Kiera Knightley and Matthew McFadyen in 'Pride and Prejudice'

Recent studies have revealed that there is a physical connection between warmth and love, making romance movies the most popular genre during the winter months. When the body is cold, it seeks psychological warmth.

Here is a list of ten romantic films to keep you warm when the temperature drops:

• Moulin Rouge

The story of a young English poet who travels to Paris in the 19^th century. There he meets and falls for a nightclub’s most popular courtesan. Romance, music, dance routines and tragedy ensue. With Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman.

• Shakespeare In Love

A fictional story of Shakespeare’s personal romance that inspired his most famous play ‘Romeo and Juliette.’ With Jospeh Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow.

• Breakfast at Tiffany’s

The classic film telling of a young writer who moves into a New York apartment and falls for her quirky neighbor. With George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn.

• Dirty Dancing

The simple but much-loved story of a naïve girl on a holiday resort who falls for the irresistible dance instructor. With Patrick Swayze.

• Pretty Woman

A modern-day fairy tale about a rich man and a prostitute. With Richard Gere and Julia Roberts

• Pride and Prejudice

This story has been filmed several times, the most recent of which starring Kiera Knightley and Matthew McFadyen.

What will they think of next?  The new GPS-based mobile phone app helps you to find that one-night stand you’re looking for.  The dating application, called LocalSin, uses GPS technology to lead you to the closest “willing” matches that are near your location.

LocalSin Many Uses

Why head out to the nearby bar without knowing the facts?  With LocalSin, users have access to what is called a “passion map” which the locations listed of “compatibles” in their area. These are other users who have similar interests or profiles. LocalSin promises users that it can boost their odds of getting lucky by up to 90%.

Checking Out the Options

Users, of all sexual persuasion, can contact each other directly after finding each other on LocalSin and can then propose to meet. Users can also use this app to check out a certain bar, nightclub, or city location, to see how many people are in a given location.

Revolutionizing the Dating World

As a LocalSin spokesman said, “This is going to revolutionize the dating game. It allows men and women of all sexual preferences to locate and link-up with other willing users in the vicinity. By doing so, it minimizes the hassle of moving from one bar to another in search of single people and could easily increase pulling success by at least 90 per cent. We also invite businesses to sign up strictly as business members, too.”

LocalSin has already been available in America and Australia for a year and is just coming to the UK now.

Is Chivalry Dead?

It used to always be that the men would pay on the date. But how times have changed. Now it seems, according to a recent article in The New York Times, that women are expected to “go Dutch,” which basically means, pay their own way. One guy complained that he had paid for all the drinks on two dates with a woman. “She doesn’t even pretend to offer, even after I hint,” the San Franciscan complained.

It seems however that this attitude is acceptable and that the guy paying on dates is “outdated.” Sure the man can pay for the woman sometimes, but there again, the woman can pay for the man at other times too. But broaching the subject might be tough as well. There could be some men out there who still believe in chivalry and may be offended or think you’re way too feminist for them if you offer to pay.
The article thus suggests that perhaps on a third date (or earlier, depending on what you’re comfortable with) when the bill arrives, you just turn to your date and ask, “shall we split this?” whether you are the guy or the girl. If your date says no, accept it and then as you carry on dating perhaps offer to pay the whole bill the next time.

But the article also warns men to be wary of women who are just not ever offering to pay. Steer clear of those as they could be taking you on a ride you don’t want to be on.

How can it be that these days, pretty much everything is left to the Internet.  I mean of course there are incredible benefits to doing things online and we are living in very much a virtual world, but does dating need to be too?  Well, these days, given that so much of our lives is conducted on a keyboard, it seems like it’s actually a really good way of at least “meeting” someone.  And it looks like it works too.  But since there are so many online dating sites out there, how does one work out which one to use?

A recent study discussed this matter and found that what was important to many people was protection and privacy policies and according to eHarmony, that is exactly what their clients will get.  As well, it commits to “supplying greatest policy for a lady when dating so that they can block individuals with whom they do not desire to talk any longer.”

In my firm opinion, it seems that there really is nothing wrong with online dating as long as it is just used for the initial introduction.  Also, one should be careful about it.  For women, do not give out any personal information:  just a first name and then arrange a meeting place.  Do not tell them where you live or give out your number before the initial meeting.

At the end of the day one of the most important things to realize about online dating is that it is just that – it’s online.  So use it to find an introduction but after that either create a real relationship or ditch the person; do not try to attempt to establish a relationship on line.  Be careful about finding out about the site’s policy on privacy and thereafter make sure you take the necessary actions to avoid giving out too much information.  If you do all of that then it really is pretty similar to regular dating; just use a bit of common sense.