Is it Possible to Love to Love?

A new article out at good old Huffington Post used science to explain how being in relationships makes us happier.  Can we all say DUH?

Relationships Don’t Have to Involve Marriage

Happily for all of us at Single180, one of the reports cited in “7 Ways Relationships Make You Happier (According to Science)” said that being married was NOT a determining factor on whether or not the relationship made us happier. 

Loving Mile High Loving–A Book Review of Flying High

I cannot wait to meet Ms. Kramer Bussel this September at Catalyst Con!  Here is a review I wrote of one of the books she edited for Cleis Press:

Flying High is the second anthology I’ve read edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. What I like about her anthologies is that each story can stand alone while also fitting within a certain theme. Flying High focuses on erotic air travel.

Or does it?

While the setting certainly keeps us high in the sky, the more prominent theme throughout is pushing boundaries. Each author does just that by offering a creative slant on en route sex.

Ten First Date Faux Pas

While dating may not be rocket science, that doesn’t mean every new potential love interest will take off and soar. In many ways, dating is a numbers game, and learning how to get from date one to date two is one of the most difficult challenges with being single.

Not sure if you’re doing first dates right? Avoid the mistakes below and watch your dating success skyrocket.

Random Thoughts on Casual Sex and Love

Regular contributor to Psychology Today, and casual sex researcher Dr. Zhana Vrangalova wrote an article called “Does Wanting Casual Sex Really Mean Not Wanting Love?” where she conducted a meta-analysis (to the best of her ability seeing there’s a dearth of scientific research on this topic) to see if wanting to engage in casual sex with many people precludes us from wanting love and relationships. What Dr. Vrangalova found out might surprise you.

It doesn’t, however, surprise me.