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Some Odd Facts
Sure to Bring a Smile...
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This
collection of odd romantic facts serves to remind us that there is a fun
side of loving relationships.
Couples who laugh together tend to enjoy each other all the more.
So, enjoy this page filled with strange things that we human beings manage
to come up with when trying to attract that special someone.
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Kissing is Healthier...
A team of medical experts in Virginia contends that you're
more likely to catch the common cold virus by shaking hands than by kissing.
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Pounds of Lipstick...
The average woman uses up approximately
her height in lipstick every five years.
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A Romantic Necklace...
Scholars recently returned from
New Guinea said they noted a lot of elderly natives there had missing fingers.
Research revealed that it was the custom some years ago for a young fighting
man to give his lucky girlfriend a finger cut from the hand of an opponent.
In return, the girlfriend wore that finger on a string around her neck.
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Forgetful Romantics...
Most recent research indicates just
about 9,000 romantic couples each year
take out marriage licenses, then fail
to use them.
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Coffee Break Romantics...
It's reported that more than 10,000
marriages
a year now are directly traceable to romances which begin during coffee
breaks.
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High Income Kissers...
The pollsters contend their studies
indicate that the man who kisses his wife good-bye when he leaves for work
every morning averages a higher income than does the fellow who doesn't
do it. Husbands who exercise the rituals of affection
tend to be more painstaking, more stable, more methodical, thus, higher
earners.
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The Longest Kiss
Ever...
The longest kiss listed in the Guinness
Book of World Records lasted an incredible 417 hours.
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Longer Living Kissers...
Husbands who kiss their wives before
leaving home in the morning have been documented to live five years longer
than those who do not.
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Chances Are...
Romance
statisticians have calculated that the odds run 70 to one that you won't
marry any of the boys in the office where you work. About 100 to one you
won't marry your boss, and 1700 to one that you won't marry your doctor.
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Raise Those Hemlines...
Women's hemlines go up as the economy
gets better. They stay put when nothing happens in commerce. They go down
when business drops off. Nobody knows why, evidently, but the record indicates
the pattern dates back more than 65
years.
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Business Bathing...
An ordinance in Carmel, California,
makes it unlawful for a lady to take a bath in a business office.
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Fading Sweetness...
The word "honeymoon"
first appeared in the 16th century. The honey is a reference to the sweetness
of a new marriage and the moon is not
a reference to the lunar-based month, but rather a bitter acknowledgment
that this sweetness, like a full moon, would quickly fade.
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Don't Wait...
Only 14% of brides
in the USA are engaged to the men they actually marry more for than one
year. The length of the average engagement is six months. Engagements
that are considerably longer tend to raise the odds against happy matrimony. |
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Hard to Get Romantics...
The one who plays hard to get tends
to inspire more passion in the person who is trying to do the getting.
And the romantic pushover inspires less amorous interest.
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A Romantic's Heart...
The heart is the most common symbol
of romantic love. Ancient cultures believed the human soul lived in the
heart. Others thought it to be the source of emotion and intelligence.
Some believed the heart embodied a man's truth, strength and nobility.
The heart may be associated with love because the ancient Greeks believed
it was the target of Eros, known as Cupid to the Romans. Anyone shot in
the heart by one of Cupid's arrows would fall hopelessly in love. Because
the heart is so closely linked to love, it's red
color is thought to be the most romantic.
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Well,
there you have it. No doubt, we human beings can be quite capable
of coming up with some very odd things when it comes to expressing our
love for another person.
One wonders about such things.
Afterall, if the above facts are accurate, what other strange things are
out there? How many other wierd things have we come up with when
it comes to the subject of romance and love?
Why, it could even be possible that
there might have been a moment when over 1,500 couples met in one place
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The mission of this not-for-profit website is to promote clear insights
and toleration regarding the many variations of primary relationships that
exist in our world. We ask for neither acceptance or approval but
hope that each visitor who reviews the pages of this site will leave them
with a better understanding of the numerous cultural, historical, preferential,
religious, sexual, and sociological approaches to coupling that have always
existed and will continue to exist as long as there are at least two human
beings living on this planet. If the effort put into creating and
maintaining this site results in others coming to the realization that
the basic human need to love and be loved takes on many forms which are
accepted by those who practice them, whether right or wrong as determined
by the personal belief system of others, then it will have served it's
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