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NEW YORK -- Darin Riggio has a thing for older women -- he dated his first "cougar" when he was a 19-year-old college student. She was 43. Since then, the 24-year-old who lives in Boca Raton, Fla., has dated women old enough to be his mom. "Women my age don't know what they want," said Riggio, ticking off his list of why older women are better. "Two, they are Read more...

WASHINGTON -- Eli Finkel was still an undergrad when he realized "somebody could spend his life asking questions about relationships, trying to find the answers to those questions and then teaching interested young minds about the research." But when, as a newly minted psychology professor teaching a course on romantic relationships, he faced questions from a discerning student Read more...

First Jerry Reiser married his high school sweetheart. But that ended after 14 years. A softball umpire introduced him to his second wife. That, too, ended in divorce. Then two years ago, Reiser -- now 58 -- decided he wanted another long-term relationship -- but found singles dances weren't cutting it. He turned to online dating. Reiser quickly received more than 70 matches. He dated a handful Read more...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- When Sex and the City's Samantha Jones was diagnosed with breast cancer, her boyfriend pledged to stay with her through treatment. Meanwhile, celebrities such as Sheryl Crow, Kylie Minogue, Edie Falco and Christina Applegate, battled the disease single. Since October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, leading online dating sites Date.com (http://www.date.com), Read more...

Looking for success on the dating scene? MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Joshua M. Ackerman suggests it might be a good idea to bring a friend. Friends will try to help you find partners to your liking, weed out undesirables, and support you in other ways, says Ackerman, a social psychologist and expert on consumer behavior and marketing at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Read more...

From the hoopla, you'd think 40-something women only recently looked up from their quarterly reports, household chores or pre-teen children to cast an eager eye on verdant pastures of younger men. But long before Courteney Cox prowled the cul-de-sacs of ABC's Cougar Town and tongues wagged over Demi Moore, Madonna or even Elizabeth Taylor, women of a certainage have tangled with the young and the Read more...

Preparing for a blind date is never an easy task. Here are some helpful tips to make it just a little bit easier. If the blind date was set up by a friend, get references and opinions from your mutual circle of friends. When arranging where to meet pick somewhere comfortable but busy such as a popular restaurant or bar.  A blind date is not the time to suggest an unusual excursion, Read more...

Chatting to an attractive woman is bad for a man's brain, according to a study. It found that men perform less well in tests to measure brain function when they have just spent time with a woman they fancy. And experts believe the reason may be guys use up so much of their "cognitive resources" trying to impress beautiful women, they have little left for other tasks. The Read more...

So the story of your marriage ended less like a romantic comedy and more like a Shakespearean tragedy. You may feel like crawling into bed with Ben & Jerry's, but rather than giving into temptation, focus on the future. "Think of the time and energy expended on your former partnership and the divorce proceedings as a tangible asset," says Ellen Sabin, former executive director of Read more...

Single women prefer men already in committed relationships and are the more likely gender to "mate-poach," according to a study by two Oklahoma State University researchers. Social psychology professor Melissa Burkley and graduate student Jessica Parker surveyed 184 male and female students on campus in an effort to determine which gender is more likely to lure a mate from another Read more...