http://Life.bitchbuzz.com:80/::Page:: en-gb BABE v1 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:00:41 GMT 20 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/things-teen-mags-never-told-you-about-sex.html When you're a teenager, losing your virginity is often quite a big thing on your agenda. I remember wondering how I'd find a boyfriend, whether it was easy to kiss like they did in the movies and, later on, what on earth I was going to do when it came round to sex. There was always plenty of advice around, but it never seemed to be the right stuff. Lori Smith Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:44:00 GMT Life 3867 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/how-to-talk-to-your-partner.html If I asked you "do you tell your partner everything?", what would your answer be? If your reply would be "no, not everything" and you sometimes wonder why your significant other isn't a mind reader, perhaps you should stop and think about that for a while. How can they truly know you if you keep secrets? Lori Smith Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:25:00 GMT Life 3855 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/6-useful-cold-weather-comforts.html As the temperatures drop precipitously, I must adjust my wardrobe and habits accordingly. In urban areas like New York, you can’t beat the cold by hopping from the heated seats of a car to the heated office where you work. You can’t even guarantee a heated home. You have to brave the cold, head on.  Emily Petrone Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:45:00 GMT Life 3838 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/15-starbucks-drinks-under-150-calories.html While everyone is freaking out about losing weight and pretending as though they’re going to run five miles every morning or start going to the gym at 5am, the rest of us are getting on with our every day lives.However, crazy diets and exercise regimes aside, trying to eat a bit healthier isn’t exactly bad idea, is it? I can’t knock people who are trying to eat their five a day or snack on some kale rather than, I don’t know, eight cupcakes. For a lot of people, just making small chang... Cate Sevilla Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:23:00 GMT Life 3832 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/coping-with-the-post-christmas-come-down.html I hate to break it to you, but it is over. Put down the Cava, step away from the smoked salmon and face up to facts: all good things have to come to an end.After two weeks of intense festivities, the real world is calling. As a hardened Christmas addict, I find cutting the festive ties particularly painful. Once the decorations have been taken down, I find myself pacing the house wondering where all the magic has gone. Jen Evans Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:47:58 GMT Life 3828 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/the-hidden-dangers-of-new-years-eve.html Many bad things are said these days about New Year's Eve. We always assumed it was going to be The Best Night Out Ever, when it usually just ended up being an expensive disappointment, so now many sensible people tend to realise they should probably rein it in a bit. All well and good, but has anyone ever mentioned the hidden dangers of NYE when you're single? Lori Smith Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:00:50 GMT Life 3827 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/how-to-avoid-arguments-at-christmas.html It's the most wonderful time of the year! There'll be much mistltoeing and hearts will be glowing, when loved ones are near... well, if you're Andy Williams, at least! For the rest of us, Christmas can often be a time for arguments with loved ones as we are all thrown together in the name of celebration. Whether we like it or not. Lori Smith Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:38:08 GMT Life 3815 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/dos-and-donts-for-holiday-small-talk.html Holidays bring the often trying task of making small talk with people you do not really know, whether they are co-workers in distant cubicles, business acquaintances you've never really had a chance to develop a rapport with or relatives you can't actually recall having met before, or at least not since the age of three. While Oscar Wilde maintained that, "Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative," I say any port in a storm when faced with days of chit chat with ... K.A. Laity Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:00:47 GMT Life 3812 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/are-your-life-and-relationship-all-planned-out.html Do you have a life plan, or are you one of those people who decides to just see where things take you? Are you ticking things off on a list, or are you constantly re-evaluating what you want and need? As kids, many of us plan out our future life - e.g. school, college/university, job, marriage, house, kids - but then there comes a time when you start questioning that plan. But we all still need to know where we're heading, right? Lori Smith Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:39:00 GMT Life 3792 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/are-you-hiv-aware.html Do you know what HIV is and how it is transmitted? Do you know if you have it? Do you even know if you're at risk? As the Act Aware campaign has reminded us on the week of World Aids Day, knowledge of HIV is on the decline despite the fact it's very important for protecting yourself and your partner. So, what can we do? Lori Smith Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:00:00 GMT Life 3780 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/holiday-gifts-that-wont-steal-your-soul.html If you watched the Black Friday madness in the States last week—a horrifying inversion of the Occupy movement: people camping out in the streets, buying pepper spray and using it on fellow shoppers or even shooting at them—you got a sharp reminder that holiday sho... K.A. Laity Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:32:00 GMT Life 3776 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/potential-new-fitness-craze-treadmill-dancing.html This past weekend I defied the odds and went to the gym.Please, please, hold your applause.While huffing and puffing away on the cross trainer, Beyoncé’s “Girls” came on, and it made me up my speed and even put on a game face. There may have been some slight hip wiggles going on. I was impressed with myself, perhaps even a little bit smug. There’s just something about the question “Who run this mutha?” that really gets the adrenaline going. Cate Sevilla Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT Life 3770 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/how-did-we-all-become-so-boring.html Recently in the Guardian, Stuart Jefferies examined both popular music and TV shows of today and how they represent a new wave coined by PopJustice.com’s Peter Robinson as “The New Boring”.  Cate Sevilla Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT Life 3750 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/if-you-need-legal-paperwork-why-not-marry.html Last week the highest court in the UK awarded Patricia Jones 90% of a property she shared with her boyfriend Leonard Kernott. Jones won her challenge of a Court of Appeal ruling which originally gave her ex an equal share of the home's value, even though she has been paying the mortgage on it for the last 13 years. Cate Sevilla Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:28:00 GMT Life 3738 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/santas-little-helper-christmas-gifts-to-avoid.html It’s that time of year again. When we’re all convinced to buy over-priced perfume, copious amounts of toblerone and jumpers with novelty animals on the front. Yes, it’s Christmas.Well, almost...which means it’s time to indulge in some retail therapy and vegging out in front of Love Actually for the fifth year in a row. But beyond the confectionary and polyester sweaters is the pure stress of buying the gifts for love ones. Stacey Malvern Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:36:00 GMT Life 3735 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/gillette-want-you-to-shave-like-a-woman.html Next time you think about buying male shaving cream, or a male-branded razor - STOP! You are a woman, for goodness sake! And Gillette want you to damn well shave like one. You know. Like a lady.Gilette's new “You’re a woman, shave like one” campaign wants you to know that lady razors are specially equipped for those with vagina because of things l... Cate Sevilla Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:55:14 GMT Life 3723 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/to-travel-or-not-to-travel-home-for-the.html As the holidays approach, we urban yuppies must make the controversial decision:  to travel or not to travel.My family always expects me to be home for the holidays – especially Christmas, which I have never missed. I find this expectation quite unrealistic. After all, I live in America, land of the two-weeks-vacation-per-annum. Most people don’t have enough vacation days to burn a week of them over Christmas in the suburbs where they grew up, much less want to use half of their vacati... Emily Petrone Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:00:00 GMT Life 3719 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/give-a-little-love-it-all-comes-back-to-you.html The internet is full of advice on how to have better relationships. How can I please him? What does she really want? How do we make it work? The strange thing is… it's mostly based around romantic relationships. However, some of the things we should be more aware of to make them work, also help with friends and family too. Lori Smith Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:14:00 GMT Life 3702 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/how-and-why-i-eat-gluten-free.html I gave up gluten because it makes me feel like shit.I can tell I’m allergic to wheat the same way I can tell that I’m allergic to perfume:  my body screams in rejection every time we come into significant contact. After a meal rich in wheat, the reaction begins with bloat – immediate and uncomfortable. Next, an upset stomach - mild but persistent. Then come the sharp pains, like someone stabbing me in the intestine. If these warnings, which have grown sharper with age, are not heeded, ... Emily Petrone Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:17:00 GMT Life 3701 http://life.bitchbuzz.com/lemsip-the-great-man-flu-divide.html It’s that time of year again. No, not Autumn. Not Halloween. Not even Christmas shopping.It’s Man Flu season. I know. I'm sorry.Listen carefully on the morning train, you’ll hear a distinctly male chorus of coughs. They won’t be serious coughs, there will be no rattling of phlegm, but they will be dramatic. So dramatic, in fact, you will wonder how they even mustered up the strength to get themselves up in that morning. Cate Sevilla Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:00:00 GMT Life 3699