New York Times essay says you should mate with short people to save the planet

New York Times essay says you should mate with short people to save the planet

A guest essay for the New York Times insisted that being short is “better” for the future to the amusement of several Twitter users on Sunday and Monday. Author Mara Altman penned the essay remarking that not only do shorter people tend to live longer, but they’re also crucial in conserving food and resources on our dying … Read more

Dear Abby: I feel alone in my marriage so I have online relationships

Dear Abby: I feel alone in my marriage so I have online relationships

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 37 years to an alcoholic. He is not verbally or physically abusive.  I have been online talking to three men. I think one of them is obsessed with me, and they all say they love me. I know this isn’t going anywhere, but why am I doing this? … Read more

Dear Abby: My close friend of 25 years started ghosting me out of nowhere

Dear Abby: My close friend of 25 years started ghosting me out of nowhere

DEAR ABBY: I’m a single man who has a close female friend who is also single. We live about a half-hour apart, so for the last 25 years, much of our relationship happened on the phone. We talked almost daily.  Two years ago, I noticed she had stopped calling me unless it was to make … Read more

Single men stink more than married ones — and women can smell it: study

Single men stink more than married ones — and women can smell it: study

Smell ya later! If you’ve had trouble dating, it might be because single men stink — literally — and women have the ability to sniff out married men among the bachelors, according to a study published in the Frontiers in Psychology medical journal. Researchers at Australia’s Macquarie University proved that single men smell more strongly … Read more

Dear Abby: I want to ask my ex to move out of my house

Dear Abby: I want to ask my ex to move out of my house

DEAR ABBY: I’m 55 and own my home. “Randall,” 53, lives with me and pays me rent. We used to be a couple, but COVID caused too much togetherness. He’s in the spare bedroom now. My house is cheaper for him than anywhere else he could go. I was trying to be nice.  The problem … Read more

Dear Abby: I’m thinking of taking my long-distance relationship to the next level

Dear Abby: I’m thinking of taking my long-distance relationship to the next level

DEAR ABBY: I am a senior in high school in a long-distance relationship. My boyfriend, “Grant,” and I live two states apart and have visited each other several times. He’s four years older than I am. We met three years ago, when Grant was 19 and I was 15, and became friends through banter online. … Read more

Expert reveals why people are more likely to cheat over Christmas

Expert reveals why people are more likely to cheat over Christmas

It’s the Love Actually scene that, 20 years on, still strikes a chord: The moment Emma Thompson’s character Karen realizes – after unwrapping not the necklace she found while snooping, but a Joni Mitchell CD – that her husband, Professor Snape, is having an affair with his secretary. Part of the reason it likely hits … Read more

The one question you should never ask a single person at Christmas

The one question you should never ask a single person at Christmas

This time of year can put a shiver up the spine of most singletons. Yes, it’s Christmas time, and oopsy daisy you forgot to bag yourself a partner in time for Christmas dinner with the family. You’re armoring up for the “Why haven’t you got yourself a partner yet?” question from annoying relatives with good hearts, and … Read more

I want my husband to date younger women: ‘I feel like life should be lived’

I want my husband to date younger women: ‘I feel like life should be lived’

When Maria Foster turned 40, she broke the news to her husband Michael — she wanted to see other people. Also, she wanted him to do the same thing. The Dallas, Tex. content creator and her spouse are featured on Peacock’s eyebrow-raising new dating show, “Love for the Ages,” premiering Dec. 15 on the NBCUniversal-owned … Read more

Dear Abby: My daughter is an unfit mother

Dear Abby: My daughter is an unfit mother

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have always had a big hand in helping our daughter “Lauren” raise her three kids, ages 5, 10 and 15. She has moved in with us and out many times. About a year ago, she decided she would not do it again. Instead, she moved in with a boyfriend.  … Read more

The ‘White Lotus’ red flag that only Gen Z could see

The ‘White Lotus’ red flag that only Gen Z could see

After many, many indications that something is awry, Monday night’s episode of “The White Lotus” sees Gen Z assistant Portia finally come to her senses about her British boy toy Jack. What leads to this realization isn’t that he gypped a restaurant over a $1 arancini, his “Cowabunga” neck tattoo, or the fact that he’s *Jennifer Coolidge … Read more

Dear Abby: My wife left me for my best man

Dear Abby: My wife left me for my best man

DEAR ABBY: My ex-wife, “Jenny,” and I were together seven years, married for almost five of them. We have a young child together. We have been divorced for eight months. I have been trying to reconcile with her because she is the love of my life and I want our family to be together. The … Read more

Dear Abby: My husband takes his wedding ring off when he goes out

Dear Abby: My husband takes his wedding ring off when he goes out

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married 25 years. My husband just took up golf and working out at the club. He takes his wedding ring off for both activities, and then he sometimes forgets to put it back on. When we are heading out for dinner or an event, I ask, “Where’s your ring?” He then … Read more

I made a ‘Dating Wrapped’ PowerPoint of my 2022 dating fails — what I learned

I made a ‘Dating Wrapped’ PowerPoint of my 2022 dating fails — what I learned

After a grueling 12 months, it’s time for singles to reflect on another year of swiping, ghosting and situationships — and examine the cold hard facts. Inspired by Spotify, Uber and even Reddit sending customers their yearly “wrapped” reports — a compilation of data showing their activity on the platforms — a viral TikTok trend … Read more

Dear Abby: I’m sick of financially supporting my boyfriend

Dear Abby: I’m sick of financially supporting my boyfriend

DEAR ABBY: My partner and I have been together for 11 years, living together for seven. He’s a Realtor in his hometown. I had a stroke four years ago, which forced me into early retirement. Real estate is a dog-eat-dog occupation. Paychecks are few and far between, so I pay the rent and all the … Read more

Jana Hocking on why there’s no such thing as ‘too many’ sexual partners

Jana Hocking on why there’s no such thing as ‘too many’ sexual partners

Ever been told you’re not ‘marriage material’? I know I have, numerous times. Usually from someone who frowns at my hedonistic lifestyle. “Keep dating all those blokes Jana and you’ll get a reputation,” one great Aunt likes to constantly remind me. Take a deep dive into my DMs and you’ll find many an angry gent ranting on … Read more

Short men have more psychopathic traits: study

Short men have more psychopathic traits: study

It seems like only yesterday that we were heralding the arrival of “short king spring”. Women took to TikTok to propose that tall men had dominated the dating scene for too long. Something was in the air, and that something was the reign of males less than 5’8” in stature. If it was good enough for Zendaya, it was good enough … Read more

Dear Abby: My boyfriend cheated on my 20 times

Dear Abby: My boyfriend cheated on my 20 times

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my boyfriend, “Robert,” for 10 years. We live together, and he helps me raise my preteen daughter. Recently, Robert has decided that he is “entitled to privacy.” He has locked me out of his computer and phone and refuses to share his passwords.  Some history: Robert has cheated on … Read more