What monetary amount is extreme emotional distress equal to? For one Long Island man who really, really misses his best friend, it's exactly $11 million. Ilich Jorquera is suing his ex-girlfriend for that amount, claiming that she stole their two-year-old Schnauzer Guapo after they broke up. "I miss him every single day. Sometimes I talk to myself and I feel like I'm talking to him... I love that dog and I know I can take better care of him," said Jorquera, a landscape contractor. more ›

According to a new study by a father and daughter team of psychologists, men are more than twice as likely to continue dating a woman if she has cheated on him with another woman than if she has cheated on him with another man. But wait, we learned yesterday that women don't even like to have sex unless it leads to commitment, or upping their market value, or something. Is it possible that women can only enjoy having sex if they're cheating on their boyfriends with another woman? more ›

A new survey of single Americans has discovered that men are clingy and mushy, and women are cold and aloof, when it comes to dating and relationships. And genders are essentially meaningless at this point! "Men are now expressing some traditionally female attitudes, while women are adopting some of those long attributed to men," says biological anthropologist Helen Fisher, a research professor at Rutgers University, a "scientific adviser for a division of Match.com", and one of the developers of the survey. more ›

A new study shows that romantic comedies may be killing the romance in real life relationships. According to the study, women are let down when their men don't shower them with love, attention and gifts the way professional paid actors do their on-screen love interests. The head of this study surmised, "It seems our love of rom-coms is turning us into a nation of happy-ever-after addicts. Yet the warm and fuzzy feeling they provide can adversely influence our view of real relationships." more ›

For some levity: By now, everyone who reads US Weekly or TMZ knows that Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer broke up (either he dumped her, or her dog hated him so she chose the dog, or he cheated). But when stopped on the streets of Soho yesterday--and in spite of being annoyed by gossip rags making stuff up--Mayer decided to talk because "I just don't want to be followed around New York City like an animal." And while trying to explain why he broke up with the "sophisticated" and "lovely" Aniston, he said he didn't want to waste her time and it's not unusual to break up with somebody "if something's not right...I guarantee 20% of the people on this street right are in a relationship they wish they could get out of but they don't know how." (This street would be Prince Street, between Crosby and Broadway.) more ›

In a world of Julia Allisons, personal blogs about personal relationships have become the norm; the Reality TV of the internet. But what happens when these tell-all bloggers grow up? For better or worse, they continue their sagas online. more ›

EVENT: In the book Love & Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships David Levy goes where no man has gone before. Hopefully. From the book's description: "Love, marriage, and sex with robots? Not in a million years? Maybe a whole lot sooner.From a leading expert in artificial intelligence comes an eye-opening, superbly argued book that explores a new level of human intimacy and relationships—with robots." We're not even ready to see Lars and... more ›

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If it's Wednesday, it must mean that Gothamist needs a reminder about the Dictionary of Failed Relationships. There is a reading tomorrow night, at the Soft Skull Bookstore in Brooklyn. However, it's during the Gothamist-601am Happy Hour, where, if our projections are correct, nonsensical failed relationship stories will be told as freely as the $2 Pabsts will be opened. So, with much regret, we'll missing this one as we missed the first one. more ›

Gothamist received an invite to hear contributors to the Dictionary of Failed Relationships speak at the Chelsea Barnes & Noble tonight. Apparently, we must have been put on the list of "People who'd write about failed relationships or people who have been in their share." Jake would like to protest that, but as Jen posts more, Gothamist guesses it's appropriate. more ›