The Weird Wild World of Modern Love

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You can customize nearly everything else in life, and now, a new dating site allows you to customize your potential partner, too.

We all have certain physical features we're attracted to, and iDreamofU allows users to build a dream date according to those features. After creating your ideal man or woman, the site then matches you with real members who look similar to the character you've created. Think The Sims meets Match.com.

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A new device allows couples to engage in virtual make-out sessions with each other ... sort of.

Dubbed "Kissenger," the device has lips that contain pressure sensors that, when kissed, transmit your lip movements in real time over the web to your partner's device. Your partner then puckers up to his or her Kissenger, and, voilà -- you've gotten to first base. You didn't even have to leave the room, much less the country!

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If you're not particularly good at writing a profile or communicating with people in cyberspace, there's no need to worry. You can hire a ghost to do it for you.

Ghost daters essentially assume the identities of their clients and then take over their online dating profiles. The term was coined by Stacie Ikka, a professional ghost dater who charges anywhere between $1,500 to upwards of $20,000 for her services.

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According to a recent poll, people spend three billion hours a week gaming, and renowned therapist Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil believes gaming can be dangerous to relationships.

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"Anytime someone spends more time with something or someone else than with their loved one, that's an affair," Dr. Bonnie said in a statement. "In this sense, gaming can be an affair -- it can take the place of love and romance."

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Believe it or not, a modern trend exists where ladies troll the web looking for rich dudes who will give them all the stuff you'll never be able to afford.

Meet Jeanette Worthington, Danica Thrall and Hollie Capper -- they're the subjects of a U.K. documentary titled Sex, Lies and Rinsing Guys. Using only their feminine charms, they manipulate men, via Twitter and Facebook, into giving them thousands of dollars' worth of gifts. They've dubbed this behavior "rinsing."

The type of men that fall for this? They're typically divorced businessmen, according to the rinsers.

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Online University says it's easier to get a date playing World of Warcraft than any online dating site. The top dating site, eHarmony, has 1 million members, compared to the 10 million players on World of Warcraft, they argue.

Also, 48 is the median age of someone on eHarmony, while the World of Warcraft median age is 32.

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If you're looking to be connected to your significant other 24/7, there's now an app for that. And if you're single, this app might work in your favor, too.

Pair is an iPhone app that allows couples to share pictures, videos, messages, locations and even kisses. It's like Facebook for two. Or really souped-up text messaging. Other features of Pair include sketching drawings for your loved one, sending adorable notes on your private timeline and sharing important tasks and dates.

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"Are you attractive but don't have the money to travel?" asks new dating site MissTravel.com. Well, fear not. Now you can hang out with a rich but desperate lothario who will give you a vacation -- simply for being hot.

Generous travelers who hate to travel alone are matched with attractive travelers who want the opportunity to travel the world for free.

A free trip with a stranger who thinks you're pretty? Isn't this the stuff our mothers warned us about?

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Me So Far is a new monthly dating event in Chicago where singles present themselves onstage via PowerPoint. Hey, it works for business meetings, why not love?

They call the events "story sessions," and attendees are grouped into Talkers and Listeners. Talkers are the PowerPoint presenters, and their presentations are limited to six minutes. The Listeners are the audience, and they have 72 hours to contact the Talkers they would like to know more about.

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