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[28 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Be a BettyConfidential Fan Blogger!

We’re selecting a few good Betty Bloggers to join our community. Big News! BettyConfidential.com is launching all-new Fan Blogs where YOU will have the opportunity to share your stories with other like-minded Bettys. Here, you’ll have a platform to share your life and writing with the Betty community and the world at large — and then promote your posts via Facebook and social bookmarking sites like StumbleUpon, Digg and Twitter.

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[27 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
10 Foolproof Ways to Get in the Mood

By Amanda Greene Photo: © iStockphoto Remember when you first got together with your husband or boyfriend and couldn't pull yourselves out of bed? No?

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[20 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]

To continue from my last PT blog—about parents who react positively to their offspring telling them they are gay—how about Chip Conley’s father, Steve Conley? “I had been a captain in the Marines,” he said.

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[14 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol engaged to father of child after custody battle

Bristol Palin tells celebrity magazine US Weekly that she and Levi Johnston ‘reconnected’ while working out custody plan Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol is engaged to her former partner Levi Johnston, the father of her child, despite an acrimonious break-up and custody battle. The 19-year-old daughter of the 2008 vice-presidential candidate is featured on the cover of US Weekly with Levi Johnston , holding their son, 18-month-old Tripp. Palin and Johnston tell the magazine they “reconnected” while working out a custody plan and became engaged two weeks ago.

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[27 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
Be My Baby: Love, Marriage, and Prison

Cindy McCain looking like a captive hawk appearing with her husband on the presidential campaign trail, and Phil Spector during his trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson. McCain and Spector are at opposite extremes of marrital happiness: Cindy only escapes her marital prison when away from her husband; Phil only found marital love after being sent to prison

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[24 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
Betty Makes Forbes Top 100 Websites For Women

Thanks for the love! It is our honor to be featured on Forbes Top 100 Websites For Women list. It’s Betty’s continued mission to bring our readers the hottest stories pertaining to love, sex, entertainment, health, style and beauty.

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[20 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]

A highly successful professional man started therapy to get help with his personal relationships. One problem was that the very things that helped him calm down after a particularly tense time at work – alcohol and sex – was creating difficulties with his girlfriend.

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[16 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]

There has been a lot of scientific and cultural interest lately in differences in the sexuality between men and women. For example, my colleague Dr. Meredith Chivers has been publishing some fascinating research showing major differences in the ways in which men and women experience sexual attractions

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[7 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]

Years ago, we worked at Nerve.com, the online magazine about sex that featured impressive original fiction by the likes of Jay McInerney and Rick Moody. As young, naïve, and underpaid Internet employees, one of our duties included trudging through the slush pile—that four-foot-high…

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[7 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]

Years ago, we worked at Nerve.com, the online magazine about sex that featured impressive original fiction by the likes of Jay McInerney and Rick Moody. As young, naïve, and underpaid Internet employees, one of our duties included trudging through the slush pile—that four-foot-high…

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[21 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]

Spreading The Word About How Children Cope with Grief On April 2 I was invited to NYC to talk with Katie Couric, the anchor for CBS news. She wanted to talk with me for an April 11 segment she was doing for CBS News Sunday Morning about my work with the MGH/Harvard Child Bereavement Study.

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[20 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]

When people have too many romantic choices, either on the internet or during “speed dating,” they tend to choose partners based on superficial physical characteristics. You might think that having a large number of potential mates to choose from could help you make better choices.

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[8 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
Michelle Obama, Is That You in Good Housekeeping?

The first lady sounds like herself in the interview featured in May's Good Housekeeping, but she certainly doesn't look like herself.

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[24 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Clip joint: breakup scenes

This week, John Carvill steals himself through the sobs and reminds us of the best cinematic separations “Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs,” sang Paul McCartney. Others do something similiar with movies: from the silents to 3D, the arthouse to the multiplex, romance sells.

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[22 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
When We Want Something More Although We Like it Less

An old Greek fable famously tells the story of a fox, who tries really hard to get his hands on a tasty vine of grapes. The fox tries and he tries, but eventually fails in all of his attempts to acquire the grapes; at which point the fox calmly continues with his life by convincing himself that he really didn’t want those grapes that badly after all..