Interracial dating has been a sometimes-controversial topic for many years, and now the idea of "intercultural" dating has become a buzzword. The Internet has only made the world smaller, making it easy to meet someone on the other side of the world who just might be your soulmate.

When I was younger, I was a huge fan of Clarissa Explains it All. I remember one episode where Sam laments about his perfect girl: "What if she lives in Helsinki? I'll never find her!" With dating sites like eHarmony and match.com and even on Facebook and MySpace, it's possible to meet those people. More Here...

Basically, it's been the same story since I was fifteen.  Every guy I've dated told me, "you're such a great girl, you're perfect, you'd make a great girlfriend because you have x, y, z, good qualities, but I just can't be in a relationship right now."  

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Q. My girlfriend and I  fight all of the time and we've only been going out 2 months.  I'm truly happy with her... but I get so mad with her and just break up. We break up almost once a week. I hate her best friend and she hates me. Help me please.

A. I'm sorry but this seems childish. If you are truly happy then you wouldn't be fighting "all of the time." If you are truly happy, you don't just break up every time you have a disagreement. Breaking up every week is not healthy, especially if you've only been dating two months. I think you two should take a break and work through your issues. Perhaps you should get to know each other better before deciding whether you should be together.

As far as the situation with the best friend: it's important to remember that you're not in a relationship with the best friend, but you should at least been cordial. Hate is a really strong word to use for someone your girlfriend likes very much. For all of your sakes, I'd suggest making amends with the best friend. If you continue to date this girl, you will probably be in many situations with this friend. Don't let your time together be miserable.

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NPR recently published a story announcing that HIV/AIDS has become the top killer of women worldwide. The statistics are staggering: In Swaziland, over half of women 25-29 are infected with the virus. Nearly half of the adults who tested positive for the disease in 2007 were women.

The World Health Organization says that it's because women are more vulnerable to the disease, not only because of genetics, but also because of historic gender inequality. Many women who have contracted it get it as a result of sexual assault or pressure from partners who don't want to use a condom.

HIV/AIDS awareness and research has skyrocketed over the years, though. From the 1980's where it was largely considered a "gay" disease with a president who refused to acknowledge the killer until a very famous actor announced his infection to 2009, where South Africans see an HIV+ Muppet on their Sesame Street equivalent, I want to believe that as women, we could be smarter and that men would respect our bodies and wishes for protection. More Here...

You all heard that saying, "significant other," well, my question is - which other? I know a lot of, "other" people aside from myself, but which others? And how are those, "others," "significant?" if neither, "significant," nor, "other" are defined?

Well, I suppose then all my teachers I have ever had are my. "significant others" because well, they are others, and they were significant, or are significant because they teach me stuff. Isn't that legitimate enough?

So, what is wrong with calling the person you love, the person you are actually in a relationship with, "lovers?" Or, some other love-related term, like, "my babe..." or, "my sweetheart..." or,"my boyfriend/girlfriend..." Are not those terms more accurate and precise? I mean, what makes others so significant that we fail to define exactly what either of those two words in the phrase mean?

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In addition to all of Facebook's other contributions to the current language lexicon, they've also introduced the concept of "winning the breakup." Since they display relationship statuses: break-ups, make-ups, and nearly everything in between, it creates a bit of a competition among exes.

Before Facebook, once you broke up with someone you might not know if they were dating other people, but they clearly publicize it. You might see your ex RSVP to a party on Friday night. Obviously, to win the breakup and make him jealous, you go all out and make yourself hotter than you ever were when you were dating. (I'm definitely guilty of this.) It's also important to change your status to "single" before your ex: otherwise you run the risk of looking like you can't let go. More Here...