Love Science

Dear Duana, My brother Fred’s alcoholic ex abandoned him and his sons three years ago. Now, he’d like to find The One, but obviously he won’t look in bars, and he lacks time to sort through endless profiles. So I suggested letting me screen women’s profiles online, and then babysitting while he meets the best of the best in person. ??? Dear Betsy, Matchmaking is a growth industry, and using the Friends & Family Plan may be mate shopping’s Safe(er)Way, compared to cultural Do It Yourself norms. Here’s how—where—and why…

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Wise Readers, Are men—not just women—also seeking a walking wallet? Are they really that adamant about youth-seeking? What options might women have for maintaining Youth & Beauty once the youth part is gone? And does planning for a life alone mean that you’ll really be alone? Read on!

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Dear Duana, Wives usually outlive their husbands, and no one seems to want a woman (read: old) who cannot fulfill her “duty” of looking hot and having children. How much hope exists for the post-menopausal woman to find another marriage partner after being widowed? Dear Elizabeth, Although about 25% of widowers over 65 remarry, only 5% of 55-year-old women wed again, mostly due to men’s overwhelming preference for youth and beauty. But what if you want to defy the odds? Here’s how in five (mostly) easy steps:

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Wise Philosophers, Per our home-making man, most of you rose to Albert’s defense as doing a valuable, perhaps the most valuable, job by raising successful, happy kids. Then, things took a philosophical turn: How do stay-at-home roles work when there are two moms—or two dads? What’s the role of science in values—and values in science? Of our laws on our values? Should homemaking be an at-your-own-risk endeavor? Are humans evolving to become “tamer”? And does wanting the traditional path make you “less evolved”? Read on…

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Wise Readers, Thank you. A year ago this Friday, a new kind of advice column was born: Love Science, the first to use research rather than opinion alone as the basis for entertaining, useful and, most important, valid Relationship Advice For Everyone. Thanks to you, today it’s Amazon’s best-selling relationship and/or advice column, and its #2-ranked blog of any kind out of nearly 9,000…Want to celebrate together? Read on…

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