We’ve all been through the relationship that starts out as a seemingly perfect, meant-to-be thing, and then just evaporates into nothingness. At first, it seems like the end of the world. You feel like you’re done with dating and the…
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A novel or screenplay writer’s imagination can create things that don’t exist in the real world. The perfect man is one of them. A character created for a story is different from a character in the real world. The character’s…
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Everything in life isn’t black and white. There isn’t always a clear cut, yes-or-no answer to everything. Romance and romantic interest fall into the grey areas where things aren’t always perfectly clear. But, thankfully, there are a lot of things…
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Are people actually created in pairs, and marriages actually made in heaven? Is there someone out there who is just right for you, just perfect, just waiting to meet? As far as my experience goes, it doesn’t matter how closely…
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Love is a mysterious thing. Not only is it difficult to tell if someone else is in love with you, it’s not exactly a piece of cake when it comes to figuring out if you’re in love with someone. But…
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A romantic dinner for two is not necessarily about candlelight and expensive fine dining. Well, not just about these things, at any rate. It’s about being with each other, just the way both of you like it, and giving each…
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Being sexy, just like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. Guys appear sexy to women if they look like what the women would want them to look. A man has to be well groomed in order to be…
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A long distance relationship can be quite taxing for both partners. Even more so if they are in different time zones. In this technologically progressive world, distances have lost significance, and it has become increasingly easy to keep in touch….
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In a perfect world, we would all fall in love with somebody who’s perfect for us, who exactly matches what we are looking for in a partner, and that person would love us back and we would live happily ever…
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Do opposites attract? People say they do. But then, people also say that birds of a feather flock together. Sometimes, it seems as if opposites attract. For instance, suppose I am not a very outdoorsy or adventurous person, but I…
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Puberty is a rather tricky time in the growth and development of a girl. She’s becoming a woman, she thinks she’s a grown woman, but her parents know that she’s not quite there yet. She wants more freedom to make…
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June 17, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
My husband didn’t let me do any of the housework for the first couple of months of our marriage. I feel that it made me feel loved, pampered, special. Six months into our marriage, I do the cooking and he…
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June 17, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Telling your wife how much she means to you does not need to be an activity chalked out only for special occasions. Marriage is something that needs to be worked at every day, in our own special ways. You do…
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June 17, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
When is the right time to start having kids? That’s a tricky one. There’s no real right answer to that one, really. Different factors take importance for different people. But here are some general commonsense factors. Probably the most important…
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June 17, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
I don’t really believe that marriages are made in heaven and that people are created in pairs and destined to be together. Love and marriage are more about growing to know and understand each other, to appreciate each other, to…
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If the love and passion go out of a relationship, there’s still hope. The relationship can still be worked on. But if trust and respect are taken away, the whole foundation is shaken. Perhaps all is not yet lost; perhaps…
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May 14, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Passion is what makes the early stages of a relationship exciting. The phase when two people can’t keep their hands off each other. When they give each other long, passionate kisses at every available opportunity. Make love whenever they have…
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May 14, 2015 Friends and Peers
Quality over quantity, I always say. That definitely holds true for friends. Our lives are busy, fast, full of responsibilities. We have a job, a home, a family to look after. In the middle of all that, we certainly manage…
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April 19, 2015 Relationships and Family - Other
Love is a deep, heartfelt emotion that goes far beyond butterflies fluttering about in your stomach and your heart thumping wildly. Love happens when you know someone inside out and still want to be with them. Love is when you…
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April 6, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Breakfast in bed is a great way of telling someone that you know how hard they’ve been working and they deserve a break. It’s a way of showing them that this is their day off and they can linger on…
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March 29, 2015 Friends and Peers
How we wish life were simpler, and decisions easier. But it isn’t. It’s full of twists and turns and complications. One such complication is being faced with a choice between your friends and your lover. This is a situation where…
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It’s natural for everyone to encounter break-ups along the way to the relationship that is actually meant to be. When the break up is from a long, serious relationship, it becomes all the more difficult to recover from it and…
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It can be hard to admit that someone who was once very interested in you is now losing interest. All the same, it’s like any other bitter truth – something that you need to face up to and act upon…
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When in a relationship that doesn’t make us particularly happy, we tend to think that it’s better to stay in the relationship than to get out of it, because you’ve already put in so much time and effort in your…
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When you’ve just had your heart broken and are feeling lonely, it’s easy to get involved with anyone you feel even slightly attracted to, or anyone who offers even a little bit of sympathy and understanding. Because you are in…
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February 3, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
In a fairytale universe, they say that true love lasts forever. If it doesn’t, it’s not true love. Real life is, in some ways, very different from fairy tales. Even so, true love does last forever and “happily ever after”s…
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Breaking up is hard, and getting over the relationship and moving on is often even harder. But, the important thing is, no matter how hard it seems to be at first, you will get through it and emerge a stronger,…
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You want to find out as much as you can about this new person you’ve just met. You want to keep the conversation flowing easily. You want to find out whether or not this guy is likable enough to go…
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August 29, 2014 Friends and Peers
At my last job, I had a close knit group of friends with whom I had some great times. Being friends with your co-workers can do you a lot of good. It gives you an extra reason for wanting to…
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August 28, 2014 Friends and Peers
Love should always be based on friendship. There are a few lucky ones among us who are fortunate enough to fall in love with someone they’re already friends with. There are a few things that need to be thought about…
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