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Twitter And Dating

Written on June 17, 2009 by Always A Bridesmaid in Single Life

TechCoquette is a new site for the intersection of flirting and technology. There are lots of resources TechCoquette, including this one on What his Twitter timeline is telling you: Want a peek into your new boyfriend’s mind? Just browse his Twitter timeline! A guy’s Twitter stream gives you clues about his hobbies, how he relates…

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Population: Us

Written on June 4, 2009 by Always A Bridesmaid in Single Life

I guess you know by now that I’ve lived abroad, and I connect with expat life, so when I saw this on Population: Us, I wanted to share it with you. For the last year, my boyfriend and I lived and worked abroad. Living on the other side of the world made many changes to…

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In Between

Written on June 4, 2009 by Always A Bridesmaid in Dating, Local Scenes, Single Life

Here’s something we can all relate to, expat or no. There is much more of an expat community here in Beijing than there was in Yantai, but I find myself in a weird no-man’s-land between looking for the best meet-market bar with the cheapest beer, and looking for the best preschool. I suppose I’d reach…

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True.Com Cancellation Nightmare

Written on June 3, 2009 by Always A Bridesmaid in Bar Hopping, Reviews, Single Life

I saw this over on Just Cancel the @#%$* Account! – PC World, which doesn’t seem to have much to do with dating. I hate to quote so much text, but I really wanted to alert online daters to some of the issues withTrue.com: I took advantage of a free three-day trial of True.com, an…

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Why We’re Single

Written on May 4, 2009 by Always A Bridesmaid in Single Life

The Defected Wife is a weekly update of the life of a not-so-newlywed. As the eupohoria from the wedding fades and the morning sickness sets in (did we also mention she’s in her second trimester?–darn pills didn’t work!) and The Husband is now The Big Lug I Married who leaves his boxers all over the…

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Honey, Can You Zip Me Up?

Written on April 20, 2009 by Always A Bridesmaid in Clubbing, Reviews

Artist-designer Sebastian Errazuriz has created the “N3″ zipper dress, made of 120 metal zippers. Just add more zippers for a longer dress, or take them off for a miniskirt! Of course, you can’t wear it through any metal detectors! Honey, Can You Zip Me Up? at Thimbler.

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eHarmony’s Gay Dating

Written on March 31, 2009 by Always A Bridesmaid in Single Life

br /blockquoteHomosexuals can now spend hours filling out questionnaires, browsing profiles and forking over money to eHarmony for the thrill of online dating.br /br /No, gays and lesbians can’t join eHarmony.com, but thanks to a New Jersey court ruling, the online dating giant was forced to create a separate-but-equal website.br /br /CompatiblePartners.net will use the…

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Kissing Awards

Written on February 18, 2009 by Always A Bridesmaid in Places to Meet Singles, Single Life

Kissing makes the BBC news! The record for simultaneous kissing, previously held by Britain, was broken by 39,987 participants in Mexico City. Get the video here! Via BBC NEWS | Americas | Mexicans seal new kissing record.

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Mistress contest?!?

Written on February 18, 2009 by Always A Bridesmaid in Brutal Breakups

CNN has a story on a tragic “mistress contest” A married Chinese businessman who could no longer afford five mistresses held a competition to decide which one to keep. But the contest took a fatal turn when one of the women, eliminated for her looks, drove the man and the four other competitors off a…

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Mistress contest?!?

Written on February 18, 2009 by Always A Bridesmaid in Brutal Breakups

CNN has a story on a tragic “mistress contest” A married Chinese businessman who could no longer afford five mistresses held a competition to decide which one to keep. But the contest took a fatal turn when one of the women, eliminated for her looks, drove the man and the four other competitors off a…

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