Desiree Hartsock and Chris Siegfried May Start Their Family Much Sooner Than We Thought

dinsdag 1 oktober 2013

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by Emily Abbate 1 hour ago

Desiree Hartsock and Chris Siegfried have been blowing up the Twittersphere with loads of mushy gushy coupley things. You know, bragging about their double date with other Bachelor couples, using the word "babe" an unsettling amount, that sorta stuff. But Desi's latest Twitter confession makes us think that the engaged duo is really ready to take their relationship to the NEXT level. On Tuesday, Desi told her 240,000+ followers that she and Chris may "end up with a puppy" soon!

Adding to the family already, are we? Okay, a puppy is a step below having a little bundle of joy all your own. However, it's a MAJOR commitment. Sure, Desiree and Chris are already engaged, but this is a decision that could make or break their relationship.

Getting a dog is a massive responsibility. It's different than paying the bills or making sure the grass gets cut, it's a living, breathing thing that needs love, affection, and a whole lot of attention. With that said, it's always interesting in a relationship to see how your companion handles this kind of intense responsibility.

If your partner doesn't take care of the dog, that's a huge indication of what could happen when you -- dun dun dunnnnn -- have a child. Sure, one thing is a human and one thing is an animal, but it's important to seek out that compassionate nature. It's important to see how they take care of something that arguably means a lot to the both of you. If your fella can't be bothered to take the dog for a walk because Sunday football is on, what do you think it gonna happen when your future child is crying in the crib? Yeah, it's not seeming too promising.

Do you think Chris and Desi are ready for a dog?

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Salir con personas atractivas sólo es sólo para personas feas

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por Kiri Blakeley hace 35 minutos

¿Cuando se trata de salir, no sólo amarías a ser capaz de filtrar los tramposos, los idiotas, los tacaños y los mentirosos? ¡ Suscríbase! Pero, Oye, eso no existe. Pero lo que existe es que puedes filtrar los gordos, las personas delgadas, personas "robados" y gente poco atractiva. ¡ Oh felicidad! OKCupid, uno de los mayores sitios de citas por Internet, ofrece a los suscriptores premium la clasificación tipo y atractivo de la oportunidad de filtrar personas basándose en su cuerpo . Así que si no hay suficiente gente no merezco 5 o 4 estrellas, definitivamente no vas a aparecer en los partidos de ese 5 estrellas Ryan Gosling-Sosias que sólo busca su copia de Eva Mendes. Lo siento, todo el mundo. Y me refiero a todo el mundo! (Excepto, ya sabes, Ryan y Eva).

Hola, no hay nada malo en querer gente sólo atractiva fecha ... el problema es que mucha gente cree que son mucho más atractivas que son. Así que probablemente buscan a ese montante de 5 estrellas, mientras que está buscando ese bombón de 5 estrellas, y eso no es. Si crees que es. Esto se puede hacer para una bandeja de entrada totalmente vacía. Recuerda, por cada persona atractiva que está filtrando, que tres están filtrando.

Y vamos a pensar sobre lo que es importante en una relación, ¿de acuerdo? Sí, es importante sentirse atraído por su pareja. Pero no necesariamente que atrae es que todo el mundo estaría de acuerdo es atractiva. ¿Y si todos los demás en Internet piensa que a tu chica o chico es la cosa más caliente que han visto, realmente, ¿quieres salir con esta persona? ¿No te sentirías un poco inseguro?

En cuanto al tipo de cuerpo, bueno, filtrado de aquellos que dicen que son "sobrepeso" está bien si eso es lo que quieres hacer. Pero ¿adivinen qué? Toda esa gente que piensa que son "atléticos". Vas a meterlos en sus partidos de todos modos.

Tal vez quieres filtrar los tipos "atléticos", porque eres un teleadicto y no quiero que nadie que tenga algo parecido a ABS Sí, que pasa. (Tos).

Personas son notoriamente mala precisión describen a sí mismos. No hay ningún hombre en el planeta que no añade dos centímetros a su altura si está por debajo de 5'8 ". Y de lo que he oído desde chicos, la mayoría de las mujeres están utilizando imágenes que son cinco años de edad y describen a sí mismos como "curvas" cuando son 100 libras de sobrepeso.

De todos modos, el punto es este. Si estás demasiado obsesionado en apariencia, vas a final decepcionado. Porque parece desaparecer--y rápido. Si no estás convencido de esto, revisa este mugshot.

No estoy diciendo gancho para arriba con alguien que te dan ganas de vomitar cuando miras a él o a ella--que sería una locura.

Pero ¿has notado cómo consiguen más atractivo cuando descubres cómo pensativo, dulce y cariñoso son?

A que el filtro "imbécil". Oh, si tan solo alguien pudiera inventar uno de esos!

¿Saldrías sólo personas atractivas?

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Murder Victim’s Family Says Her Accused Killer Deserved His Stroke

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by Nicole Fabian-Weber 2 hours ago

Eric McCormickIf you believe in karma or divine intervention, here's a story for you. And if you don't, here's a story for you, too, because it will make you think twice about not believing in karma or divine intervention. A man accused of brutally murdering his ex-girlfriend after he sent her two children out with money to pick up take-out has recently suffered a stroke and is now brain dead because of it.

According to reports, Sellis Gonzalez's two daughters, ages 5 and 15, found their mother dead in a pool of blood on the floor of their apartment after they returned from getting food a few doors down. Eric McCormick, Sellis' ex-boyfriend, was accused of the horrific crime, and when cops banged on his door to arrest him, he futilely tried to kill himself. And now he's brain dead.

Now, odds of the stroke being in some way related to the graze wound McCormick suffered to the head after his attempted suicide are fairly high. But it's hard to believe, even if you're not a spiritual person, that this isn't in some way justice being served. If McCormick did commit this positively heinous act and left Sellis for dead when he knew her kids were going to be the ones to find her, death or jail was too easy a way out. Not only was an innocent woman robbed of her life, her two kids, one of which is also his, are ruined. Scarred for life. Could you imagine walking in to this gruesome scene as a child? No amount of therapy will ever be able to undo seeing this. These poor children.

Sellis' family is, understandably, happy with what's happened to McCormick. Her uncle told the New York Daily News: "Maybe God was more anxious than us to punish him. We’re fine with it. God worked it out." And even if you don't believe in god yourself, there's no denying that it's nice that this family feels they have some sort of closure. It won't bring Sellis back. But at least it's something.

What do you think of this?

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Judge Officiates Wedding of Man After Sentencing Him for Murder But Won't Let Him Cut Wedding Cake

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by Michele Zipp 2 hours ago

I'm one of those hopeless romantics who believes in love and marriage even when there is divorce and relationship destruction all around me. Love is real! Love is good! Love is LOVE! I also think everyone who wants to get married should be able to get married -- as long as you are in love and not up to some no good scam. Je deteste scammers! (In a French accent everything sounds better, even hate, which is not the opposite of love, by the way -- that's indifference, and you'd know that if you were smart or like the Lumineers song "Stubborn Love.")

Prisoners deserve love and marriage too, I suppose. Even the murdering kind. Though I'm not feeling so lovely after writing that. A judge in San Diego thought so and not only sentenced one man to prison for 53 years for murder, but she married him moments after her gavel hit the wood essentially sentencing his new wife as well. This judge was so sweet she even baked the couple their wedding cake.

Danne Desbrow is the murderer/groom. He's a 36-year-old man who was sentenced for killing Kevin Santos back in 2003. The case was unsolved until now. Desbrow claimed self-defense.

The bride's name is (wait for it) ... Destiny, who had Desbrow's baby 10 years ago, which is around the same time he did the murdering! Destiny was only 16 at the time, and if you thought this story couldn't get stranger, it does. Destiny and Desbrow lost touch after their babymaking and she tracked him down by social media in January to tell him about their son. And they clearly fell in L-O-V-E big time. The murdering groom proposed during the trial and sweet Destiny asked the judge, the Honorable Patricia Cookson, to perform the sacred union.

Yes! She said! And Judge Cookson also baked them a wedding cake (a lovely frosted vanilla bundt, it was reported) though she wouldn't let them cut it since that involves a knife and every smart judge knows not to give a murderer a knife. The groom wore shackles and his jail-issued greens. The bride wore white lace.

I guess a proper honeymoon is out of the question. Perhaps a nice little conjugal visit is in order.

I'm thankful same sex marriage is legal in California where this beautiful ceremony occurred because I do believe that all people in love should be able to be married. Even convicted murderers. Desbrow has asked for an appeal.

Do you think the judge should have married these two?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michele Zipp

loves vintage and will defend skinny jeans to the death though she is highly superstitious and "death" is probably a bad word choice. She has a touch of the hoarding disease and enjoys sleuthing, the worst reality shows, and wearing high heels, even at the playground. She's an AP mom of twins, slightly crunchy but with a pedicure.

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Wife Who Poisoned Husband With 'Perfect' Plan Gets What She Deserves

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by Maressa Brown 13 hours ago

A New Jersey chemist named Tianle Li who was convicted of poisoning her husband Xiaoye Wang was sentenced to life in prison today. Her reported motive? She would've rather killed her husband than let him divorce her. Wow ...

The judge stated that Chinese-born Li, who worked for a decade for one of America’s biggest pharmaceutical companies, Bristol-Myers Squibb, was a cold, calculating murderer who prosecutors said ordered murdered her husband with the poison thallium, after researching its effects on humans. They also told the judge that Li "was secretly keeping a journal of all [her husband's] symptoms, wondering when he was going to die. She calculated every aspect of her husband’s murder; not only how to do it, but how to get away with it. She thought she was going to get away with this murder." Horrifying, right?

But it's also heartbreaking. Not only because Li -- who won't be eligible for parole for more than 62 years -- will be leaving behind a 4-year-old son (in the care of relatives now), but it's also utterly shocking and beyond sad to think that she murdered her husband because she felt his death would be easier to deal with than a divorce ...?

To think that a woman would feel it necessary to murder her husband to maintain her pride or avoid being shamed by being a divorcee is a hard pill to swallow. Especially when we live in a time and place where divorce is treated so lightly -- for better or worse -- and is almost considered more normal than long and healthy marriages!

This haunting murder definitely raises a slew of questions. Was the threat of divorce really the only motivating factor? Was Li threatened by something else? (Police had been called to the residence several times for domestic disturbances, the prosecution said.) Should this make for more hoops for people in her position to jump through to obtain certain substances like thallium? It's hard to say just yet, but with a promise from Li of an appeal to the verdict, perhaps this isn't yet as closed a case as it seems.

What's your reaction to Li's sentence and the details of the case?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Maressa Brown

has enjoyed reporting and writing for a variety of entertainment and women's magazines and websites. More often than not, you'll find her blogging, hitting the gym, reading, researching something on her iPhone, laughing, chatting at an above-"normal" volume, or getting her caffeine fix.

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5 Things Good Parents Do to Mess Up Their Kids

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by Jenny Erikson 10 hours ago

As parents, we try to do right by our kids. We want them to grow up to be smart and successful but, you know, in a balanced way. We want them to be confident but not cocky. We want them to be healthy but not vain over their physical abilities or appearances. Moral but not haughty, intelligent but not a smart aleck, yada yada, you get the picture.

So we parents try our best to raise our kids, but there are some things even the best parents do that turn out to be ultimately bad for our kids. Think you’re doing everything right? Think again. Here are five things that good parents do that end up messing up their kids.

Telling Them They’re Smart. Did you know that 85 percent of American parents believe it’s important to tell their kids that they’re smart? I fully admit to being in that majority. But as it turns out, labeling your child as smart may cause them to underperform. Instead, tell them that they worked hard. Psychologist Carol Dweck says, “Emphasizing effort gives a child a variable that they can control ... they come to see themselves as in control of their success. Emphasizing natural intelligence takes it out of the child’s control, and it provides no good recipe for responding to a failure.”Keeping Them Happy. Of course we want our kids to be happy in general, but that doesn’t mean they won’t go through bouts of disappointment or get an occasional case of the sads. It’s more important to let them know that feelings are just feelings -- it’s how we respond to them that matters.Rescuing Them. How else are kids supposed to learn that there are natural consequences for their actions (or lack thereof) if we parents are always coming in and rescuing them? So if they fail a class, don’t try to cajole the teacher into letting them do some easy extra credit; let them retake it. Nothing like a little summer school to motivate kids to apply themselves during the school year.Making Excuses. Similarly, we’d do our kids a great favor by not making excuses for them. If they didn’t write a thank-you note to your aunt for their birthday gift, it isn’t because they were too busy, it’s because they didn’t do it. Now if they did do it, and you forgot to put it in the mail, then that’s your mistake to own. Not that that has ever happened around here ...Putting Them First. Your little sweeties may be your precious darlings, but really, they’re just kids that will someday be grown up people. Let’s please stop with this entitlement attitude? No, your needs do not trump everyone else’s by virtue of your existence. Take a number.

Are you “guilty” of any of these parenting sins?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jenny Erikson

is a conservative chick living in Southern California with her two daughters. She loves politics and hates laundry.

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Class Teaches Women How to OMG WHAT?!

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by Michele Zipp 13 hours ago

Tonight something very special is happening at a school in New York. It's something that women and men all over the world should attend, but obviously due to lack of space isn't going to happen at one venue. It's that important. And it has to do with our rights as women, as people. It has to do with our right to have an orgasm.

The class, offered at Hamilton College (which is highly ranked and considered a hidden Ivy league school) in upstate New York, is called The Female Orgasm and it teaches all genders and all sexual orientations "everything from multiple orgasms to that mysterious G-spot." Naturally, there's outrage, but for no good reason.

People complain that this isn't the sort of thing that should be taught at a college. But why not? It's a workshop, not curriculum. Besides, why are we so afraid to learn about sexuality -- it is truly one of life's greatest pleasures and what is life without pleasure, without happiness?

Most men are able to achieve orgasm easily. But not all women can. If there is a class that could help some women, then that should be welcomed by all. Well, except for those who want to continue to surpress women's sexuality.

If you think a workshop about orgasms shouldn't be taught at college, I can make the same argument about piano. Taking a piano class at college isn't going to change the world. I tickled some ivory in college, experimented if you will, and never pursued it afterwards. I learned a little something (mostly that I was an awful pianist) and moved on. But if I took a class about orgasms ... that would be a learning to apply with pleasure for the rest of my life.

Marshall Miller and Maggie Keenan-Bolger teach the workshop that will help educate students on how to have an orgasm (for those who never have) or a better orgasm (for those who have), and how to help guys know how to pleasure their girlfriend. There are many people in this world who really could benefit from a class like this. And it's not a hands-on class as some have intimated. The sex educators simply share some tips in a fun and spirited way, and hopefully those in attendance learn a little something to take home and try out. Far too many of us fake it and it's about time more of us have the real thing.

What do you think of this workshop? Would you attend?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michele Zipp

loves vintage and will defend skinny jeans to the death though she is highly superstitious and "death" is probably a bad word choice. She has a touch of the hoarding disease and enjoys sleuthing, the worst reality shows, and wearing high heels, even at the playground. She's an AP mom of twins, slightly crunchy but with a pedicure.

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