Getting Over Her: How to heal a broken heart

Dear Samuel, Your palpable grief and your question—how do you heal a broken heart?—are timeless and nearly universal. Heartbreak is the price Love ultimately requires of us, because all relationships end. Yet even among the 90% of our Love Science respondents who’d endured that grief, nearly all had recovered and Moved On. You can, too. How?

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Q&A for “Keeping Him Faithful 1.0: Five guys to watch (out) for”

Wise Readers, The first step in *keeping* him faithful is *finding* a him who wants to be true to begin with—and who lacks the Opportunity, History & Experience to cheat. But what if he’s got a History—and claims to have reformed? Why *not* use the genetic test for men’s fidelity? Is there a fidelity test to use on women? And isn’t being so logical kind of killing love’s buzz? Read on!

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Keeping Him Faithful 1.0: Five guys to watch (out) for

Dear Duana, I’ve been serially cheated-on, even when relationships went well. Before I abandon all hope, is there any way to find and keep a man who’s monogamous and emotionally invested in me—and me only? Dear Belinda, although happy relationships don’t guarantee fidelity, most men are faithful. So what’s the source of your unusually bad luck? I suspect it has something to do with repeatedly saying Yes to cheating’s 5 Usual Suspects:

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Kiss & Make-up: Why men think they don’t like painted ladies…and why women should wear make-up anyway

Wise Readers, Men often claim not to like it when women wear make-up—yet women persist in painting themselves. Does make-up really repel men? Or do they just *think* it does? And why does a certain Love Scientist think women should wear make-up anyway? These were the questions put to me by sex journalist Rachel Rabbit Write, and my response appears at http://rabbitwrite.com/do-men-prefer-women-with-make-up/ .

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Waiting For Sex: for how long?

Dear Duana, I bought the cultural messages that if you want to have sex you should…but now I think I’ve ruined a shot at love and marriage by treating sex casually. So, for the first time, I’m Waiting. My question is, how long should I wait before sex? Dear Rosemary, Scientifically, Waiting is such a huge long-term Win, it’s amazing we women ever fell for the Sexual part of the Revolution…

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