Q&A from “Junk Words: What the, above, he, and I say about your lovelife”

Dear Duana, You know, this sort of thing seems like palm-reading to me. Just sayin,’ trying to tell someone’s truthfulness via syntax is a gamble at best. It worries me that people already predisposed to superstition might cause their relationships real harm because they think they know enough about their significant others’ pronouns to tell if they’d been cheating or not….

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Junk Words: What the, above, he, and I say about your lovelife

Wise Readers, today’s interview is with James W. Pennebaker, the scientist who’s spent decades studying how the ‘junk words’—filler words that aren’t nouns or verbs—tell us a great deal about differences between men and women, who’s likely to date whom, and even whether our partner may be lying to us. You know what to do~read on!

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Are You Just A Rebound Relationship? Q&A from "Dating the Not-Quite-Divorced"

Dear Duana, How can you tell if a guy is rebounding? I’m dating a man newly out of a relationship, not a marriage but a serious relationship, and I don’t know how to tell whether I’m a transitional relationship to him. Dear I.J., Certainty isn’t often available, in the lab or in life; science is about odds, but rarely can it specify what will happen in an individual’s scenario. BUT. Here are four ways you can get yourself closer to The Answer:

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Dating The Not-Quite-Divorced

Dear Duana,I’ve gotten involved with three women I met online in the last year, only to find they were all still married. I had asked each of them whether their divorce was final before meeting in person, and they all said yes! Do I need to see finalized legal papers before I can meet someone for coffee? Dan Dear Duana,I’m a single mom, and I’ve been set up with another single parent who is ‘not quite divorced’. Do you think he’s on the rebound? Should I suggest he contact me when the divorce is final? Should I have one coffee date and see what I think? Cindy

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Q&A from "Why Do Women Love Jerks?"

Wise Readers, can you learn to un-love Jerks—or at least to become open to Nice Guys? Do women outgrow Jerky charms? Why don’t young people know how to treat a partner? Is America becoming a post-marriage society—and what is that, anyway? Read on!

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