As far as I can see the attributes of the ideal man, the ones demanded by women is growing and becoming totally unrealistic. I am always reading the laments of women who can’t find Mr. Right and want to know…
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I suppose that depends on just who you are talking to because the answer will vary from person to person and even from the different sexes. Largely the answer depends on the experience of the individual to whom you are…
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Love is an often misunderstood emotion and extremely difficult to define. Ask 100 people and you will no doubt get 100 very different answers. Love may include a variety of other emotions based on ones experiences, that become intertwined and…
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Before you decide whether love is really worth it, you must wade through a lot of different definitions of love. As we age, grow and gain experience our definition of love may change dramatically. I think my first idea of…
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I have lived for a few years (50) and I have witnessed what I believed to be the union of soul mates. Their closeness, their love for each other, their being as a couple radiated so much more than a…
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October 29, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
I don’t know if there is a way to deal with a person that cheats with out some level of pain. I haven’t had a lot of experience with some one “cheating” on me, that is in an exclusive relationship….
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October 25, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Wow! What a title. Certainly one that invites us to drag out our sexual stereotypes and give “the wife” a laundry list of do’s and don’ts to make life easier for her husband. I can see cleaning and cooking tips…
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October 25, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
I, once was trapped in a marriage that didn’t work. In reality I did this to myself twice, although I was quicker to get out the second time around. My husband wasn’t a bad person and he did love me…
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I am no fashion plate, I am morbidly obese and pear shaped. I gave up trying to follow fashion a long time ago, face it ladies large or small very few of us can wear every trend that appears and…
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October 1, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
It’s not always easy to remember the man or woman you originally chose. I have seen so many couples who seem to have forgotten the love they once had for their spouse. I know I have forgotten at times in…
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September 9, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
I learned a long time ago that I can’t change anyone except myself and that has at times, been damn hard. With my first husband I thought he had potential and while I knew he wasn’t particularly happy, I thought…
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August 22, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
First of all it is not a matter of whether I would allow my man to watch porn movies. He is an adult and may do anything he wishes to do, just as I am an adult and may do…
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Being older this whole term tickles me, younger folks coming up with new ideas for relationships or so they think. I was on the tail end of the hippie generation, so was made aware of free love very early on….
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May 14, 2015 Friends and Peers
While we all may want to be liked, it is not always possible to have everyone like you. When I was younger, I was surprised when I took an immediate dislike to someone, so I sat down and gave it…
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Even the title implies that we may never know all the reasons behind why men cheat, much less understand the phenomenon. I suspect that part of the reason is we as a society tend to make it more acceptable for…
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I am sure that just about every woman has a picture of her ideal man in her head and there is most likely a great deal of variance from woman to woman. From the very beginning we are read fairy…
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Sometimes it is not that the topic, is something that cannot be spoken about but rather your own very deep seated feelings that prevent you from “talking” about the subject. Topping the list of emotions is guilt or shame. I…
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Most people learn to control themselves as they grow up but some individuals either have never been taught to control themselves or they are dealing with enormous amounts of anger and rage that erupt, often when they least expect it….
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February 23, 2015 Skin and Body
I lost interest in make up when I stopped trying to look older then I was and I found make up tended to get in your way, it ran when you sweat, smeared if you touched it and had to…
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I am not sure why this is true but it definitely is. Perhaps it goes back centuries but we and several societies have a long history of demanding our women be chaste, while men are encouraged to be sexually active….
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February 12, 2015 Communication
While sex is one of the most intimate forms of communication we have with another individual it is also one of the areas we seem to have a great deal of trouble talking about. I suspect this stems from sex…
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This is a loaded topic and one that hopefully people can approach with an open mind. There are so many reasons that this situation can occur. I left home when I was 17 1/2 and I never went back but…
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Such statements that are so broad and general, are as I have learned through experience, usually false. As with any opinion an individual might develop, one can always find examples to support their theory and ignore the evidence that disputes…
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January 17, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
There is usually a pay off that one receives when one behaves a particular way. Nagging is not built into one sex or another so I am not sure why we are discussing only wives, but that said no one…
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Love can often seem an illusive emotion, hard to define and difficult to understand. It has many forms and is easier to understand in some varieties of it than others. I am 53 years old so I have experienced many…
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Let’s see, is the answer supposed to be for men or women? Or a compromise between the two? What exactly constitutes a “date”? Does meeting in a bar count? I am sure some of my opinions won’t be popular or…
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It can be immensely difficult when a relative becomes a prisoner, especially if he/she is a close relative. We often feel embarrassment, shame or fear among other things. All of these emotions are valid to the individual feeling them, though…
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September 3, 2014 Communication
It is amazing to me after recent insights I have gained, that men and women ever manage to interact on any level, I suspect that we do, speaks to the power of sexual attraction, yet most people truly desire a…
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September 3, 2014 Communication
The roles given to both men and women within our society begin very early and often the messages so hidden that even the more informed or enlightened souls of the world don’t recognize them and pass them on as their…
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In our rushed and hurried up world listening seems to have become a lost art. We have all greeted someone with “hello” and had them respond “hi” and then continue with something like “oh I’m pretty good”. They are apparently…
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