November 19, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
I don’t think stay at home moms get nearly the appreciation or recognition they deserve! Being a stay at home mom has been one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever done. I think my life was easier when I was…
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When you date someone from a different culture, there’s an even greater chance of misunderstandings and communication issues than when you date someone from your own culture. This is especially true if there is any type of language barrier, if…
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You can’t make anyone fall in love with anyone else. When reading this article title, I’m reminded of a scene in Walt Disney’s Aladdin. When the Genie lists all his rules of the three wishes, one of the rules was…
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Cheating is anything that takes away from your relationship, and is given to another person. Whether it be thoughts, words, actions- anything that takes away from your relationship is cheating. If you spend an unreasonable amount of time with a…
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There is definitely such a thing as emotional cheating. “Cheating” in general, refers to taking something that is meant for yourself and your partner, and giving it to someone else, thus, “cheating” your partner. This “something” can be your time,…
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In my opinion, if you have to convince your partner not to break up, or that you “belong together”, then perhaps it’s time to re-evaluate your relationship and why it has hit the point where one of you wants to…
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Trying to tell if your partner is too controlling or if they just deeply care about you, is VERY difficult, no matter how young or old you are. It is especially important, as a teen, to educate yourself, as much…
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October 3, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Can a marriage survive cheating? Absolutely, if both parties are willing. Can YOUR marriage survive cheating? I don’t know the answer to that… I know mine did. Cheating can be the ultimate betrayal, dealing with the strong emotions of the…
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October 3, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Perhaps I am a little bit biased in my opinions on this topic, as I’ve suffered the LOSS of multiple pregnancies. But, I remember how my husband reacted whenever I lost those babies… It hurt him just as badly as…
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October 2, 2015 Friends and Peers
The teen years are extremely critical in a person’s life. This is when we all learn to relate to others, and learn about frienships, and the realities of life. It’s extremely rare for a friendship made in the teen years…
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October 2, 2015 Friends and Peers
Platonic friendships can be one of the most unstable and unpredictable relationships you’ll ever enter into. A man and woman being “just friends”, is at best, difficult. At it’s very worst, it’s downright impossible. If there is any sort of…
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October 2, 2015 Friends and Peers
Dealing with a broken frienship is a grieving process. This grieving process needs to be gone through, however, because a broken frienship is the “death” of something that you care about. For whatever reason, your friendship hasn’t worked out, and…
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September 22, 2015 Friends and Peers
Making friends is as simple or as difficult as you make it. If you never leave your home, except to go to school or work, then you’ll likely not make any friends, unless you spend a large amount of time…
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September 18, 2015 Friends and Peers
Testing to see if a friendship is real or even strong, is the worst thing you can possibly do to a budding friendship or an already established friendship. The only way to “test” if a friendship is real, is to…
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September 9, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Money can’t destroy a relationship- people’s attitude about money are what destroy a relationship. If one partner or the other is secretive, selfish or controlling of the money- that’s what will destroy a relationship. That being said, there is such…
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September 9, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
There are many different things that can kill a marriage. I probably don’t have enough time or space to write of them ALL, but I will cover the things that have been MAJOR obstactles to my husband and I, and…
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September 9, 2015 Friends and Peers
A healthy friendship is made up of many components, but the most important thing is- do you feel that you and the other person are both getting what you want and need out of the friendship? If you doubt whether…
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August 25, 2015 Friends and Peers
The characteristics of a good person are extremely hard to define. Do we go by religious upbringing and morals? Do we go by society’s standards of what makes a good person? Do we go our own personal standards of what…
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It’s pretty much assumed that most people would want to communicate with their significant other. If you didn’t want to communicate with your partner, why be with anyone in the first place? But truthfully, the problem isn’t with people wanting…
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I admit it… I was once that “clingy person”. After many failed relationships, and ending up in abusive relationships, I realized that it was due in part to my “clingy-ness” that I didn’t get out of those types of relationships…
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August 13, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
In-law problems can be the bane of a marriage. You can’t have a negative relationship with your in-laws and expect that it won’t affect your marriage. Thankfully, most in-laws truly aren’t out to do you or your marriage harm- most…
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Most already know that unresolved anger in a relationship can be detrimental to your relationship, most also know that the only way to keep it from ruining your relationship is to deal with it and get rid of it. But…
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July 26, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Relationships are tough. There’s no way around it. To make a relationship work, you need to work at it and learn to communicate effectively. The best way to fight fairly in a relationship is to not fight at all. There’s…
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June 29, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
As there are many different reasons why people have affairs, there are equally as many ways to deal with the aftermath of an affair. Determining whether or not you should confess your affair to your spouse or not will depend…
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Are sexual fantasies dangerous to maintaining a committed relationship? Can you be married or in a relationship and still sexually fantasize about somebody of the opposite gender? For most, this is a rhetorical question. Many don’t bat an eye when…
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There are many different reasons why people lie, so I can’t even begin to explain why all people lie. I can make some suggestions, based upon my own observations. I don’t believe that all people who tell lies are inherently…
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May 18, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
How much should you tell your husband about past life? Well, that’s a pretty good question. Especially since most of us have things in our pasts that we aren’t proud of or that we would never want anyone knowing. That…
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May 18, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Just as a marriage can survive infidelity or financial crisis, it IS possible for a marriage to survive lying, as long as partners are willing to change the dynamics of the relationship, and willing to work at the marriage. Lying…
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Trusting someone, no matter what your relationship to them, is taking a huge leap of faith and is very difficult to do. Everyone has some degree and level of trust issues. And each person allows their trust issues to color…
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April 7, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Why should laughing during sex be a major no-no? Is it because society has gotten so ridiculous about what’s “appropriate” and what’s not? Are we so concerned about what others think of us, that it’s not okay to laugh during…
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