Tangled Times: Unusual News and Views

Breaking Up is Easy...in Germany

Berlin entrepreneur, Bernd Dressler, has taken the anxiety out of dumping a mate.  Think of him as a "match-breaker."

Dressler described his service to Britain's Independent: "I say to them, 'Good day, my name is Bernd Dressler from the Separation Agency and I have been asked by your partner to inform you that he or she wishes to end your relationship.' I don't get involved if somebody starts crying or gets emotional. I simply tell them I have come to pass on the message."

By the look of things, business is booming.  Dressler has helped to end 200 relationships in the past 11 months, at a cost of $68 per breakup!

Let Your Fingers do the Courting

"Will u marry me?" 

Reuters reports, "A British man has met and married a 22-year-old woman after, by his own account, dreaming of her phone number and then sending her a text message."

Is it luck or fate?  Who knows, but there's good news for single folks:  You don't have to play the online 'meat market' or spring for a matchmaker.  Just read your local white pages before bed and... let your subconscious do the rest!