Rule 01: Don't Get Greedy

According to Andreas Capellanus, the 12th-century French author of 'De Amore,' there are twelve chief rules to courtly love. The somewhat cynical tone to Capellanus's work suggests that his work be taken with a grain of salt, but there is also a good deal of valid information to be gained from reading his ideas. The first chief rule of courtly love is as follows: thou shalt avoid avarice like the deadly pestilence and shalt embrace its opposite. In layman's terms: it's better to give than to receive.

Drinking Yourself Blind Date

A good portion of my friends are getting married, and the rest are all in serious relationships. At the last wedding I went to, it was decided not to throw the garter...because it was faster just to hand it to me. Naturally, my friends decided it was time to set me up on a blind date.