Match.com announced this week it will start screening members against the national database of registered sex offenders. The decision follows a lawsuit filed by a woman sexually assaulted by someone she met on the site. Most of you say that when you date online, you date at your own risk — just like you do when you meet a date at a bar — but avoiding an image problem might have motivated Read more

I asked what your biggest prom regrets are here and on Facebook, and I saw some recurring themes in your responses. Most of you either regretted going or not going, fashion faux pas, and lame dates. So for future generations of prom-goers, I'd say go with a guy friend or group of friends, wear something timeless not trendy, and bring a pair of flats in your purse for dancing! Here is a sampling Read more

From extravagant proposals to $1,400 dresses, are proms the new weddings? Reading the New York Post piece on pricey proms, I'm baffled that girls are not just getting $1,000-plus prom dresses, they are buying wedding-esque white, celebrity-inspired dresses and renting $9,000-a-night double-decker Hummers. I remember prom being important and fun, but "splurging" on a dress back then was closer to Read more

We don't need the Bridesmaid movie trailer to know it can be hard for single friends to adjust to a best friend's engagement. When you're still far from the aisle, excitement for your friend can get mixed with melancholy thoughts that things won't be the same. Marriage isn't the only lifestyle change that can spark feelings of isolation. Perhaps you've had to get used to friends having kids, Read more

Ke$ha wrote Britney Spears's single "Till the World Ends" for her newest album, Femme Fatale, and she wants to celebrate by stripping down with the singer. Specifically, going skinny-dipping at a "dress-up-like-Ke$ha-or-Britney party": "I have a small, salt-water pool that has laser beams in it and a stereo so you can be under water listening to music." Not all of us have had the pleasure of Read more

Wow, I am speechless; fortunately, Dominic, leaver of this voicemail, is not. Too bad Ryan, the object of her intoxication, must not have been charmed by her drunken, three-minute voicemail. Otherwise, it wouldn't be all over the Internet! She even says where she works — eBay and Jamba Juice — and spells them both out like "J" is for juice. "U is for Eunice." You get the picture; now listen Read more

What is going on in high school these days? Specifically, this high school where a guy wrote a song, got his friends to be back-up clappers, and popped the prom question in front of third period with next to no embarrassment. The video even circles the classroom, showing clapping kids who are totally supportive of this public display of vulnerability. High schoolers aren't supposed to act like Read more

The scenic eye candy starring in Woody Allen's new movie Midnight in Paris made me want to book a trip abroad ASAP. Instead, I'm living vicariously through a friend who's planning an adventure to Paris on her own. Freshly single and getting ready to start a new job, she figures now's her chance to embrace her independence and experience the benefits of traveling alone. Wandering the city of Read more

Sasha Grey, the porn-star-as-performance-art actress, isn't the first person you'd ask about romance. But while publicizing her book Neü Sex, she told the Daily Beast that the male-dominant sex so popular in porn can not only be romantic, it can also be empowering, at least to her. So I couldn't help but ask: What is romance to you, Sasha Grey? "Not chocolate and roses and a candlelit dinner. I Read more

Opposite may entice, but it's likeness that attracts. With dating sites matching users by facial symmetry to maximize attraction, expect the next dating gimmick to analyze users' profiles. A new study found initial attraction and couple happiness is higher among people who talk and write alike. The best part about the study is the authors created a site to analyze how in sync any two people are. Read more