relationships

Why New Phones Are Just Like New Girlfriends

When you get in a new relationship, things start out amazing. You discover new things together. You expand your horizons. You spend as much time as you can together. You love to hold them. It’s all very exciting! But am I talking about a new relationship with a person… or a phone? CollegeHumor poked fun at how our feelings toward gadgets are exactly like how we are with people.


This Guy Proposed To His Girlfriend With A Drone

When I think of romantic, when I think of heartwarming, when I think of being sweet… I don’t think of drones. But if I think of awesome and if I think of kickass and if I think of freaking cool… I do think of drones. So guy who used a flying drone to drop off the ring while you proposed, you’re awesome.


A Knitted Boyfriend Is Even Sadder Than Being Alone

If a girlfriend body pillow doesn’t ring your bell, don’t worry. There’s now a male alternative that includes all of its limbs and body parts — or at least most of them.


Do You Read Your Partner’s Phone?

Last week we covered the story of good — albiet unconventional — customer service from Apple. At the end of that story an interesting series of questions broke out in the comments, and it’s something I think is still a tad taboo in modern society: do you read your partner’s phone/texts/emails?


Nate Silver Offers Up A Statistical Analysis Of Your Failing Relationship

While data shows that overall happiness in your relationship fell eight more points, there is still a 31 per cent chance of makeup sex today, depending on average energy levels after work and how proactive you’re feeling (see chart). However, if you just order $18 of Chinese takeaway food like you did last weekend, projections show a 16.8 per cent drop in possible intercourse and a whopping 74.2 per cent upswing in video-streaming, with both of you falling asleep long before the movie is over.


Uhh, Bang With Friends Is A Sexiness Score For Your Facebook?

Even if it oozes the desperation of sex-starved C++ nerds, the theory behind Bang With Friends is genius. A service that helps people who know each other hook up — if and only if both parties are interested in getting jiggy.


Eliminate Your Ex From Your Facebook Timeline With Just A Few Clicks

Following the depths of Valentine’s Day, there is a new app that Eternal Sunshines your Facebook timeline of your former ex so you never have to worry about running into them again. This should have been a thing before February 14.


Here’s How OkCupid Uses Maths To Find Your Match

Everyone you know has an online dating profile, and if they say they don’t, they are lying to you. We can poke fun at it all we want, but there’s actually a mathematical formula behind it.


Last-Minute Apps To Find Valentine’s Love — At Least For The Night

Valentine’s Day is great if you have someone to share it with. But for the lonely hearts out there, seeing couples enjoying all the love and the happiness and the not-being-perpetually-alone-for-eternity can perhaps pour a little salt on a long-standing wound.Fortunately, and as with everything else in life, the internet has the answer to your loveless woes.


What’s Your Weirdest Criteria For Keeping A Facebook Friend?

Good strategy for keeping your Facebook friend count low: give people the boot on their birthdays. January 29. Happy birthday, Karthik Reddy. We once had a sociology class together but I barely remember you. See ya!