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Embittered as we may seem, we’re suckers for an inventive and unexpected pronouncement of ever-lasting love. Really. (This also means that we hate seeing a marriage proposal backfire spectacularly.) But we love mental_floss’s listicle of 10 Quirky Marriage Proposals so much we might ask it to marry us, and although we’d be a couple days [...]

With The Hangover coming out in North America tomorrow, the fairly mediocre bachelor party movie genre gets another entry at the low end of the spectrum. Not surprisingly, this has prompted list-makers to their movie archives, and though there’s major overlap between Future of Classic’s 10 Best Big-Screen Bachelor Parties and Clompex’s Top 5 Bachelor [...]

It’s a little strange how many now famous people appeared as contestants on The Dating Game, but then again, it must be hard for struggling musicians, artists, writers and world-champion body builders to meet people. That said, a live TV show might not be the easiest place for such talented icons to shine, and certainly [...]

With the worsening economy and people cutting back on superfluous luxuries, will we see a renaissance in themed weddings? After all, it’s much cheaper to get all your bridesmaids Princess Leah outfits than designer dresses. If so, we suggest you get to studying so you’ll know exactly what you need when that special someone from [...]

From what we understand, dating advice books are always sort of a joke, right? Well, we hope so, because otherwise Whip It Out Comedy’s listicle of The 10 Strangest Dating Advice Books That Actually Exist is really quite tragic. That said, certain titles (like Getting Your Wife Or Girlfriend To Become A Swinger and Women [...]

Often times, the saddest casualties in mob flicks are the kids and spouses of the crooks, the loved ones targeted by enemies to get to our brooding anti-heroes. And, invariably, uppercase “F” Family takes precedence over lowercase “f” family, so children, wives and sometimes even pets generally get knocked off before the big bad finally [...]

There are few things more satisfying – in fiction or real life – than seeing the long-unspoken bond between two close associates finally bloom into a full-blown romance (e.g. Jim and Pam on The Office, Ennis and Jack in Brokeback Mountain). As work takes over more of our time and becomes the focus of our [...]

We had this incredible idea for a great Valentine’s Day listicle that you would have all loved and never been able to put down. It was going to be the most useful, unsentimental, lucid list about love you’d ever laid eyes on. Then we got swamped with other folks’ Valentine’s listicles (”Valensticles“?) and ran out [...]