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This is what happens when people have too much money! A British millionaire is offering £100,000 (about $162,000) to the person with his favorite money-winning idea. Despite 160 entries, somehow Karl Dorn has made it to the top 10 with Help For Husbands, a Livestrong-like bracelet meets mood ring that changes color to warn men when to stay away.

"Through my research I've found out that women's body temperatures increase at certain times of the month," Karl said. "This little wristband would be temperature sensitive and change color." He seems to think "certain times of the month" are PMS, when women are supposedly extra emotional, but it's actually when women ovulate. You know when we dress extra sexy and want sex the most? And why shame a woman with a scarlet bracelet when there are apps and websites for tracking periods.

So if this wasn't senseless enough, the best part is this "invention" is anything but novel. A company in Norway makes women wear red bracelets when they have their periods, which we found absurd enough to make the headline a top question on a Real or Fake quiz. At least they're using the bracelets at the right time of the month.

Avoiding your dad's call? Hanging up faster? Hiding in your room until menopause? It's because you don't want to have a baby with dear old dad. Which, while disturbing, is really better than the alternative.

While ovulation may be a good time to schedule a first date, it's a bad time to hang out with your father, at least according to your mating instincts. A new study looked at women's phone bills to determine they were less likely to call their dads when fertile and more likely to hang up earlier. This sounds totally ridiculous, but the average call while fertile lasts 1.7 minutes compared to 3.4 during times of low fertility.

I thought maybe women weren't talking much to anyone on these days, but researchers thought of that and found women actually call their mothers more and talk longer. Since my parents usually tell me the same things, maybe talking to mom renders dad irrelevant? Or maybe she just passes him the phone? I'll believe anything that makes this less gross.

If we had to choose between a laid-back guy and an aggressive one, I think most of us would opt for laid-back. Turns out, though, it's not what women choose on most days of the month, but it is on the few days we're ovulating.

The men women choose during this fertile period tend to have low levels of the stress hormone cortisol, adding credit to the theory that women pick better long-term partners when their fertility is at its peak.

So when is this magic, mate-shopping time? Eleven to 21 days after your last period began.

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A new study found that women are more likely to dress to impress and buy sexier clothes while ovulating.

The study discovered that ovulating women were more likely to buy sexier products when attractive women were nearby (they're subconscious threats) while nonovulating women were not subject to the same effect. The conclusion? The menstrual cycle affects women's buying habits. This would be another useless finding if the research wasn't done by the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, and businesses weren't poised to put it to use.

"For about five to six days every month, normally ovulating women — constituting over a billion consumers — may be especially likely to purchase products and services that enhance physical appearance," said Kristina Durante, a postdoctoral fellow involved in the study. "Such products include not only clothing, shoes, and fashion accessories, but also cosmetics, health supplements, fitness products, medical procedures, and more.

Is it time to think twice before tracking our periods online?

This post was submitted by Senorita in The Mommy Club group.

When I got married, on our wedding website I did have a fun counter until the wedding and my SIL in law had a similar one when she was prego with my niece but yesterday I was amazed to find a counter for when you are ovulating! I know people are probably excited about the prospect of getting pregnant and having a child but I was amazed that people will share their ovulation schedule with everyone! I feel this information is very private personally and something I would never share with the Internet but maybe others don't feel the same.

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Thirty may seem like the new 20, but not when it comes to a woman's fertility. According to new research, the odds are stacked against women who hold out to have children, particularly those who wait until they are in their 30s and 40s. One report said:

The study published by the University of St. Andrews and Edinburgh University in Scotland found that women have lost 90 percent of their eggs by the time they are 30 years old, and only have about 3 percent remaining by the time they are 40.

Females are born with all of the eggs they will ever have, so Dr. Marie Savard, GMA's medical contributor, advises women to take good care of them by not smoking and staying fit. Many women panic about missing the opportunity to be a mother, but raising children is not a whim decision or easy to do alone. If a woman's clock is ticking, do you think she should go ahead and get pregnant or hold out for a partner?