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ARA: Should I wait for him to say ‘I love you’ first?

A reader asks: I have a question I have been struggling with. I have been with my boyfriend for 2 months. We have known each other as acquaintances for about 7 years. The whole relationship has moved...

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OTE on the FMR: Should he propose on Valentine’s Day

Here is this morning’s segment, inspired by this post, where we decided if the caller should propose to his girlfriend tonight or wait till after the holiday.

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Local brothers looking for wedding dates on Craigslist

Craigslist can be fascinating, it can be disturbing, but often it’s just plain entertaining. Today is one of those days. Dave and Mike, brothers from Colonie, have been invited to an early spring...

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OTE readers apply to be Craigslist wedding guests

Over the past 24 hours I’ve been inundated with emails, Facebook DMs and Tweets regarding Dave and Mike, the Colonie brothers looking for wedding dates on Craigslist. People are giving me tips (“my...

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Another application for the Craigslist wedding

And this one comes from far, far away: To Dave and Mike: “We saw your ad on Craigslist and we had to apply We live in California but we’re willing to fly! Attached is our application :)” Earlier on...

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ARA: Looking for online dating advice

A reader asks: I would love to see someone or a lot of people give feed back on the online dating season…I could write a book myself. I want to know if there are a lot of crazy people on there that lie...

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ARA: Seeking suggestions for gifting my boyfriend at his office

A reader asks: I am looking for suggestions on things I can send to my new man’s workplace. I am sure he would appreciate flowers, but I wanted to be a little more creative. Looking for something that...

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Follow the Craigslist wedding date brothers on Twitter

The story about the Colonie brothers looking for wedding dates on Craigslist continues. Their story was on “Good Morning America” last Saturday and Mike and Dave (they don’t use their last names) sat...

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Update on the Craigslist wedding date brothers (and another application)

Dave and Mike, the Colonie brothers who gained national attention after posting a Craigslist ad looking for dates for their cousin’s spring wedding, have gone international. The Shaker High grads, who...

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I love you and only you … I think

How awesome is this ad Steve Barnes found when going through old issues of the Troy Record? The man did use his name when pleading to Dawn, but Steve blacked it out to preserve the cheater’s man’s...

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OTE on the FMR: Stop sharing your relationship woes on Facebook

This morning, Brian, Chrissy and I talked about the hot topic that is watching peoples’ marriages unravel on Facebook, ex-bashing and sharing details of your relationship (good and bad) on social...

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Wal-Mart: The No. 1 place for love at first sight?!

I’m a Wal-Mart shopper. In fact, I’m such a Wal-Mart fan (the prices and selection, not the customer service or cleanliness) that when I see those commercials with “real shoppers” I think ‘why didn’t...

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Have you tried Craigslist Missed Connections?

I was telling Brian and Chrissy earlier today how I’d done the whole Craigslist Missed Connections in the past. If I recall, I tried it twice. Once, after seeing a guy (and his friend) at Ferragamo...

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The two words a man shouldn’t say to a woman

When I saw the headline for this story I was sure those two words were “you’re fat,” but I was wrong. That’s not it. Thing is, the two words that this story says a man should never say to a woman make...

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Martha Stewart on Match.com: Who should she date in the 518?

Martha Stewart is looking for love, and she’s doing it on Match.com.  I have to say, when I looked at her profile I couldn’t believe she’s 71. 71?! Apparently house arrest is good for your skin,...

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Call me ‘baby’?

We were having an interesting discussion on Facebook this morning about men calling women “baby.” It started after I posted a status update reflecting on a poem one of my readers shared. The poem was...

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Woman as unstable as cheating boyfriend

I’m in the minority on this one, I know, but this break-up letter that’s gone viral — the one where the scorned creates a scavenger hunt of sorts for her (ex, it seems) boyfriend– doesn’t impress me....

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Study says happy marriages come from online meetings

So often, people ridicule online match-making. They use words like “creepy” and “loser” and suggest good catches aren’t found on the web. Those naysayers are wrong, according to a study published...

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Albany man looking for wedding date on Reddit

If imitation is flattery, the Stangle brothers should love this one. Derek Salamanca, a 30-year-old from Petersburgh, has a wedding to attend Saturday, and he needs a date. So, he did like modern men...

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Success for Albany-area man looking for wedding date on Reddit

Remember Derek Salamanca, the 30-year-old from Petersburgh man looking for a wedding date on Reddit? Well, he found one. They went to the wedding Saturday, and had “an awesome time, and she was an...

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