What is it about spring weather that makes people in relationships want to help everyone they know that’s single find love? If you are constantly trying to play matchmaker to your friends, but they are unwilling to jump on board, you could be going about it all wrong.

If you really think you know two people who might hit it off, here’s how to set them up without setting off their tempers:

Don’t ambush them: Inviting your single girlfriend out for a fun night of drinks and girl talk only to … oops! … run into that cute single guy your boyfriend roomed with in college is not cool. It puts everyone on the spot and the pressure will make for an awkward night.

Be honest: No one is perfect so don’t build someone up to an unattainable standard. That person will inevitably fall short and you may have ruined something before it even had a chance to bloom.

Show them pictures of each other before setting them up: An important part of any relationship is attraction!

Introduce them and then back off: They don’t need a babysitter or a chaperon just because you introduced them. You are not entitled to more details because you made a successful match.

Some estimates say Facebook is cited in one out of every three divorces now. And apparently we’re all determined to drive that number even higher.

Check out the results from a new survey on how social media is driving relationships apart . . .

Half of people have secretly checked their partner’s Facebook . . . and one in five have gotten into an argument over what they found.

The top five things people look for when they snoop on Facebook are: Who their partner is talking to . . . what they’ve been doing . . . seeing who they were out with . . . finding out if they lied about what they did . . . and finding evidence of cheating.

One in four couples get into an argument about social media at least once a week . . . and 17% argue every DAY.

And finally, one in seven married people have considered getting a divorce over something they saw on Facebook.

According to an annual survey by the National Retail Federation, we’ll spend an average of $173 on Mother’s Day this year . . . that’s up about $10 from last year. And it’s the most since they started doing the survey 12 years ago.

63% are planning to buy something for their mom or stepmom . . . 23% will buy something for their wife . . . 10% will buy something for their daughter . . . 9% will go shopping for their sister . . . and 7% will get something for their grandmother.

Here are the top seven things we plan to buy . . .

1. 80% will buy greeting cards, and spend an average of $8 on them.

2. 67% will buy flowers, and spend an average of $29.

3. 54% will go out for dinner, spending an average of $58.

4. 44% will buy at least one gift card. The average is just over $40.

5. 36% will buy clothing, and spend an average of $45.

6. 34% plan to buy jewelry, and spend an average of $103.

7. 21% will pay for a spa day or a massage, at an average of $59.

Maybe you got scared during those few months when Twinkies disappeared from the shelves and you thought, “I never want to live in a world without Twinkies again”? If so, this MIGHT be a better option than hoarding boxes of ’em.

It also might just be a giant waste of $19.

There’s a product on sale on Amazon right now called the Smart Planet Hostess Twinkies Maker. It looks like a waffle iron, only instead of a waffle pattern inside, it has six narrow, oval-shaped holes.

And yes, the only thing it does is let you make homemade knockoff Twinkies.

The reviews are very split. It’s got a decent amount of five-star ratings . . . but also quite a few with one star . . . and even some of the rare three-star ratings which means someone actually has an opinion to share and not just a knee-jerk extreme reaction.

One three-star review says, quote, “The directions are very contradictory . . . the pastry bag that comes with it is thin and smells funny . . . all in all, it’s an okay little machine.”

If you want one, they sell for about $19 and there are plenty in stock . . . just search for “Hostess Twinkies maker” on Amazon.

Sometimes when I’m watching a show like “The Voice” or “Top Chef”, I catch myself thinking, “Damn, I wish I could do that.” But I have other talents, like being able to ….well…talk. so that’s cool.

A new survey asked 1,018 adults what talent they wish they had. Here are the top 10 answers . . .

1. Cooking and baking.

2. Playing a musical instrument.

3. Knowing a bunch of languages.

4. Singing.

5. Photography.

6. Dance.

7. Home improvement.

8. Art.

9. Gardening.

10. Creative writing.

If you’re wondering what kind of fireworks show to expect at the City Of Cookeville July 4th Celebration, here’s a video from the company that will be doing the fireworks at the Putnam County Fairgrounds that displays some of the other shows they have done.

You’d like to think your friends are respectful enough not to immediately fling open your medicine cabinet the second they get into your bathroom. Well . . . they’re not.

A new survey found about 40% of women admit they’ve dug through their friends’ stuff in the bathroom.

33% have looked through their boyfriend’s bathroom for women’s products . . . for evidence that he’s cheating.

Now . . . if it stopped there, we could probably live with it. There’s around a two in five chance someone will find your foot fungus medication, whatever. But it does NOT stop there.

5% of women say they’ve STOLEN something out of a friend’s medicine cabinet. Now THAT’S going too far.

Apparently there’s more of a connection than we ever realized between a sexy voice and a sexy look.

A new study out of the University in Vienna in Austria had men listen to women’s voices, then rate how attractive they think the women are. Then another group of men looked at the women’s pictures and also rated their attractiveness.

And . . . it turned out men pretty much nailed which voices were connected to good looking women and which ones weren’t.

The researchers’ theory is that maybe “attractive” facial features like narrower jaws and fuller lips translate into voices that sound sexier.

They didn’t test whether women could guess a man’s attractiveness based on his voice . . . but other studies in the past have found that women gravitate toward men with deeper voices because those guys are generally bigger and stronger.

A new study found that young women take the most selfies, which isn’t surprising. But the amount of time they spend doing it is pretty incredible. Read More »

If you could use some extra cash, the website Credit.com posted a list of the best part-time jobs that pay well. Here are the top seven . . . Read More »