Long distance relationships struggle because one of the main things people want out of a relationship, is intimacy, and that doesn’t mean just sex. They need hand holding, touching, catching a look in the eye, or sharing a laugh. They…
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There is one main rule of thumb when it comes to grooming a beard is, make it look purposeful or it will look sloppy. Consider the full beard, when left to its own devices it tends to grow out unevenly,…
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One of the ironic things in life, at least for men is, how at a time when you become most concerned about loss of hair on the top of your head, you start finding hair growing in places you don’t…
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The true reality of Internet romance is that far more people meet online and develop romantic relationships through social networking sites, chat rooms and blogs, than do those who do so through dating sites. Thus Internet romance has evolved to…
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One of the great mysteries for men is trying to figure out if a girl is interested in you. The thing that makes it even trickier is, most of the interest or not occurs before men have been alive and…
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It’s a thing most women do; and girls do it to. They shave the hair off their legs, and generally their armpits as well. But why? The answer might seem obvious, but when you look a little deeper, it’s not…
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A lot of guys think the only way to have a beard and mustache look good is to let a professional do it when they go to get a haircut. This is truly not the case, because pretty much any…
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When you shampoo your hair, you are in essence removing not just the dirt and grime that can build up from walking around in polluted air all day, but also the natural oils that nature puts in your hair to…
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March 17, 2015 Friends and Peers
The trouble with friends is you get so used to having them around you tend to overlook their sometimes negative qualities. If you’re not careful, this can result in having some friends that are basically a draw on your life,…
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For perhaps thousands of years, people have been applying scents to their bodies in hopes of improving upon what Mother Nature gave us. After television was invented, and then the television commercial, we’ve been inundated with ads seeking to convince…
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The word respect is bandied about a lot. People use it to mean so many different things, and yet, everyone seems to know exactly what it means anyway. To show people you respect them is to both not show disrespect…
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As kids grown older, they naturally start to look more and more outside the home. They develop their own interests and friends and become who they are going to be. Thus, it shouldn’t be any wonder that most teens tend…
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When life gets busy, one of the things that suffers is the time that family members spend doing things together. It’s so easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of daily life that other things get pushed…
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It’s difficult to find television shows that the whole family can watch together. Whether because of the maturity level of the shows that are broadcast, the types of content offered or because of differing tastes; shows that the whole family…
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Sometimes it seems like family reunions are a waste of time; people don’t always get along, or they complain a lot, or don’t appreciate the effort it takes to organize an event that includes a lot of people that may…
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It used to be once you reached a certain age, if you were a young man, you wore dress shoes on occasion; even in high school. So, by the time you ventured out on your own, wearing dress shoes was…
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The teen years can be difficult, no question about it; as kids grow and learn and reach puberty and feel peer pressure, they can become cranky, moody, and difficult at times to be around. This is not to say however…
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One of the sad things in life is how the relationship between a father and his daughter changes so much once she starts to tiptoe into puberty. What was once a very close and in some ways intimate relationship, suddenly…
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Because the family unit is where children are raised, a loving home is critical to raising happy, healthy children. The importance of family love cannot be overstated. When children grow up in a home filled with love, they learn that…
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Does something feel wrong with your relationship? Perhaps your feelings for your partner have diminished? Maybe you’ve learned something new about him or her that is causing you to rethink being with them. These are all signs that you may…
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After I got divorced (and before I got married again) I met and dated a lot of women. I didn’t like being single and didn’t like not having someone close to share my life with. I was on a mission…
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Everybody has things they can and cannot abide; things they will put up with, and things they won’t. This applies to the myriad of things that happen in daily life, and it applies to relationships. It applies especially to relationships,…
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March 5, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
First of all, you can’t ‘make’ your wife happy, you can only lay the groundwork. But having said that there are things a man can do if he wants to make that path a little easier. Following the list below…
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As time has passed there has come to be a consensus that people experience common symptoms following any major upheaval in their life, and especially so when it involves loss. For most people there are five major stages of grief…
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The hardest part of dealing with the death of a co-worker is the sudden, instant hole that is left in the environment when that person is no longer there, and everyone knows why. When I was working for a company…
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Ten things women think are sexy but aren’t It’s a funny thing in life how you can just be bopping along, thinking things are one way, and then something unexpected pops up and you discover that what you thought was…
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February 27, 2015 Communication
In a perfect world you’d be able to talk with your spouse about anything without there ever being any negative repercussions. If only this were a perfect world. There are some things you know will upset your spouse so you…
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If you browse through the profiles of random people you see on dating sites, you start to notice certain trends, or patterns. For one thing, most of them read pretty much the same. It’s as if the site passes out…
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February 25, 2015 Skin and Body
One stress inducing thing in life is sitting around wondering if you have bad breath; and it’s bad enough if you worry because you might have been eating something recently that might have caused others to avoid getting too close…
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February 25, 2015 Skin and Body
A straight razor is a tool used for shaving the male face; it looks sort of like a switch blade knife and was the most commonly used tool for shaving (both male and female) before the advent of electric razors…
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