surviving romantic rejection can be challenging, depending on how long the romance actually lasted & how intense the romance was.  A new study has identified that Love is similar to a drug addiction & so rejection can be a cold turkey that hits you from left field.  Of course the study didn’t mention that if the romance has gone past its expiry date that it can be a relief. And that chocolate has incredible antidote properties for romantic rejection, not sure how it holds up for drug addiction but women all over the world can testify to its amazing properties when facing romantic rejection.

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it seems it’s better to marry an engineer than a dancer if you want longevity in the relationship. A recent study determines that certain professions have higher divorce rates than others.

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they have now quantified what the social cost of love is and it appears to equal the loss of 2 friends.  It makes you think is it worth the cost and if love doesn’t work out do you get those 2 friends back?  A new study published this week has identified the numbers but not totally identified the reasons this happens.

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although we don’t often focus on being or staying single, there are huge benefits & it can be very fulfilling. Many people remain single and refuse to be part of a couple and are perfectly happy.  And many others hold out for the right match, which may not be as easy to find as some dating sites will have you believe.  You may have seen another post that I wrote Settling for Good Enough, (some of us just can’t)!

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I read two conflicting articles this week about which is the best avenue to find a partner online or offline dating.  Online dating certainly has its problems, lying, sites lack of integrity, the gap between virtual & reality, inability to identify chemistry until meeting to mention just a few.  Offline dating has a longer history and can still be subject to lying but there is no middleman with lack of integrity as in the dating sites, there is no virtual gap & chemistry can usually be identified immediately.

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