You go out, you like each other, then you blow it by attempting to change your relationship status too soon. Our resident love doctor explains how soon is too soon, and what other freaky behaviour might ruin your good thing.
Google will plan my wedding one day. Or at least I might use the Google Docs wedding planning templates to organise things while wishing that Sergey Brin and Larry Page would personally plan my bachelorette party.
An Onion News Network piece that makes fun of NASA and awkward flirtation all at once? Be still my laughing heart. Seriously, though: it’s good to have an eight-year plan.
We asked our favourite love doctor, Debby Herbenick, what to do after we accidentally send a romantic or possibly kinky message to the wrong person. What about tweeting said message publicly, instead of sending direct?
CBS News anchor Katie Couric, in a 2008 Notebook segment, weighed in on whether to dump or not to dump via text message. Katie’s classy; she said “no”. Bonus points for turning tech-related injury into an insult.
When we asked for Valentine’s Day tech horror stories, some protested that there’s another side to things – serendipitous meetings on Twitter, gadgets that won hearts, and love. We want to hear more of these happy Valentine’s day love stories.
Nearing Valentine’s Day, we asked our favourite love doctor, Debby Herbenick, for advice on romance in the age of broadband wireless 24/7 interconnectedness. Our first question: With a potential love interest, when do you friend or follow?
It’s an admittedly small sample size from a start-up social network, but even so: that’s ice cold. MocoSpace surveyed 20,000 of its 10.3 million members, and found that SMS is the weapon of choice for 47 per cent of phone break-ups.