Not sure how to ask out that special guy or girl? Perhaps this will help. In a recent thread on Reddit, users discussed the coolest way someone has asked them out. Here are a few of the highlights. Singles, take note!

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Does your special guy or girl love to drink? Be careful! According to a new study, young men and women who date binge drinkers begin to drink significantly more themselves.

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Who knew birth control played a role in mate selection? According to a new study, women on the Pill are more likely to choose partners who are hard working and reliable, aka good providers, than handsome partners who are only good in the sack.

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In an attempt to learn how the workings of the brain affect one’s love life, relationship blogger Scott Alden consulted Dr. Jason Shepherd, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at M.I.T. Here’s what he found out.

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BadOnlineDates.com, a website that allows singles to vent about bad dates, has seen a lot of terrible tales over the years but some dates are so awful they deserve special recognition. Here are a few submissions to BadOnlineDates’ Bad Date Contest (edited for clarity). Can you spot a common theme?

One of my worst dates ever was when he claimed he forgot his wallet and I had to pay for the date.

Insisted we bring her dog. Dog threw up in car, we visit the vet, and he said nothing was wrong. Paid $180 because she didn't carry cash.

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While many women have been on hellish dates, few can compete with Leah Gibbs, a 23-year-old woman from South Wales who was forced to drive a getaway car after her date committed armed robbery.

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Yesterday, Alyssa Bereznak, an editor at Gizmodo.com, wrote about her date with Jon Finkel (above), a hedge fund manager who, as it turns out, is also the World Champion of Magic: The Gathering. Bereznak, who was turned off by Finkel’s unusual hobby, blasted the poor fellow for playing the game and for not disclosing his hobby on his online dating profile. However, if Alyssa hoped her post would elicit sympathy, or even laughs, she was terribly, terribly wrong. The young tech blogger is now the object of scorn, with readers around the world calling her every name in the book and questioning her professional integrity.

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Can an athlete’s relationship status affect his or her performance on the field? According to a new study, the answer is yes. 

"Relationships, as long as they're loving and healthy and happy, tend to be positively influencing athletic performance," said study researcher Kelly Campbell, a psychologist at the University of California, San Bernardino.

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At some point in our lives we have all been dumped in a less than mature fashion.  It used be the phone call or a note left on the car. Today it is the text message, the email or even worse sending a friend to break up with your soon to be ex.   All of these methods are insensitive, disrespectful and downright hateful, yet more and more people are resorting to a passive aggressive approach to the breakup.

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Ukrainian-born actress Mila Kunis was put on the spot over the weekend when Fox News told her about a video of a Marine in Afghanistan asking her out. (Watch the video below!)

Sergeant Scott Moore with 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines in Musa Qala, Afghanistan posted his video request last month, needing a date for the Marine Corps Ball in Greenville, North Carolina on November 18th.

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