“That’s love: giving everything, sacrificing all without hope of returns.”

- Albert Camus

How do single mothers feel about looking for love online? be2 asked and found out that women with kids are pretty confident, happy with their role as mothers and ready to fall in love – but not at any price.

Most of the singles that took part in the be2 survey miss the feeling of security a relationship gives them. That’s probably the reason they’re looking for love. Most of the women are looking for a partner, not for a father figure for their kids. Nevertheless, 49% say it is essential that he gets on with the kids. Maybe some of them are wary due to previous experiences. Almost 20% think that a previous relationship has failed because of the kids – because partner and kids didn’t get on or because the responsibilities of a mother don’t always go hand in hand with the expectations of a partner.

Most of the single mothers don’t care whether or not their partner has kids. Only 9% say “yes, he should have kids of his own”, 7% say “No, I don’t want him to have kids”. Almost all of the women with kids are looking for love in a long-term relationship and are willing to put a lot of effort into a new relationship. Some mothers say their kids will always come first, but 73% think the partner should be equally important.

BUT single mothers are not looking for love at any price. Aside from their duties as mothers, most of them (91%) want to pay attention to their own needs as women, but more than half (51%) also enjoy the freedom and independence single mothers have.

Do you agree? Is the French accent sexy? Does a French accent make you go weak at the knees? Or do you say „Pah! Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries!“

“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.”

- Francois La Rochefoucauld

Originally, vibrators were sold as „back massagers“ (!) to ease tension… now they’re very special toys for women – and there’s even a Hello Kitty Vibrator! And this little kitty has been around the world as this photo competition shows. The “Round the World” contest will choose the best holiday snap of a Hello Kitty Vibrator. The slideshow already contains some gems, but you have until September to send in your own contribution

Australian singer Kate Miller-Heidke has a pretty strong response to the question “Friends with your Ex on Facebook – yea or nay?”

The song is about an ex who broke her heart years ago and now wants to be her friend on Facebook. Her reaction: “R U ******* Kidding Me?”. She just doesn’t care “what kind of Cocktail he is” Instead, she says: “I don’t don’t give a toss if you’re a pirate or a ninja, I suspect you’d be a pirate but I don’t wanna verify it….and I certainly don’t want you poking me!” So instead of being friends with her ex on Facebook, she clicks “ignore”.

It’s all very “end of a relationship 2.0″!

found via Videogum

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

- William Shakespeare

Like “How To Stop A Row In 30 Seconds”:

Dating Humor: How To Stop A Row In 30 Seconds

The word “whipped” springs to mind… But it’s in the “Dating Humour” category! But then again, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t contain some good advice!

All of Ben and Sarahs relationship problem-solving videos are here. We think “How To Be The Perfect Boyfriend” and “How To Be The Perfect Girlfriend” are a good place to start

To find out, we asked be2 members from 27 countries about their experiences with social networks. The results are surprisingly similar across all countries worldwide:

- Singles in all countries use social networks quite regularly. Brazilians use social networks the most, while the Swiss are noticeably less “sociable”, but overall, the results from all countries are similar.
- Most international singles aren’t mainly looking for friends on the Internet. But they do enjoy knowing people online, without ever meeting them „in the real world“.
- Even those singles who enjoy looking for friends on the Internet agree that those friendships aren’t real until they meet offline, too.
- More than 50% of the singles in this survey think social networks are important for keeping in touch with friends. Only the Swiss and the Norwegians disagree.
- In most countries, singles think looking for friends on the Internet is easier, because you know immediately what you have in common. The same goes for singles looking for a relationship online.
- The final question showed once more that Swiss singles are a little different when it comes to social networks. They are the only group that largely responded positively to the question whether social networks were the suitable place to look for a relationship. In all other countries, singles would prefer to know that they are among singles looking for a relationship – so they’d rather search for a love on a matchmaking site like be2.

“Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.”

- Bill Cosby