And that might not be fun. So how much are movies to blame for relationship troubles?
Lip-locked and Love-locked on a Bridge in Europe
by Amanda Arnold | October 11, 2011
I’ll tell you who isn’t afraid of commitment: the Hohenzollernbruecke bridge in Cologne, Germany. The bridge was reconstructed after it was bombed during World War II, and since then it’s been padlocked with the immortal love of thousands of couples from around the world, according to SFGate. Just look at all these “love locks”!
Cheating No Longer the Top Reason for British Divorce
by Cristen Conger | September 1, 2011
Divorce lawyers at the firm Grant Thornton reported a new trend in couples severing nuptial ties: affairs aren’t the biggest factor pushing people apart. And, no, it’s not the economy, stupid, although tighter budgets might put a strain on the heartstrings.
The function of marriage in modern society is being closely reexamined now, as people wait longer to tie the knot, household gender dynamics tip toward more female breadwinners and a rising proportion of babies are born beyond the bounds of wedlock.
This marital shakeup has given rise to the “semimarriage,” writes Pamela Haag in her book “Marriage Confidential“.
When discussing the concept of love at first sight on the most recent Stuff Mom Never Told You episode, Molly and I speak solely from the perspective of being able to actually see the object of attraction. But how might that instant magnetism change if you’re blind? According to one blind man’s account, it seems that ‘love at first sight’ then becomes ‘love at first sound’.
Whether you’re a Valentine’s Day celebrant or a devout holdout to the red and pink onslaught, then this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind should do you right. Join Julie and me as we breakdown exactly what’s going on in the brain when we love someone (or something). We’ll ponder a future where beautiful robots serve as the objects of our affection. And what about that out saying about the thin line between love and hate? Any truth to that? As it turns out, these conflicting emotions share some of the same neural circuitry. Tune in to find out just what this means for our friends and enemies.
I love love stories, but not the ones that are overly syrupy and end on an unrealistic “happily ever after” note. And not the ones that are a punishing, neverending exploration of a broken relationship. No, I love the ones that are somewhere in the middle. The couple isn’t together in the end, but it’s also not so bad. I think of these as love stories for single people. Here are my favorite 10.
Amazing, terrible and heartbreaking things can happen when scientists fall in love. In this episode, Robert and Julie discuss the cosmic courtship of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan before diving into the atomic affairs of Marie and Pierre Curie. Whether you love tales of love and heartbreak or ruminations on the evolution of science, then Lauren Rednis’ “Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout” may be the book for you. Julie and Robert discuss the book’s fascinating real-life characters and the beautiful, terrifying science they obsessed over.
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.
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