DATING? VOCABULARY YOU NEED TO KNOW!

Remember!  Real princes don't go Dutch on a first date!

love at first sight: amor a primera vista, flechazo
to have a crush on someone: cuando te gusta alguien
to ask someone out: pedirle a alguien que salga contigo
to turn someone down: rechazar a alguien
to be in a dry spell: llevar un tiempo sin conocer a nadie especial
to meet people online: conocer a gente en la red
to pick someone up (at a bar...): ligar con alguien a quien no conoces (en un bar...)
to chat someone up: conversar con la intención de ligarse a alguien a quien no conoces  (en un bar...)
to have a one-night stand: tener un rollo de una noche
a lover: amante
an affair: una aventura (más de una vez)
to go on a date: tener una cita
to fix someone up/set someone up: concertar una cita a otras dos personas
a blind date: cita a ciegas
a double date: cuando quedan dos parejas en vez de una (para quitar un poco de presión
to stand someone up: no presentarse a la cita
to go Dutch: pagar la cuenta a medias
to have things in common: tener cosas en común
to flirt with someone: coquetear/tontear con alguien
to go out with someone/see someone/date someone: salir con alguien (relación informal) Are you seeing someone?
to fall in love: enamorarse
to be two-timing: tener más de una relación al mismo tiempo
to see someone on the side: quedar con alguien a escondidas de tu pareja
to cheat on someone: serle infiel a alguien
a womanizer: un mujeriego
to break up with someone: romper con alguien
to go steady: ir en serio
to live together: vivir juntos
to have a serious/committed relationship: tener una relación muy estable
to propose (to someone): declararse (planes de boda)
to get engaged: comprometerse (planes de boda)
the fiancé: el prometido; the fiancée: la prometida
to get married: casarse
wedding: boda
anniversary: aniversario
to get divorced: divorciarse

A: Tom and Tammy have been dating for 5 years now.
B: Did you hear that Tom proposed to Tammy last week?
A: Really! So are they engaged now?
B: No! Tammy found out that Tom was cheating on her so she broke up with him.
A: Well, if he is going to be a two-timer he shouldn’t propose to her.
B: That is what he gets for cheating.
A: Yeah, and the girl he was seeing on the side also has a fiancé!.
B: Wow, everyday is like a soap opera in Tom’s life, isn’t it? 

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HAS FACEBOOK AFFECTED YOUR LOVE LIFE?

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Seventeen magazine has released a study on Facebook and modern courtship
• The study reports 10 percent of people have been dumped over Facebook
• Surprisingly, 73 percent of people keep their exes in the friends list

What do you think? Do you think you could find real love in Facebook?

Check the following link and post your comments.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/11/19/facebook.modern.romance.mashable/index.html