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Fenoli counsels brides through gown shopping on 'Say Yes to the Dress'

Host Randy Fenoli helps Amanda Ellestad's dress selection at Kleinfeld bridal salon in New York on the TLC show, Say Yes to the Dress.

It's hard to picture Randy Fenoli, always so cultured and so nattily attired on every episode of Say Yes to the Dress, mucking out stalls on a cattle farm in Illinois. But that's just what he did, until his teens, until he escaped the family ranch and made his way in 1991 to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and a brand-new career.

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Women slipped to third place as a conversation topic behind second-placed work and top-ranked soccer in Germany and France.

Guys talk about soccer before women or work

When men get together with their mates soccer is the main topic of conversation, not their wives and girlfriends or even work.

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50 dates in 50 days

I had a coffee "date" with Sky Mitchell on Friday morning but, being female, I didn't count.

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The report, released Tuesday, tracks for the first time divorce proceedings between 2005-2009 in several provinces and territories, representing 66 per cent of the Canadian population.

Fewer Canadian couples file for divorce

The number of estranged couples who filed for divorce dipped six per cent over four years in much of Canada, says a new Statistics Canada study that reaffirms a downward trend in the number of partners...

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In a less complicated world, our surname traditions and trends wouldn't be such an issue. We should be able to call ourselves whatever we want, without judgment or consequence.

Changing name is a losing proposition for married women

Early in my journalism career, someone told me my name sounded like it belonged to a romance novelist.

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Cougar Life has signed up more than half a million members since its launch last year.

Cougar Life accuses Google of sexism

The founder of a Toronto-based dating website for older women looking for younger men is accusing Google of sexism after the web giant labelled Internet ads for "cougar" dating sites as "non-family safe...

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The report, which is based on 2006 census data, indicates that most of today's mixed couples are young, from urban areas and represent a higher than average socio-economic class.

Celebrate cultural differences in mixed-race marriages

When Roseline Titus and Vincent Wourms got engaged, they knew right away that theirs would be a church wedding with a long guest list and an eclectic reception menu.

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Attractive women boost men's stress

Just five minutes alone with an attractive female raise the levels of a man's cortisol, the body's stress hormone, according to a study from the University of Valencia.

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Marriage counsellors explain that the decision to divorce often takes five years. And they point out that the energy that goes into deliberation would be better spent on addressing the problems in the marriage.

Reasons for divorce not always clear

I need to give myself a divorce for a present this year. It was the voice of treason talking to me again as I approached my fortieth birthday, about 15 years into our marriage. I had heard it many ...

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Handout illustration of an ad from online dating site Ashley Madison, whose slogan is "Life is short. Have an affair."

Canadian women lead adulterous website hits

There are a whole lot of Canadian brides with cheatin' hearts and wandering eyes.

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Mixed marriage couples increasing rapidly in Canada

Mixed unions in Canada are growing five times faster than other couples, a new report from Statistics Canada shows, and their ranks swelled by one-third in the five-year period before the most recent ...

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