Relationships Articles & News
Internet Romance - Good Idea Or Bad?
Mary's quest in finding a suitable partner for romance seemed impossible. She found the singles scene at clubs to be uncomfortable and her social circle seemed to consist of more married friends with a shrinking amount of singles. Although she had heard of internet dating and saw the ads, she had hesitated to take what she imagined was a rather drastic step. What would her experiences be like? How would she find someone online? What were the risks? If you are ...
False Forecasts Lead to Matchmaking Hell
Although the internet is flooded with thousands of matchmaking sites, few people realize why this approach to finding their mate can lead to matchmaking hell. False Forecasts The typical methods for finding a mate are based on personality tests, psychological profiles, and our own evaluation of a potential partner. Most of the matchmaking techniques used on these sites are doomed to failure because the ...
Bonding With Your Partner – Without Candles, Wine Or Lingerie!
Summary: Many partners attempt to bond with candles, wine or lingerie, only to find their time together feeling flat, empty and passionless. In this article, discover what really creates bonding, intimacy and passion with your partner. A journalist interviewed me regarding intimacy in relationships. One of her questions was, “What are some of the easy ways in which husband and wife can bond - without candles and wine and expensive lingerie?” Easy ways? ...
Is There Romance In The Zodiac
There are probably millions of people who will laugh at the idea that the zodiac has anything to with romance. Yet, there are millions of other people who are beginning to understand this mysterious power that is concealed in the heavens. Many people know that the zodiac is a circle in the sky which is charged with twelve distinct energy fields. Astrologers have called these energies "signs." But few people understand that each one of us is a miniature zodiac filled ...
The Scrooge of The Zodiac
What you don't know about Saturn could hurt you. Here are some insights that may help you. Saturn is the "Scrooge" of the zodiac. This idea relates to the position of Saturn in your astrological birth chart. Wherever Saturn is found in this wheel, this is where every person has a challenge, a test, and lessons to learn. The connection that Saturn makes to other planets in your chart reveals the challenges, limitations, and potential growth ...
Signs Out of Sync Lead to Relationship Problems
If you analyze the astrology signs as attitudes you will possess a major tool for understanding human nature and all your intimate relationships. This will be especially helpful for understanding those people who have signs out of sync. What Are Out of Sync Signs? The twelve astrology signs are composed of the four elements of fire (3), earth (3), air (3) and water (3). If you have planets in signs that are not ...
Have You Missed Your Soulmate?
Many people believe in love at first site. They believe that in an instant, they will know who they should be with for the rest of their lives. Unfortunately, these unrealistic expectations often end in divorce. On the other hand, some couples spend 10 or 15 years getting to know each other before marriage. They'll live together, make major purchases, and even have children, before making a commitment to get married. Unfortunately, many of these marriages also end in divorce ...
Reviving Romance When Love Fades
After being together for a long time, the romance in most marriages starts to fade. We want our love to never end and desire to be closer to our partner but the stress and busyness of life gets in the way. Interestingly many couples facing this dilemma think their love has fizzled, when in actual fact, their communication has reached a plateau. In every relationship there are two levels of communication. The first level is surface communication and the second is deep communication. ...
Finding the One Meant For You
Loneliness beckons as a frigid moon above a bare tree. The train’s whistle at midnight. Loneliness greets an empty house. We feel it when we hear Blues on the radio with no one in the passenger seat. It’s being a single parent, an only child. Loneliness crosses every life, and it will cross yours.
Mental Abuse The 7 Most Important Things To Know
1. Sticks and stones won’t break my bones” – and words won’t leave any measurable physical damage, but they will cause progressive, long-term harm. Never underestimate the power of words: words are used to brainwash.
7 Unfailing Laws of Happy Relationships
Most think that relationships exist to make them happy. When they find that special person, they believe that love will naturally grow. But in relationships we encounter everything, challenges, joy, fulfillment, loss. Yet, despite all training in life, we seldom learn about the knitty gritty of relationships, how to build the relationship in a way that brings out the best in all.
Find Your Love as Early as Possible
Life is made of innumerable dots. Dots, which are part of your today life, will connect with tomorrow dots.
Zodiac Love Match – Can the Stars be Right?
As a somewhat older gentleman (but still fairly good looking and somewhat romantic?) I have always enjoyed good relationships with the younger folk – Oh! The times I have been called upon over recent years to inspect and give an opinion on some poor new prospective boyfriend.
Stand By Your Man: No Matter What?
We all heard the report of a prisoner escaping after his wife shot and killed the correctional officer transferring him to another jail.
Soul Mate Myths
But the cold truth is that most people have never known the inner radiance of their own soul. Instead, they cling to the many myths about the soul mate relationship that are simply not true. These false beliefs need to be understood. Here are just a few.
Affairs: Advice for the One Who Was Betrayed
You are hurt, you are angry, you are simply devastated. Things will never be the same again. The only winning choice and a source of hope is for the both of you to decide to make things better than they were before. You probably have a million questions. Some of these need to be answered, some do not. You have to be wise enough to ask yourself if you really want to know the answer to a particular question. Learning how to trust again is not easy. You certainly will ...
Love Entrepreneur Style
For many of us, love has become a distant ideal. Often, we don't don't even spend much time thinking about sharing our lives with anyone else. We are too busy, we say, working too hard to look for that special person. Maybe someday, but not now.
When Attracting Sexy Women, Remember... Time And Circumstance Change Everything
Many guys are just too intimidated and full of anxiety around sexy women to be successful at attracting women. I've even seen guys who turn women's heads walking into a room who have this issue. Let me help some of you who may have this "between the ears" handicap.
Great Relationships: 4 Big Relationship Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Relationship Mistake No. 1 - Partner Bashing Bashing the one you are supposed to love seems to have become a national pastime. You know the saying: "Can't live with `em, can't shoot `em." It's really amazing - one person in a group can start in, and then everyone else wants to top their story or complaint. The reality is that partner bashing reflects poorly on you, because after all, you chose this person. Relationship Tip: Rebel against the culture and ...
Great Relationships: 3 Really Dumb Mistakes and 3 Smarter Moves to Make
1) Think short term. Many people enter marriage with the same mindset they have when buying a car. A car is designed with something called "planned obsolescence" in mind. You know that one day it will wear out and you will need to get another one. Entering marriage with this mindset just about guarantees failure. Smarter move: Go into marriage with a strong sense of commitment. Not just to "stick it out." Commit to having the best possible marriage and to the growth of the ...
Communication Is The Key To A Lasting Relationship
"If you are trying to find ways to lead a more fulfilled life, at some point the spotlight of your attention will fall on your various relationships - with family, lovers, friends and colleagues," stated Take Control of Your Life, one of the series in Time-Life Books.
Great Relationships: How to Create a Nag Free Zone
Q: My wife and I have a good marriage that is being destroyed by nagging. I've tried to get her to stop and even begged her to stop. She won't stop, and it just makes me less willing to do the things she is nagging about. How can I get her to stop nagging?
Relationship Tips to Grow Close and Stay Close
Relationship Tip 1 My family loves movies. In the theater, on DVD and VCR at home, and now even in the van. I'm sure it's because of what I do that I look for relationship tips and messages everywhere I go. The movies are full of examples of what to do and what not to do in relationships. Yesterday I took our boys to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" with Johnny Depp. Let's see, how shall I say this..................the person that got the most ...
Great Relationships: What to Do When You Have Drifted Apart
Picture, if you will, the following scene: A man and woman, somewhere in the great expanse of middle age, walk into a sandwich shop and sit down. They don't speak to each other. They do speak to the waiter when he comes to take their order. And this is the last time they speak, to each other or anyone else, the entire hour they are there. They each have a book, and they proceed to get lost in reading and eating. Now maybe they had just heard some bad news, or were the ...
Lover's Quarrel
One minute you seem like lovesick turtledoves teasing, laughing and giggling with all your might. Then a few minutes later, you begin yelling and berating each other and a lover's quarrel is already in progress. A little bantering was all it took to stoke up a rising emotional tension.
How to Handle Problem People: Life Lessons from a Balky Bovine
Do you have people in your life that p… (make you angry)? You know the ones I’m talking about. It may be your child, partner, colleague, or boss. You think that you have established some boundaries, or the rules seem like common sense, and yet that person seems to find ways to get under your skin – just because they can. What’s the deal? Is it something wrong with them, or is it about you? Maybe it’s a little of both. I learned a lesson about this from ...
Proper Flower Etiquette
Flowers are great gifts for practically any occasion, but there are some basic rules of flower etiquette. With the popularity of ordering flower delivery online, some buyers may not get the sound advice they’d get from a local florist. This guide presents the real meaning behind different flower types, and when they are best used.
Buying A Diamond For Your Special Person?
The first thing you want to consider when buying a diamond is the price. If the price of the diamond sounds too good to be true, then be very careful?
Affairs: What an Affair Really Is and What an Affair Really Does
We hear about it all the time - in magazines, on TV and among our friends: Someone else has had an affair and a marriage is falling apart. Our culture teaches that an affair is just something that happens in relationships, it's really not big deal. When we hear about this so often, we can become a little calloused to what it really means. We're numb to the reality of promises broken, marriages crashing, kids being crushed and families coming apart. I ...
Affairs: Advice for the Couple
Recovering from an affair is hard work and will take time. The good news is that in the more than 20 years I've been helping people put a marriage back together after an affair, I have never seen a couple where both partners really wanted to heal their marriage who could not. Here's a map on how to rebuild trust that I call the Trust Scale. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 the lowest and 10 the highest, what is the current level of trust? Let's say it's a ...