Relax and enjoy yourself while dating-discard the pretenses. Spark up some good, real dialogue and humor (which is a big ice-breaker conducive to a good date and possible relationship). Talking casually and laughing helps to bolster more confidence, as both sides…
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Finding closure for past relationships can be much easier if the relationship ended well and both partners were able to move on with their lives-ending up with new people and situations. Even if they do end well, there can still…
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November 30, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
There can be a number of tell-tale signs of cheating. For starters, your partner does not want to be kissed, touched, or caressed on a semi-regular or regular basis. With work, family, friends and kids, we are all busy, and…
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November 30, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
How do you cope? You are going to go through a wide gamut of emotions: hurt, anger, jealousy, inadequacy, etc. You are going to be torn from the inside out, and you know deep down that there’s nothing to stop this…
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November 30, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
The first thing to do is not to overreact. More importantly know that an affair is really happening. Many times, a husband may jump to some pretty strong conclusions if his wife just talks to some other man. Jealousies can…
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November 30, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
If it was a very good and loving partner, telling him/her that you are having an affair is going to be very hard. Affairs happen in the best of relationships-sometimes a casual conversation with the opposite sex can lead to…
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November 14, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Making a marriage work can be hard, time consuming, sad and angry at the same time. One of the steps to making it work is good communications. When they break down-damage or even an end to the marriage can happen. Excellent…
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November 13, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Listen to your partner. Try and not to shut them out. Acting irritated and annoyed when she/he speaks can in the end be very counter-productive to your marriage. Keeping an open, forthright and honest line of communications helps to keep…
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November 13, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
This does happen more often than what people would think. During a marriage, there may be a bit of an attraction that exists between a married man and his/her sister/brother-in-law. Naturally, for most part, nothing happens during the marriage. But…
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November 12, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Arguments naturally flare up in every marriage…and can be viewed as a rite of passage in any relationship. They can be quite vicious at time, at any stage in a marriage. After all, two different people, with differing belief structures…
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November 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
You should make an open display of affection to your wife or husband, in public, by kissing them. Sometimes, affection is either meted out liberally, or the couple can walk so far apart it is hard to tell if they…
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November 10, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Strengthening a marriage can be done in many ways. Sometimes, it just starts with listening more to your spouse. Your partner could speak volumes to you at times, and you may not even be listening, through exhaustion of your own…
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Do talk-but do not cram your whole life story into your first date. Talk about other things as well: good conversation helps to break the ice and makes things more conducive to seeing if chemistry exists. Boring a prospective partner…
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November 8, 2014 Crisis Support
An abused victim is going to suffer horrendous emotional/psychological scars and signs of physical assault: bruising, scarring, broken bones, strained tendons and ligaments. The physical symptoms usually heal with little or no notice. But the emotional scars remain and they…
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If you intensely miss a friend or an acquaintance’s presence and kind conversation, there may be far more to it. If you are counting down the minutes till you see them again and are thinking of them a lot, you…
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Through love, every door opens, the air smells sweet and a light amount of dew glistens off the flora and fauna. Life feels great and there are no more barriers to anything-they fall like a house of cards. A clear…
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October 23, 2014 Communication
An easy way for women to understand men (from the perspective of, myself, as a man) is to get rid of all of the misperceptions, cliques, lies and downright slander that just goes on from one generation to the next….
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October 18, 2014 Friends and Peers
Most times, rude people have bad attitudes from life: problems in their lives, chronic failures and misfortunes. Sometimes a person’s personality can naturally dictate rudeness, but usually it is environmental. People are people after all. We all have bad days…
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September 28, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
There are many things that a married couple can do for little or no money-be it inside or outside of the home. For starters, they can go to carnivals, festivals and exhibitions. For small costs, a married couple can be serenaded…
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Some of the most commonest mistakes include talking about previous failed relationships and exes. No prospective romance wishes to know about all of the people that you loved before, and the failed relationships that you are clinging to. Thoughts of obsession,…
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September 23, 2014 Crisis Support
Stalking, otherwise known as ‘criminal harassment’, has been classified as such in many regions, starting in the 1990’s. This terrible crime which has instilled fear in so many women (and men) has led to stronger punishments in the justice system…
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The Internet is ripe with sexual predators, players, users and abusers. Exploring the world of online dating is potentially dealing with types like that-including stalkers, rapists, and even serial killers. Be you man or woman, there always will be a risk…
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In the beginning, it’s best not to say too much. Emotions are running very high, and the odds are your ex will angrily retort, ‘No’, and may even try and twist it into some form of obsession and stalking. Part…
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Breakups can be so emotionally devastating that sometimes it feels like moving heaven and Earth to find your life back in a kind and more gentle sphere of influence. Sometimes we see them coming from afar, many times they are…
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September 3, 2014 Communication
Women cry not out of weakness, femininity, or the such of dreaded antiquated, terribly obsolete and clique thinking. Thinking that is sadly part and parcel of bygone eras that not only saw the oppression of not only many females, but…
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August 29, 2014 Friends and Peers
The pros of being friends with co-workers include less conflicts at work. The cons include more conflicts at work, as that some friendships can include monies not being paid back, lack of trust issues, and failed so-called “office romances”. Although…
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August 29, 2014 Friends and Peers
The Internet has opened up a whole new world in people’s relationships, through a vast new dimension of contact. Through the Internet, people have a closeness in existing, beginning and potential relationships far more so than ever before. With Facebook…
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August 24, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
It can be such a terribly hard adjustment to once again find yourself on the singles scene, after years of being with somebody, whether you were married, common-law, or just being together. Love is such an intoxicating emotion and addiction…
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August 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Love must be maintained and strengthened through the course of a marriage. Certainly, the love can morph through those formative years and beyond during the length of a marriage: family, friends and work can alter the love somewhat. But the…
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The worst things to say on a first date include denigrating remarks about people’s weight, looks, general appearance and income (for starters). Acting smug and superior can turn off people big time. Venting those type of remarks, even in a…
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