William, Prince of Wales, will marry Catherine Middleton on April 29 2011. The focus everywhere in the United Kingdom is on weddings. There are many newspaper column inches on how William knew that Kate was the person he wanted to…
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Whenever you walk out of your house, your clothes tell people things about you, your character and your life. When you are going to work this is even truer. When you are at work, you not only represent yourself, but…
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November 26, 2014 Friends and Peers
A best friend is a treasure and you are lucky to have him, or her. A best friend is not someone you only know from a social networking site on the Internet, he or she,knows you, in the real world…
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November 14, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Cohabitation before marriage is normal for some people and a controversial subject for others. Some people have religious objections to a couple living together before marriage, indeed the popular descriptive phrase “Living in sin” alludes to religious scruples about couples…
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November 14, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Many couples today live together before marriage. People have many reasons for living together, they may wish to marry at some time, or they may not wish to marry at all. Couples’ reasons for cohabiting are as individual as each…
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November 14, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
How To Be The Perfect Wife This title sounds like an article that probably appeared in a nineteen fifties lady’s magazine. It probably talked about spotless houses, baking cakes, and smiling sweetly when your bear growls at you. The sort…
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Your elderly parent is getting frail and needs help. You may, automatically, think that the only answer is to move them into your home. It is a natural instict to feel that it is your duty to do so. It…
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September 19, 2014 Friends and Peers
It can be very difficult to stand by and watch when a good friend is in an unhealthy relationship that is harming her and not giving her what she needs to be the loving, happy, fulfilled and fun-loving person you…
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September 8, 2014 Communication
It can be difficult to stay connected with family members, who live overseas. It often feels as though they have become semi-detached from the family. They are absent from family occasions, and it is difficult to remember to tell them…
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September 6, 2014 Communication
Good manners are often under-rated these days, especially in the workplace. Management often blames low productivity and staff under performance on many factors, but they rarely cite rudeness as its cause. Rudeness does nonetheless affect staff morale in many workplaces….
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Trust and honesty should be the basis of any strong relationship. In marriage, honesty is a vital component in the building of the trust that is the foundation of a solid and lasting marriage. However, in some limited cases, too much…
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Undergarments are necessary for many reasons and will not become obsolete any time soon. Go to any lingerie shop or the lingerie department of any store and you will find any number of different types of bras, knickers of all…
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July 1, 2014 Relationships and Family - Other
Moving in with your lover is something you should not do lightly. You should ask yourself some questions before taking such a momentous step. It is a decision that you should think long and hard about, because it will have financial and…
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May 17, 2014 Friends and Peers
You are the youngest person in the workplace. That can be hard. You have just left school or college where you were the oldest, the most responsible and the most trusted and now you are the youngest. At school, or…
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May 17, 2014 Friends and Peers
It only seems a minute ago that you were the workplace baby, yet now you are the oldest worker in the workplace. The old guard has gone and their places slowly filled with younger workers. They have more paper qualifications than you…
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May 17, 2014 Friends and Peers
Shy people can seem prickly sometimes. It makes working with them difficult. Colleagues may mistake their shyness for arrogance. A shy colleague can blossom under the right conditions. Shy people feel uncomfortable sometimes especially in a work situations. Bear in mind that…
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There are still, even in this enlightened age, men who think that any female is fair game. Occasionally women sexually harass men at work, there was one case in English Law, but this is much less common. There is also anecdotal…
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Bad manners are difficult to cope with at any time. The worst situation of all is in the workplace when your superior is being rude to you. Some superiors believe that they just because they have a particular job title…
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Rudeness anywhere hurts, but someone making a rude remark to you at work really hurts. The best way to deal with a rude remark is to ignore it but it can be difficult. It is tempting to hurl an equally…
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April 3, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
The old saw is that children cement a marriage, but old saws are often wrong. Some commentators believe that children cause problems within marriages. Marriage is a relationship between two people, and any relationship between people changes over time as…
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March 24, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Divorce is always devastating. The practical upheavals are distressing enough but the emotional stresses affect your life. When you reach the stage where divorce becomes inevitable, suddenly you are not the person you thought that you were; you are no…
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March 9, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
The current view of a successful marriage is a saccharine laden feast. It is informed by Hollywood and imparted by films and television programmes. Television advertisements would have us believe that a wife’s only preoccupations are how to get her whites…
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February 10, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Many people say that they would throw a cheating spouse out. That is their prerogative, but many people who react like that have never been in the situation. It is very easy to say what you will do in any…
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January 31, 2014 Communication
New colleagues are over zealous sometimes. It can be difficult to deal with them. The new colleague may simply be enthusiastic or nervous. Your new colleague may have had difficulty finding this job and does not want to lose it….
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January 14, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
When you are busy planning your wedding, it is easy to forget that there will be a life together after the wedding. It is all very exciting; choosing dresses, booking church and reception venues, and all the myriad details that planning a wedding…
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“I disagree entirely with your opinion but I will defend to the death your right to express it” is a quote attributed to Voltaire. Adults do not always agree, if everyone had the same opinion, the world would be very…
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December 27, 2013 Communication
It is easy to get involved in conflicts at work. Conflicts with co-workers sour the workplace atmosphere, and distract everyone from work and so reduce productivity. They also waste everyone’s time and energy and make the workplace an unhappy place…
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December 27, 2013 Communication
It is a manager’s job to forge different personalities together to form a team. It is a difficult balancing act. Managers deal with all kinds of behaviour amongst employees, from conflict between workers to workers’ lateness and personal problems. One…
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December 23, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
That the world is getting smaller is an old adage. The Internet and related technology has given people the ability to talk to others, who they will possibly never meet, across nations and across borders. It is interesting and intriguing…
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December 17, 2013 Friends and Peers
Online ‘friends’ are strangers. That may seem counter-intuitive because people think that they know the people that they speak to on-line. On line, contacts, through chat rooms, social networking sites and forums, come into your living room or bedroom in…
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