Papers A Dozen Ways to Get to Know Your Partner (Yahoo.com) "I believe there are at least a dozen ways to know who someone really is -- indicators -- and if we do an inventory early on, we might stand a better chance of getting to know the real person before we fully commit." 05-08 Bringing Up Your Own "Skeletons" (MSN.Match.com) "Here’s how to get the weight off your chest and in the process, take your relationship to a whole new level." 12-06 Dating With a Third Wheel (ABC News) "With the hundreds of matchmaking sites on the Web, dating seems more like a formula and less like a natural exercise in mating. Now, a strategic mating concept is adding another dimension to dating: the third wheel." 04-06 Dating a "Control Freak" (MSN Match) "So you’re not going to get your love to not crave and need control. But you can talk to her about the specific aspects of her inflexibility that make things tough for you. You mention the problem with making plans, so let’s take that as an example." Awesome Library does not endorse this advice, but provides it as an example. 11-05 Does Your Date Drink Too Much? (MSN.Match.com) "If you’re dating someone with a drinking or other substance abuse problem, you don’t have to go it alone. Seek counsel from Al-Anon or your faith community. You will learn strategies for dealing effectively with your situation." 12-06 Good Signs...and Not So Good (MSN Match) Provides "some telltale tip-offs you two are headed for happily-ever-after—plus, five clear-cut clues that spell bad news." 11-05 Lying Is Hard to Detect (MSN.Match.com) " 'Lying is difficult to detect,' she [Martha Stout, author of the best-selling The Sociopath Next Door,] says, 'so you shouldn’t be too hard on yourself.' Get away from the liar in question, and get on with your life without berating yourself." 12-06 Questions to Ask Before Marrying (New York Times) "Relationship experts report that too many couples fail to ask each other critical questions before marrying." 12-06 Scientific Rules for the Game of Love (MSNBC News) " 'Good parenting, devotion, and sexual fidelity — that's what people say they're looking for in a long-term relationship,' Emlen says." 02-06 Signs She's Into You (MSN.Match.com) "Problem is, it can be hard to tell sometimes whether a woman is truly interested or just going through the motions. But luckily, there are plenty of ways to tell the difference." 12-06 Study: Beauty and the Brain (CBS News) "Men process beauty on the right side of their brains, while women use their whole brain to do the job, researchers report in Tuesday's electronic edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science." "They even explain it differently." 02-09 Study: Men More Clueless Than Women (MSNBC News) "Rather than seeing the world through sex-colored glasses, men seemed just to have blurry vision of sorts, overall. For instance, the college guys sometimes mistook sexual advances as pal-like gestures." 08-08 Study: Men See Women in Provocative Clothes as Objects (CNN News) "It may seem obvious that men perceive women in sexy bathing suits as objects, but now there's science to back it up." 02-09 The Biology of Dating (Time.com) "Ah, the eternal question: why is HE with HER? Biological anthropologist Helen Fisher thinks she has found the answer after studying the academic literature on personality and after poring over 40,000 responses to a questionnaire on an online dating site. A Rutgers professor and paid advisor for Chemistry.com, Fisher not only believes in romantic chemistry, but is zeroing in on specific chemicals." 01-09 What Is Beauty? (MSNBC News) "Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but other people’s opinions also matter when it comes to the attraction between men and women, according to researchers." 01-07 Why People Tell Lies (U.S. News) "Studies have shown that people can identify lies only about 50 percent of the time, or about the same as chance. To be sure, researchers have been able to figure out some clues to uncovering deception. When people tell a significant lie, for instance, they typically gesture less and their arms may appear stiff. People telling lies also might have dilated pupils because they feel nervous about spinning an untruth." 05-09 Why the Opposite Sex Drives You Crazy (CNN News) "While the differences between the sexes drive some couples to distraction, being aware of them enhances relationships, as Christensen and Valle can attest. Is there hope for the rest of us? Researchers have found that science can be used to explain a lot of behavior that widens the gender gap, and in so doing may help couples understand each other better." 05-08

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