February 11, 2015 Friends and Peers
The listener and not the friend may be to blame for being judgmental and not willing to pay attention. Nothing in the questions implies that this friend talks too much on a regular basis. It seems to be asking for…
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In the UK ‘dating opening lines’ are called ‘chat up lines’. Many of these exist but are some better than others? Does quality really even matter that much with chat up lines? The truth is that the worst possible chat-up…
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April 2, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
There are many reasons why sexual infidelity may happen within marriage. Vows, promises and good intentions are made at a rational level and have no connection, whatsoever, to passion. It may be that a person could be completely honest in…
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February 7, 2014 Friends and Peers
Harassment may take many forms but always involves a persistent and deliberate annoyance over time. The purpose of it is to attack a victim emotionally or even physically on a regular basis in order to make them unhappy and discontented….
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January 29, 2014 Friends and Peers
Harassment may take many forms but always involves a persistent and deliberate annoyance over time. The purpose of it is to attack a victim emotionally or even physically on a regular basis in order to make them unhappy and discontented….
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December 28, 2013 Communication
Is it always easy to treat others as you wish to be treated? The other day I arrived home from Taekwondo with my wife. She got out of the car and I started to put it on our drive. A…
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October 27, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Happiness and the hope of it destroys many marriages in the UK. The notion that a marriage is about happiness is an historically recent one and, in the preindustrial farming villages of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland it was hardly…
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October 26, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
John Donne famously wrote, ‘No man is an island,’ but he was quite wrong. Divorce can break a person’s world until they stand alone among oceans of doubt and uncertainty. Marriage may give them a home, a group identity, a…
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