December 24, 2013 Communication
One of the biggest complaints I hear from female friends is the way they are approached online by men. It seems quite often men are not only blunt when they approach women, but are quite often crass as well. Whether…
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December 24, 2013 Communication
It’s a sad but sobering fact that women sometimes unintentionally drive away the men they love. Sometimes they do it without knowing its happening, other times they do it with full knowledge but can’t seem to stop themselves no matter…
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December 19, 2013 Friends and Peers
Most people who have friends usually find themselves put into sort of a category; they might be thought of as the wise one, the funny one, or worse the screw up. Or they might be thought of as one to…
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December 14, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
The reasons people divorce are as diverse as the human race, as varied as the weather and as normal as mainstream fads; because divorce is so often expected, so often the end result of unfulfilled expectations; so often a sad…
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December 14, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
People get divorced because they come to realize that they don’t want to be together anymore; because when they look at their spouse, instead of love, they find anger, resentment or bitterness; because when they look at themselves, they find…
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December 13, 2013 Relationships and Family - Other
You may not realize it, but your cell phone is wrecking your life; how, you might ask? By making you its slave and living as if it is the most important thing to you. There’s more. Consider for a moment…
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In the days before the Internet and television and even before radio, one of the things families used to do was sing together, especially if someone in the family learned to play piano, guitar or banjo. In fact, families used…
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It’s an all too common situation where Mom makes dinner, people show up and eat, then Mom ends up doing most if not all of the cleaning up afterwards. Or people do help, but only under duress or with a…
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A lot of people find that as they grow older they tend to grow away from their siblings, especially if they live in distant places. But it doesn’t have to be this way. For those siblings who want to maintain…
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A lot of people find themselves having relationships with their siblings when they are adults that are almost identical to the relationship they had with them when they were kids; which in a lot of cases means, they are close,…
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As people grow up they tend to find themselves inhabiting a world that is very different from the one they lived in when growing up. They live in a different house; they see different people. They go to work instead…
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The father-daughter bond is unlike any other type of relationship in our society because it is based on both love and protection. Unlike other relationships, where two people simply love one another, the father/daughter connection has an element of built…
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December 3, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Sometimes it seems there are just too many things that go on in the day to find any quality time with that person you most want to see when you have time yourself to spare; your wife; that beautiful woman…
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November 28, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
It’s not something you hear very often in the statistics, or in general conversation for that matter; but one of the major contributors to marital discord is one spouse saying no to the other. And the sad thing is that…
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November 28, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
In any marriage it is almost impossible to convey how important it is that both parties treat one another with respect. This is because respect means so much, and because living with a lack of it will lead to an…
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November 26, 2013 Crisis Support
It’s one thing to have a father that verbally abuses you as a grownup; quite another to have a father who takes it a step farther and does the same thing to you wife. You’d think it would be a…
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November 23, 2013 Communication
Quite often when people get hurt or are made angry by the actions of another, their thoughts immediately turn to finding some way to hurt the person that did it. Unfortunately, this human trait is not something that works very…
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November 2, 2013 Friends and Peers
So often you hear about how the friends you make at work aren’t really your friends, and would likely disappear from your life should you change jobs; but that doesn’t have to be the rule. Sometimes, it is possible to…
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With all the things that people do in their daily lives, it sometimes becomes a challenge for families to find things they can do together. One thing that many families overlook however, is football on television. This is a shame,…
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October 2, 2013 Crisis Support
Dealing with the loss of a family member is one of the most difficult things that most people go through. Not only because of the sadness of having that person suddenly removed from our lives, but because it reminds us…
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October 1, 2013 Friends and Peers
One of the more difficult things in life is in trying to empathize with someone who is going through a tough emotional time. You may know logically that some person you care about is hurting, but it’s impossible to actually…
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Let’s face it, college life is different than high school life. It’s different because everyone is older of course, but it’s also different because people are more mature, and because a lot of the students at college no longer live…
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September 23, 2013 Communication
From what you see on television and in movies, you’d think men, or husbands in particular, have no clue when it comes to what looks good on their wife. You’d also think that women never ask their husband for help…
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September 14, 2013 Friends and Peers
Married people find themselves attracted to other people all the time, it’s not that unusual, nor is it a bad thing; it’s just a reminder that people are still human even after they marry. It’s not a problem either, unless…
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September 14, 2013 Friends and Peers
It happens to everyone at some point, you find out that the people you work with have been gossiping about you with one another, and likely with others as well. It might be because something has been going on in…
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September 11, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
When a married couple decides to divorce, they generally go through a court proceeding whereby a judge listens to what both parties to the divorce have to say, and then makes a decision based on what he believes to be…
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September 9, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
One of the more unexpected after-affects of divorce is the way surprise mood changes can wreak havoc with your life. This is because of the trauma that we go though when separating from someone who was once close to us….
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One of the problems with growing up with someone is, we think we know who they truly are simply because we’ve born witness to their actions over a span of many years. The reason this is a problem is because…
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When you first meet someone and then find you are going to be going on a date with them is one of the more exciting things that happens in life. Because relationships are so important to us, we find the…
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August 25, 2013 Crisis Support
Most domestic abuse is male against female because on average men are bigger and stronger than women; there are cases however, of females abusing their male partners, though the numbers are hard to come by as most men are reluctant,…
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