MetaFilter posts tagged with romance

Hush, the babies are sleeping...

Christ, what an asshole — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:53:34 -0800

Men of Honour

hadjiboy — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:43:35 -0800

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away--there lived men who dressed in suits of glittering steel... their purpose: to roam the lands in search of good deeds to be done in order to earn their salvation. The journey, although perilous, would be one of virtue and piety. Having to face down monstrous creatures and beastly men, they would sometimes take the help of other beasts in carrying out their conquests. (Of course, there were still others who may have been a bit misguided, but the myth endures, if not accurately portrayed.)

Online Mixtapes For Friends & Awkward Crushes

jonson — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:34:08 -0800

Have a crush on someone you only know online? Want to make them a mixtape but you don't have their physical address? Not a problem, thanks to Muxtape, an online mixtape manager. Just upload up to 12 tracks, and a custom URL is provided.Via.

Arabian Nights

hadjiboy — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:49:28 -0800

Ladies, have you ever dreamt of being ~~whisked away~~ kidnapped by a dashing young Prince? Or being swept off your feet and losing your virginity to a dark and mysterious stranger, who happens to be a Sheikh? Or how about being sold to an Arab aristocracy and living off the rest of your days in married bliss. No? Then how about considering a Royal who is so down-to-earth you won't meet anyone else quite like him? Much better than the alternative of marrying his polar opposite, don't you think? Of course, you can always try and keep it platonic if you wanted to. Welcome to the wonderful world of Sheikhs and Desert Love, where all of your fantasies can come true! (via)

Amusing (if Messy) Stop-Motion Valentine's Day Ad

dbarefoot — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:47:31 -0800

An entertaining stop-motion animation from an AdHack (a DIY-ad startup) user. The audio is slightly unsafe for work, and it gets a bit weird and, uh, extra-chocolatey near the end, but it's certainly worth 30 seconds out of your Valentine's Day.

Mr. Good Enough

Horace Rumpole — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:29:45 -0800

"Everyone laughs a little too hard for a little too long, not because we find these sentiments funny, but because we’re awkwardly acknowledging how unfunny they are. At their core, they pose one of the most complicated, painful, and pervasive dilemmas many single women are forced to grapple with nowadays: Is it better to be alone, or to settle? My advice is this: Settle!" An interview with the author, Lori Gottlieb Some reactions: "What ticked me off was Gottlieb's, possibly unconscious, propagandizing on behalf of perpetually adolescent men and her advocation of marriage as an economical form of ensured quality day-care." "Well that's a story in the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly by a single mom who dares to advance the iconoclastic argument that Rachel would have been better if she'd just married the orthodontist."

Love at first smell, and what stinky t-shirts tell us about attraction

iamkimiam — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:08:37 -0800

"There's no Brad Pitt of smell," Herz says. "Body odor is an external manifestation of the immune system, and the smells we think are attractive come from the people who are most genetically compatible with us." "Not only does kissing serve the utilitarian purpose of providing a sample of MHC, but it also magnifies the other attraction signals--if only as a result of proximity." — Time Magazine But sometimes the tastes and scents can trick us, or other factors, such as the "divorce pill" make us think something is right for us when it may not be so. These insights found in a pile of stinky t-shirts. Cover stories this month in both Psychology Today and Time magazine reveal why we kiss, why we flirt, why women's menstrual cycles sync, and many other keys to attraction. It's all so...romantic.

A 1950s Woman's View on Women and Sex

shivohum — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:21:19 -0800

Sex and the College Girl, by Norah Johnson A view from an educated woman in the 1950s: "Two criticisms rise above the rest: people in college are promiscuous, for one thing, and, for another, they are getting married and having children too early. These are interesting observations because they contradict each other."

Please help me find her!

Phire — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:25:59 -0800

NYGirl of my dreams. Romance in the technological age. :)

Some Old Ass Movie With Skaters who, uh, date, kinda.

snsranch — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:24:12 -0800

Noel Black's first project after graduate film school at UCLA was writing and directing Skaterdater, a short subject cinematic romance without dialogue, which used only music and sound effects to advance its plot. It won nine international film awards. The film is circa 1965, just few years prior to my freewheeling days, but it still makes me nostalgic for simpler times. Warning: google vid, about 20 mins long, lots of artsy depictions of "old school" skateboarding. Enjoy.