Your Friends Don't like your Boyfriend? Would you Dump him over it?

Everyone has some similar or shared interest with their friends or they wouldn't be friends right?
Whether it's liking the same activities, genre of books and movies or sharing the same sense of humor, in someway or another you friends mirror some small part of you.


But what about when it comes to men. Obviously  if your constantly eyeing for the same guy at the bar this will  eventually cause a riff between friends, but on the other side, what if you don't like the guy your friend is seeing, what happens then?


Datewithamate.com, a dating website that sets up pairs of friends on double dates with other pairs of friends conducted a study to find out just how important a friend's approval is when a new boyfriend is introduced to your circle of friends.


According to the study, 42% said they would need their friends approval when they started dating a new person.. furthermore 12% said they would even end a relationship if their friends didn't approve ( a Mother's Day tie-in: just 8% said they would end it if their mom didn't approve). 


Luke Pomaro, founder of datewithamate.com said the study was to help them get to know their target market better and added, "I appreciate the importance of a friend’s approval, however I don’t believe it is that important that if a friend doesn't approve the relationship should be ended. The grounds of a healthy relationship are ultimately down to the two people directly involved in it and as long as they are happy together that should be all that matters."


Although I think we'd all like to say we would end a relationship if our friends didn't like our boyfriend how many times have you heard stories of a break-up followed by a friend saying ' I never really liked him anyways" or " I don't know what you saw in him, I always thought you could do so much better"...


You won't win the friend of the year award for dumping your dude just because your friends don't see the same charm and lovable person you see. BUT if your friends are trying to warn you about your guys red flags that you are too love struck and blind to see you should appreciate and consider their opinion and maybe approach your man about certain concerns you've suddenly become aware of. 

                         Ke$ha Singing about her Best Friends Boyfriend

MissTravel.com: Who Needs Money, Beautiful People Travel Free

Brandon Wade is a well-known online matchmaker with a certain kind of flair. He created such controversial sites as Sugardaddy.com, SeekingArrangement.com and WhatsYourPrice.com.

In what you might call a cross between Expedia.com and match.com, or perhaps it’s more like "Indecent Proposal" meets "Pretty Woman"?

Brandon’s new website, MissTravel.com is the only online dating website for travelers. The site says they, “match generous travelers who hate to travel alone with Attractive travelers who would love the opportunity to travel the world for free."

Launched less than two weeks ago MissTravel.com has already signed up over 16,000 users.

The generous members can use the website for free while they search through thousands of attractive members profiles then once they find a mate of their liking they can send them a travel invitation. Once the ‘attractive member’ accepts their travel proposal the generous member has to purchase credits to communicate freely and plan their trip.

The site offers three different travel options, the generous member can invite the attractive member to visit him/her in their home city, offer to visit the attractive member in their home town or ask the attractive member to accompany them to travel to a new destination.

If the new pair ends up traveling, the generous member is expected to and will have to pay for all of their attractive members travel expenses.

Though Cupids arrow has no bounds, not everyone is convinced.

Psychologist and relationship expert Dr. Robi Ludwig says the site sounds more like a traveling escort service. “It's true, people can meet other people anywhere and anyway to fall in love, but there's an obvious imbalance of power inherent in this situation which could be problematic to dangerous,” Ludwig said.

Another enticing incentive for attractive members is the site’s system that allows generous members to gift frequent flyer points to them. As soon as an attractive member collects enough miles he/she can redeem them for airline tickets or hotel rooms at any destination they would like.

“This is even better than escorting. It sounds like modern mail order marriage,” Steve Ward host of VH1’s Tough Love said.

I don't care how badly I wanted to see the world and travel for free..if it meant I had to go with a complete stranger who is most likely hoping to bang more than a couple of coconuts on his next tropical excursion I can wait.. I don't know maybe I'll continue to work and save my own money to go on my own trip on my own terms.. 

Here is the site's promo: