dating dispatches

There are lots of reasons to be attracted to somebody, but how about smell? New Yorker Judith Prays has invented the Pheromone Party, where partygoers are able to use their smelly shirts to get someone's attention.

At the first one in 2010, forty people were invited, and were all told to wear the same shirt to bed for three nights, without any perfume or deodorant. Everyone brought the shirts with them to the party, which were then put in plastic bags and color- and number-coded. Guests sniffed the various shirts, and if they found one they liked, their picture with the shirt would be projected and that shirt's person would have a green-light to initiate conversation.

The initial party was apparently a huge success, with 12 of the 40 people "hooking up," and half of those beginning long-term relationships. So the next time you're trying to pick someone up at the club, just bring an old dirty shirt and throw it at whoever you think is cute. Same thing, right?

(pics via the 2010 website of The Pheromone Party)

For just $5, "Cathy" here (who we're sure is a 100% real woman and the same person as in "her" pictures) will pretend to be your girlfriend on Facebook, and will even post messages to your profile if you're trying to make someone jealous. Because it doesn't matter if you're actually forever alone as long as your friends think you're not forever alone, right?

In a recent interview, Daniel Radcliffe admitted that girls whose ladyparts are completely shaven "freak me out," and that, "You have to have something, otherwise it's f-cking creepy." Sounds like he wants a landing strip for his Nimbus 2000. A soft downy place to stick his wand. A furry sheath for his Sword of Gryffindor. Yeah, you know.

Image via Comixed

Hooters Tokyo is making a play to become the premier Tokyo date spot for Valentine's Day by offering two new parfaits (the "Rocket of Love" and the "Volcano of Love," no double entendre there [SARCASTIC EYE ROLL]) and giving a free Hello Kitty x Hooters pin to the first 1,000 customers that day. We're expecting it to also be Tokyo's premier breakup spot when the guys get caught checking out those tiny tight shirts skirts.

This girl added insult to cancer-injury by demanding that the guy she broke up with (JUST because he had cancer, mind you) still give her the $8,000 tickets to the big game. Bad form, madam, bad form.

Internet gold: hell hath no fury like this girl in Camden, NJ, who started pummeling her cheating boyfriend on the train, causing a full stop until police could come and escort her away. Cops showing up didn't stop her from lashing out at everyone who got near her though, nor did it stop the women filming from providing hilarious commentary.

Note - this video contains profanity and disproportionate (although entertaining) vengeance for infidelity.

The video's kinda long, but some highlights are: the first minute (violence, swearing), 1:50 (the bf tries to defend himself), 2:43 (more violence, now with boot to the head!), 3:38 (the gf reveals that all this is because he cheated), 3:59 (more violence), 4:50 (cops show up), 5:06 (Gf vs. Cops), 7:25 (Gf vs. Cops, Round II)

At first a traveling exhibit of donated items, the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia, strives to be a monument to the emotional impact of lost love. It has all kinds of relationship relics, from clothing like the wedding dress from a failed marriage and bras of ex-lovers (above), to more bizarre items like a bowl that a boyfriend insisted his lady use to make bread to appease his fetish, and an axe that a jilted boyfriend used to chop up his former lady's furniture (therapeutically, of course). The museum sends traveling exhibitions out every so often, so this mausoleum of forever alone might be coming to a venue near you soon! You can even add to the show!