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When You Dump Someone Over the Phone, Do You Prepare a Script?

When you dump someone, the RIGHT way to do it is in person.  But you’re a COWARD, so you’re probably going to do it over the phone.

A new survey found 28% of people prefer to end a relationship over the phone.  And when they do . . . a lot of them come VERY prepared.

44% of women and 31% of men say they actually prepare a SCRIPT for what they’re going to say before they make the call.

The survey also found the first person you call after a breakup.  27% say they’d call a female friend . . . 17% would call their mom . . . 10% would call a sibling . . . 10% would call a male friend . . . 2% would call their dad . . . and 1% would call an ex.

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Facts About Dating in 2015 From Match.com

Match.com just released their fifth-annual study on being single in America.  Here are the seven best results.

1.  58% of men would date a woman who’s MUCH taller than them . . . 87% would date a woman who makes more money . . . 87% would date a woman who’s smarter . . . and 90% would date a woman who asked them out first.

2.  82% of people using online dating went on a date in 2014 . . . versus 49% of people who didn’t use online dating.  Only 6% of people met the last person they went out with at a bar or club.

3.  90% of men and 97% of women say a sense of humor is just as important as being physically attractive.

4.  57% of people say taking excessive selfies is a turn-off.

5.  51% of people research a new date beforehand on Facebook.

6.  A majority of men and women like when someone uses emoticons in texts.  And 54% of people who use emojis in texts had sex in 2014, versus 31% who didn’t.  In fact, the more emojis you use, the more sex you have.

 

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Valentine’s Day Spending Peaks When You’re Engaged Vs. Married

Does romance peak when you’re engaged?  It makes sense . . . before the engagement, things aren’t definite.  And after the wedding, they’re TOO definite.  But during the engagement period, it’s all rainbows and magic.

A new survey found people’s Valentine’s Day spending peaks when they’re engaged . . . then drops.

Couples who are dating spend an average of $118 on each other for Valentine’s Day.  Once they’re engaged, that jumps to $154.  But after they’re married, it drops to $136.

The survey also found people who buy their boss a Valentine’s Day gift spend $89 . . . which is only $47 less than the average person spends on their spouse.

 

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A Woman Hasn’t Smiled in 40 Years . . . to Avoid Getting Wrinkles

If you had to choose between enjoying life or having good skin, which would you choose?  Hopefully you’d choose enjoying life.  This woman did NOT.

50-year-old Tess Christian of London, England says she hasn’t smiled in FORTY YEARS . . . so she can avoid getting wrinkles.

no laugh ladyAnd it’s worked pretty well.  Looking at her photo, she has pretty good skin . . . I wouldn’t say she looks 50.  40s, definitely . . . but not 50.  So was it worth it?

She says, quote, “My dedication has paid off, I don’t have a single line on my face.  Yes, I am vain and want to remain youthful” . . . even though that meant NEVER smiling, not even when her daughter was born.

Tess says that even though she never smiles, that doesn’t necessarily mean she’s unhappy.  Quote, “My friends nicknamed me Mona Lisa, after the painting.  Mona Lisa was said to have been quietly amused, as am I.  I just won’t show it.”

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Two Strangers Shoveled Snow So an 82-Year-Old Could Bring Flowers to His Wife’s Memorial

82-year-old Bud Caldwell of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin lost his wife Betty two years ago, after 56 years together.  So he bought a bench at a local park, dedicated it in her memory, and visits it EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Each day, he brings her a daisy and a penny . . . which have to do with two of their favorite songs, “Pennies from Heaven” and“Daisy a Day”.

But after it snowed a few weeks ago, he couldn’t get to the bench.  Because either last year or the year before, he tried walking through the snow and fell.  And he didn’t want to risk it again, so he decided to sit in his car, and talk to her from there.

That’s when two park employees named Jerrod Ebert and Kevin Schultz found out about it . . . and started shoveling a PATH from his car the entire way to the bench.

Jerrod and Kevin say they both just knew they had to help Bud out.  And they told him they’ll make sure the path stays shoveled the rest of the winter.

CLICK HERE to see the whole story from CBS 58 in Milwaukee.

 

 

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Brantley Gilbert’s “One Hell Of An Amen” Inspired By Real People

Brantley Gilberts’s song “One Hell of an Amen” was inspired by a couple of real-life guys.  One was his buddy Kory who faced up to his fatal Leukemia diagnosis by telling the doctor to, quote, “Bring it on!”

The other was a soldier named Jon who gave his life for our country.  Brantley explains, quote, “One of my friends went to Iraq on several tours.  He had a best friend over there who passed away just a couple feet from where he was positioned.

“When he told me the story it made me feel like I was right there with him.  The way he told me the story . . . it punched me in the chest.”

Even though both stories are sad, Brantley says the song is, quote, “about the good fight.  It’s about the attitude, the strength and the courage those boys had for what they were going through.  Kory battling Leukemia and Jon fighting in Iraq.

“It’s about two different wars.  Anytime you go out fighting for your life or fighting for your country, that’s ‘One Hell of an Amen’.”

The video is great! Check it out:

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