National Inventors Day - Today is Make a Friend Day
Survey says 39% of people have "swiped right" just to meet the dog in a dating profile
Having a dog in your online dating profile boosts your chances of getting that coveted "swipe right" so much that people are borrowing them just for pictures -- it's calleddogfishing, in fact -- but anew surveyshows the pets might be more popular than most think.
A newsurveyof 2,000 Americans shows that 39% of online daters admitted to taking that important first step with a new human -- just to meet the dog in that person's profile pic.
Perhaps it's no surprise then, that 63% of those polled said having a pet in their profile pic helped them secure dates.
The poll, which was commissioned by the pet supply companyI and Love and You, also notes that 60% of respondents would rather spend Valentine's Day with a pet than a partner. With that in mind, 45% say they're planning to get their pet a toy for V-Day; 44% say they're planning a special meal for their furry friend.
When it comes to relationships of the human kind, 37% say they've been involved in a breakup in which a pet was involved -- and 69% say they missed the pet more than the person.
It's no wonder, then, that 30% of those polled say they stayed in a doomed relationship longer than they should have because they didn't want to break up with the pet.
Parents, stop "phubbing" your kids
"Phubbing" is the act of snubbing someone in favor of your phone. And while parents probably think they're usually the ones getting phubbed by their children, it turns out parents are just as guilty of choosing phones over interacting with their kids.
"If you ask adolescents what they would change about their parents, the most common answer is, 'I wish they would spend less time on their phone and more time talking to me,'"Andy Crouch, the author ofThe Tech-Wise Family, told ABC'sGood Morning America.
"Parents set the tone and the family agenda," Crouch said.
A study released Wednesday byJAMA Pediatricsfound increased parental distress and stress are associated with an increase in screen exposure in children as young as 7 to 18 months.
Crouch has four ways parents can get their screen time in check
1. One hour, one day, one week
For one hour each day, put the phone away and commit to not looking at it. One day a week, he said, usually a Saturday or Sunday, the screens are off and put away. One week a year, during vacation, there are no phones allowed.
2. Prepare for resistance
At first it will be uncomfortable. Be prepared to move through it.
3. Ground yourself, literally
For most of us, the first thing we do each morning is reach for our phones. Not doing so, Crouch says is an effect way to limit screen time.
4. The 7-minute rule
Crouch said this is adapted from the bookReclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in the Digital Age, bySherry Turkle. "The first seven minutes of conversation are easy...weather...and catch up," he said. After that, it gets harder and the temptation to pick up the phone creeps in.
Study: The Most Common Nightmares People Have
Sometimes when we go to sleep, our brains decide to make us the star of our own personal horror movie. If you’ve ever woken up from a particular crazy nightmare, you may have thought,why?But also, you may have wondered if anyone else has experienced something similar.
You’re in luck!A new study has collected people’s nightmares- which sounds like something an evil villain would do -and has figured out exactly what are the most common bad dreams we’re having.Here’s the top five:
- Visions of falling (64.7%)
- Being chased (63.3%)
- Dying (54.9%)
- Feeling lost (53.8%)
- Feeling trapped (52.4%)
Want to know what makes nightmares even scarier? Experts still aren’t exactly sure why we have them. For example, when it comes to falling nightmares, one theory thinks our muscles relaxing tricks our brains into we’re falling and another theory says it’s all because of ou our nervous systems shutting down.
But we haven’t let experts being unsure stop us from having our own theories. Whether it’s true or not, most people believe that nightmares are manifestations of their biggest fears and anxieties. Meanwhile, only 17% said they usually have nightmares related to their job or profession, and 12.5% said their nightmares are always centered around their families and close relationships.A little selfish right?
- Usually, when we think of sex dreams, it’s in a positive light, but the survey says about two in five people say they’ve had asexual nightmare. And when it comes to dreams about cheating, single men are twice as likely as to dream of an imaginary partner cheating on them. And sorry to all you engaged women about there because your dreams are about to take a turn. Half of the married women surveyed said they’ve had a nightmare about their husband cheating.
Source:Study Finds