Terms of endearment

names people in love give each other or call each other:

Darling

Sweetheart

Love

Pet

babe/baby

Cutey pie

Honey bunny

Break up – finishing a relationship

they are having a domestic(informal)

they are having an argument

They have blazing rows

they have very serious, often noisy arguments

(s)he is playing away from home

(s)he is having an affair

To break up with somebody

to finish a relationship with somebody

To split up

to break up

To dump somebody

to finish a relationship with somebody without much thought for the other person

Break-up lines

(fixed) expressions, often sweet or apologetic, used to tell a partner, girlfriend or

boyfriend that the relationship is finished or is going to finish:

We need to talk

I just need some space

It’s not you, it’s me

I hope that we can always be friends

This is hurting me more than it is hurting you

It’s not enough that we love each other

It simply wasn’t meant to be

Vocabulary:

A secret admirer:

Someone who fancies someone else but keeps it a secret

SPEED DATING

DRESSED TO IMPRESS | You have three minutes to meet the love of your life

You can't hurry love, at least that's what the songwriters say. Well some people want to disagree. For them there's the new phenomenon of speed dating.

If your quest for love has so far proved fruitless and you feel that time is running out - how about spending a night speed dating? You could meet a dozen potential matches and still get home in time to peruse the personals before bed.

The clock is ticking. Speed dating means you only spend a few minutes with each of your dates, so every second counts

It works like this: an equal number of men and women meet at a café, pair up and chat for a predetermined number of minutes, then when a bell rings it's time to move on to your next mini-date.

A grown up version of musical chairs? Well speed daters say it saves time and provides a safer way to meet - no more waiting for the evening to end when you've worked out in the first couple of minutes that your date's a dud.

After you've speed-dated everyone in the room it's time to come up with your wish-list. You write down who's hot and who's not and if your top picks feel the same about you then the organisers will pass on contact details.

Rate your date! If it goes well for both of you romance could be round the corner

Speed dating, unsurprisingly, comes from the States. It started in January 1999 as a scheme for L.A. Jewish singles to meet. It quickly broke out of that community and has become the hippest way to look for love.

The appeal is that you can meet a lot of people very quickly, which traditionally could have meant months of dating. It is also in some ways less demoralising than regularly trawling singles columns or dating websites.

David, a speed dater from the South East, says, "I think it's for those people who are cash rich time poor. It's a very good way of meeting a large number of the opposite sex in a fun environment and in a condensed period of time. I would definitely do it again and encourage a friend of either sex to come along and give it a whirl".

Luci, another speed dater, says, "It's a great way to meet new people but a gamble as to whether you're going to meet anyone".

However efficiency isn't everything. If your life means that you find it difficult to devote time to finding love, will you have enough time to nurture love if you find it?

If speed dating represents the modern solution for the "cash rich; time poor" to find love, does it also mark the death of romance, or just another evolutionary step in human courtship?

Speed dating may be the new way to meet, but after that first date it's down to more traditional methods of dating to ensure love blossoms.

Then it comes down to care, consideration and time. The challenge is whether speed daters can find time for another in their busy schedules.

Perhaps there will be a growth in speed relationships where you don't ever to have to spend more than a few minutes at a time with your "partner".

In the mean time your three minutes start now - Good luck, find your dreams!

News about Britain
Speed Dating Are you single but too busy to search for love? Then you need to try the latest dating phenomenon that is sweeping across the UK - speed dating.     SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS   What do you think about speed dating? Do you think it's a good way to meet Mr or Miss Right?   Send in your comments         Speed dating involves men and women meeting in a room and finding out as much as they can about possible partners in three minutes. It's proving very popular with Britain's young people who find that they haven't got the time to meet that special one. At a speed dating event you are given three minutes to talk, one on one,with a member of the opposite sex. Then a bell is rung and you move to another person and start chatting again. By the end of the evening you will have spoken with up to twenty men or women! If, by the end of a conversation, you fancy the person or would like to see them again, you write it down on a card. Then, if the other person also fancies you, the organisers will contact you with their details. But is three minutes long enough to make an impressionand work outif you want to see someone again? Research suggests that chemistry can be felt within the first thirty seconds of meeting someone, and that is what speed dating is all about, knowing quickly if you are going to like someone. And what about romance? Is it possible to make a good judgment in such a short time? After all, people say you can't hurry love. However, Britain will soon have its first marriage from a speed date. So, if you are on a mission to find Mr or Miss Right,what have you got to lose? At worst, you still go home on your own. But at best, the person of your dreams could be just three minutes away.       the latest dating phenomenon   the latest way to meet possible partners   sweeping across the UK   becoming very popular all over the UK   partners   here, two people in a romantic relationship   special one   the person you really like and would like to have a relationship with   one on one   only two people talking at any one time   opposite sex   someone whose gender is different from yours   fancy   when you like someone in a romantic way   make an impression   appear in a positive and interesting way to the other person   work out   decide   chemistry   here, attraction   good judgment   correct assessment   you can't hurry love   you can't force love to happen   on a mission   to be determined to achieve something   Mr or Miss Right   your perfect match

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