This love quote is a piece of beautiful advice from a mother to a daughter. Happy Mother’s Day!

“Never grow a Wishbone, daughter, where your Backbone should be!”

- Clementine Paddleford

Bloggers love quotes, because they let you publish something, even when you don’t have anything to say

The love quotes we publish here on the be2 Blog are a case in point. The love quotes blog category is one of the most popular regulars. Every week, we try to find a love quote that reflects the topics we have been writing about. In future, other bloggers can also use those quotes, but not by simply copying them. Instead, bloggers can use our Love Quote Widget.

Doesn’t it look great!

Bloggers can get these love quotes for their own blog, either by installing the
WordPress Plugin

…or by copying the code to embed the widget anywhere on a website, for example in a blogpost like this one.

All it takes is a click on the small + below (see right), to show the embed code.

This code can be copied and embedded in the HTML code of any website – or in a blog post.

Enjoy!

The best love song of the year 1990:
Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U

The complete list of the best love songs is here.
If your favourite love song isn’t on the list, let us know in the comments!

Trust the Americans to come up with this: We all know Coffee is an aphrodisiac, due to its stimulating qualities. We wrote about aphrodisiac foods before on this blog and there is no shortage of natural aphrodisiac foods. But in the land of bigger is better, that wasn’t enough, so an American company came up with the aphrodisiac Power Magic Coffee that is allegedly even more effective than your regular cuppa.

If this Magic Power Coffee really works, it might help convert a lot of British tea drinkers to coffee drinkers in a very short time!

However, excitement about the “aphrodisiac coffee” has already been dampened, because the American FDA (Food and Drugs Administration) already issued a warning about some dangerous substances contained in Magic Power Coffee, which, in combination with some medication, can cause dizziness and lightheadedness.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the aphrodisiac qualities of regular coffee. Going for a cup of coffee on a first date with a potential partner is a great, casual way to break the ice. Once you have found someone through an online dating site, exchanged a few messages and found out that you have a lot in common, the next step is a first date, so why not meet over a coffee?

>>> Find the right partner for that casual first date now at be2!

Celebrate with be2 by joining those 20 Million Singles already looking for love…

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The days where singles stayed home rather than travel alone are long gone. Many singles can go on holidays with other single friends, but if most of your friends are couples or don’t have time for a holiday, you can opt for single holidays offered by professional tour operators, aimed specifically at singles who don’t want to travel alone.

Obviously, lost of singles hope to flirt or even fall in love when they book single holidays. But whether love strikes or not, single holidays are a great way of meeting other singles who share similar interests and are interested in a friendship. Bookings for single holidays 2010 remain high, financial crisis or not.

There are plenty of companies that offer single holidays. These days, they don’t just target singles as a uniform group, but rather offer packages that suit personal interests, for example…

- active, sporty singles can go biking, climbing, surfing or rafting
- stressed singles can book a beach or Wellness holiday
- cultured singles can join a city trip with museums, plays and opera visits

Singles are usually grouped with others of the same age and interest to encourage a friendly, sociable atmosphere. And of course, they all have one thing in common: they don’t want to travel alone!

>>> If you would prefer to travel with a partner, find the right person now before your next holiday

At first glance, Facebook and dating look like a great combination. You can connect with a person you met on a night out without all that pesky “can I get your number” business. If you know their name or if they are friends with your friends, you can look them up and send them a friend request. Once that is done, you can cyber-stalk away…

Facebook and dating combined let you find out a potential date’s likes and dislikes, see where they hang out, which parties and concerts they will be going to. You can even trace their Facebook and dating history by scanning their wall for posts from exes!

Once you are sure that Facebook has told you enough about this potential date, you can try dating for real. Then, when you get past the dating stage, Facebook allows you to make your relationship official, leaving little room for ambiguity. Once a person’s relationship status changes, you know where you stand.

BUT, you guessed it, there is a downside to Facebook and dating, which we is why we have compiled a few rules that any single should take to heart if they want to combine Facebook and dating.

Facebook and Dating: 5 relationship rules for social media

1. The first relationship rule is one that counts for any actions on Facebook, but especially for dating: If you wouldn’t tell your parents about it, don’t share it on Facebook. For most people (depending on your family) that means no drunk party pics, no lewd sex jokes, no embarrassing fan pages. If you stick to that rule, you don’t have to worry about a potential date being put off by your Facebook profile.
2. On a related note, don’t change your relationship status on Facebook until you are sure that you would be happy to introduce the person you are dating to your friends and family. Because essentially, that is what you are doing by changing your relationship status. Not only will your Facebook friends see your status change to “in a relationship”, they will see it change back to “single”, so don’t change it lightly!
3. Don’t forget that, while you are delighted that you can follow your date’s every move on Facebook, they can see everything you post, too! So don’t post anything that would provoke unnecessary jealousy, insecurity or even distrust. If in doubt, a selective privacy setting is your friend – use it!
4. Once the dating phase is over and you reach relationship status (on and off Facebook), you will sooner or later have a row. Such are the facts of life and you might as well hear it from us But you don’t need to make matters worse by dragging your relationship problems on to Facebook – thus involving all your friends in an essentially private matter. Keep your private issues private, anything else would be almost like having a full-blown row in the middle of your best friend’s birthday party.
5. Once a relationship ends, staying friends can be torture. If seeing updates from your ex (invariably positive, happy with a new partner, because obviously no ex wants to give you the satisfaction of seeing them unhappy after the breakup) is keeping you from moving on, then you need to de-friend your ex. Maybe write them a friendly message explaining why you feel it is better for both of you to go your separate – Facebook and dating – ways in future, then click “remove from friends” and move on!

We still think this great song, in which a girl tells her ex, who wants to be her friend on Facebook, “are you f****** kidding me?” hits the nail on the head: Facebook and dating may sound like a great idea, but you need to set up certain boundaries to avoid getting hurt.

The main problem with Facebook and dating is that Facebook is not a dating website. Dating was never the main goal and it is not what most people use Facebook for. Hence, when you start to mix Facebook and dating, things can get messy. If you want to stay on the safe side, keep Facebook and dating separate and use a real online dating website to find a new relationship. It may seem like extra hassle, setting up another profile, checking messages and uploading pictures to another site, but you will avoid the pitfalls of Facebook and dating, as illustrated above!

>>>be2 gives you all the dating opportunities, without the risk of getting it wrong.
You won’t even need our 5 relationship rules for Facebook and dating

The best love song of the year 1968:
Love Affair – Everlasting Love

The complete list of the best love songs is here.
If your favourite love song isn’t on the list, let us know in the comments!

24 days, 24 Christmas gifts:
Perfect Christmas gift ideas and suggestions by the be2 team, daily December 1st – 24th 2009.

Do you want to donate to a charity this Christmas but just don’t have any money to give? You can make a donation to Unicef, without paying a penny! be2 will make a donation and you can help determine the amount. Simply show the „Have a Heart“ badge on your blog or website. be2 will donate 10€ for every badge published.

Taking part is easy! Go to the “Have a Heart” page, choose one of the badge designs shown there and copy the corresponding code. Add this code to your blog’s or website’s HTML and publish the badge there. As soon as it is published, 10 € will be added to the total amount donated by be2 to Unicef.

In addition, we will donate all revenue generated by new members who register through the Charity page before Christmas.

Help us help children in need this Christmas!
Of course, you can always make your own, additional donation to Unicef. Go to the Unicef website to find out more about the projects initiated and supported by the charity and your options for donating to help children in need.

Inspired by last week’s social media Halloween pumpkins, our colleague Michaela carved a be2 Halloween pumpkin!

Hope you all had a fun Halloween, too!