The official eHarmony blog had an interesting post that seems to have gotten missed by many of the relationship bloggers over the holidays, one that discussed recent research regarding the correlation between one's height and how jealous they were of their partner.

The post is dense with information, so let's see if I can boil it down a bit (for references to all statements, visit the original post):

• Several studies have found that taller males are seen as being more dominant, attractive and virile;
• Women choose taller partners when they are ovulating or looking for casual sex;
• The study accurately predicted that taller men were less jealous than their shorter counterparts, with the tallest men being the least jealous all around;
• Even though the tallest men were less jealous, they were more likely to be aggressive with potential rivals and demand more time with their partners, whereas shorter men chose to focus on, "...the love and care that they show their partner".

Women on the other hand were a completely different story:

• Women of average height are the most attractive to men and have more success with conception than their shorter or taller counterparts;
• Women of average height were the least jealous of their partners; and
• The shorter a woman is, the more she felt other women were a threat to her relationship.

What can we draw from this research? From what I can tell, it seems that the more attractive someone is to the general public, the less jealous the person is. Why? The study's take was that if someone feels like they are in demand, it positive affects their ability to compete with any other potential romantic rivals.

What's your take on this new study? Do you think taller men and average height women are less jealous, and shorter women and men are the most jealous of the bunch? Will this jealousy research affect your choice in dating partners?

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Several of my fellow dating bloggers have created a Top 10 list of posts for 2009, and I was intrigued and fascinated by what made their most sought after lists (see: Living Single, Sex At Dawn, Dating and Mating in America).

Curious, I wanted to check and see what you, the readers of this blog, found to be the most fascinating for 2009. So without further ado, here are the top 10:

• How Do You Know When You're In Love?
• The Definition of Dating
• What Do Teenage Boys Want In A Relationship?
• How Long Do You Wait To Have Sex?
• Dating Younger Men
• Should My Teenage Daughter Have Overnighters With Her Boyfriend?
• The Gay eHarmony
• Does He Like Me As A Friend Or More?
• Romance Through Text Messages
• Can Casual Sex Turn Into A Relationship?

Want your dating question to be featured here in 2010, maybe to make the top-read list for the year? Feel free to ask it in the comments, in the dating forum for other readers to respond to, or via this form so I can try to reply personally.

... or so says a recently released study shared in the Journal of Marriage and Family, as reported by Science News. Almost all of the participants in the study (96%!) were found to have "strong distrust" of the opposite sex, yet when asked about their current relationship, they stated it was of a "trusting" nature. As well, the distrust of said men didn't stop these low income women from entering into romantic, long term relationships.

I have to say that reading this study made me pause, as did the friends I shared it with. The actual information didn't surprise any of us. Rather, the percentage of women is what was frightening. Do virtually all lower income women find men untrustworthy? And if so, why are they entering into relationships with essentially the same gender they have obvious unresolved issues with?

The study went on to say that because of this mismatched trust (feeling distrustful of men in general but stating that their current relationship was trustworthy) put the women who were a part of the study at further risk for unhealthy relationships, basically doing whatever they had to to give their partner the benefit of the doubt.

What do you think about the findings of this study? What would you suggest to low income moms, or the men who date them, in response to this study?

Related: When Not To Date

Every few months eHarmony offers its users - paid or otherwise - a free weekend to contact other members. New Years was one of those weekends, but they've decided to extend the offer another few days until tomorrow (Tuesday, January 4th, 2010) at midnight.

To receive the free offer, either log in in to your eHarmony account or sign up for a new one - just be aware eHarmony isn't like most dating sites, in that you have to be matched by the system to connect with someone, and most folks don't get relevant, local matches for a few weeks at best. That's why I suggest all singles sign up to use their free compatibility matching (a test that takes about an hour to complete, and totally free) and then wait for one of eHarmony's juicy coupons to be delivered to their email mailbox in a month or three. Or, wait for a free eHarmony weekend such as this one.

Related: eHarmony Review, Compatible Partners - eHarmony's Gay Dating Site