Author Archive: Todd Daigneault
Todd Daigneault
July 30, 2014
Dating
Reveal good qualities about yourself: kindness comparing, compassion, tenderness-good attributes that women and men seek out as a potential mate-and father/mother to their children. Keep out past relationships as much as possible. They can trigger alarm bells in a potentially serious…
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Todd Daigneault
July 29, 2014
Dating
Self-esteem issues plague society, from the young to the old. Unrealistic expectations and beliefs are imposed on people. If one is not considered attractive, they face overt and covert discrimination, ridicule and even societal banishment (in a sense). Many individuals…
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Todd Daigneault
July 24, 2014
Dating
Menage a trois, the classic threesome, so prominently featured in the fantastically sexually-liberated world of pornographic movies that couples may rent from time to spice up what sometimes can be a boring and predictable sex life. Usually rented on the…
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Todd Daigneault
July 23, 2014
Dating
Not only is it acceptable, but it is fairly commonplace… even healthy. After all, you may have spent years with your ex, built a life together and had children. Even if you’ve both happily re-adjusted to new partners, the links…
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Todd Daigneault
July 13, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
The problem in seeking revenge against a cheating spouse is that it prolongs the hurt and agony that you are obviously going through. Plus, it precludes the possibility of reconciliation with a cheating partner-if a chance exists. For if you…
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Todd Daigneault
July 12, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
You should show love affection toward your wife, such as kissing and holding her hand when in public. Don’t act like you are not married by walking three to eight feet away from her or have little or no conversation or act like you are not …
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Todd Daigneault
July 3, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Divorce can be absolutely devastating on those involved, whether they instigated it or not. Naturally, there is going to be extreme anger-which mostly stems from being hurt as an emotional defensive shield over the divorce. An emotional defensive shield is…
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Todd Daigneault
June 25, 2014
Family
In whatever living situation your aging parents are: living with you, on their own, assisted living, or in a care facility-maintaining their dignity is absolutely critical. Treating them patronizingly, like they are incapable, frail, weak and infirm robs them of their dignity. …
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Todd Daigneault
June 19, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Unfortunately, there are many “deadbeat” fathers. Yes, they should be denied visitation rights to their children if they are not paying child support. My sister, a single mom raising her daughter fought hard to get support payments from her ex-husband,…
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Todd Daigneault
June 18, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Telling your wife that you love her, that you appreciate her, and all she does is among some of the small things that you can show your wife that you love her. It is a small, but pivotal thing that…
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Todd Daigneault
June 18, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
When you are married, you are for most a couple, a team, life partners together. You do most things together and almost seem to merge together as one, in some respects. But through what should be a kind merging, sometimes…
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Todd Daigneault
June 14, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
After years of being in a relationship or a marriage, work, children and family pressures, there are times when the sex life between the two spouses can become dull, boring and predictable. Where as before, there was intense sex and powerful…
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Todd Daigneault
June 14, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Here are ten top ways (in no particular order) on showing love in a marriage: Hold hands-show affection to your wife (or husband). Many couples are guilt of this. After so many years of marriage, the same spark and panache…
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Todd Daigneault
June 14, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
After twenty-five years of marriage, loving and living, children and possibly grandchildren, and all of the trials and tribulations inbetween, there may not be the same sense of romantic feelings that there once was. But certainly, you’ve gone through this…
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Todd Daigneault
June 1, 2014
Dating
As a man, I can certainly give the ‘skinny’ on my fellow men. We are not all egotistical, sex-crazed fiends and brutes who would do it with just about anything. There have been lots of stereotypes written and noted about…
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Todd Daigneault
May 29, 2014
Dating
Age is relevant to whom you are: what you perceive your age group to be, and your overall situation. For many, a thirty year old is a kid themselves. Thirty seems to be transitional point between youth and older years. But…
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Todd Daigneault
May 29, 2014
Dating
Some of the pros include having a family, already and packaged for you. Some men might find that very good for themselves, as it gives them a chance to bond closer to her through her children children, as well as them…
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Todd Daigneault
May 29, 2014
Dating
In the laundromat, you have a neutral place, where people are just sitting around waiting for their laundry to be done and not much else to do. In a bar, you have a crowded, noisy place, where many are on…
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Todd Daigneault
May 20, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Cheating while in a marriage can mean a death knell. There is a huge loss of trust, faith and belief in the cheating partner. It usually takes Herculean efforts to restore the marriage, and even if successful huge emotional scars can…
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Todd Daigneault
May 19, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Affairs are certainly not grounded in reality-and here’s why. Number one, for any romance to have strength, there has to be a normal getting to know each other period, unfettered from previous partners and romantic situations. There can be lots…
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Todd Daigneault
May 19, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Unfortunately, infidelity is a large part of our society, be it male or female. It has become so commonplace in our society that people barely flinch over it. Interestingly enough, it can start innocently enough with a look, a glance,…
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Todd Daigneault
May 12, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
People divorce for many reasons. But the top one is usually cheating. One or the other partner may end up having an affair with somebody else, opposite sex or same sex. Even if it is short-lived, such an event can easily…
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Todd Daigneault
May 1, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
You know it is going to be very hard on your children when you divorce or separate from your significant other. The kids regrettably always get caught in the crossfire, no matter how many safeguards and preventive steps (among others)…
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Todd Daigneault
April 29, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Marriages can indeed become very stale, very fast. No doubt the same level of passion cannot be maintained throughout the marriage for many married couples. Children, work, family, finances, etc. can drain many marriages of vitality. Sex can end up…
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Todd Daigneault
April 25, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Secrecy can build suspicion between two marital partners. After all, both are suppose to share everything and have full disclosure of all aspects of their lives to each other. But, invariably, secrets are kept. Sometimes, a husband or wife can…
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Todd Daigneault
April 22, 2014
Dating
Be a good conversationalist. Talking helps to alleviate nervousness, tension and helps to crack the ice quite a bit in that first date. But don’t rant or ramble on-it can easily kill a date. Talk in a normal fashion. It’s…
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Todd Daigneault
April 20, 2014
Crisis Support
The effects of domestic violence on adult children can be quite extreme. With adult children, it can generate incredible anxiety and stress to watch their mom or dad suffer abuse. They may be desperately trying to get them away from continuing harm and…
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Todd Daigneault
April 18, 2014
Dating
If you are trying to win a date, be it short-term or long term, making yourself more attractive to the opposite sex can include basic things like grooming, clean clothes, proper clothes. Remember, many things are decided upon by first impressions-as…
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Todd Daigneault
April 15, 2014
Dating
An online dating profile should be written like any ad-good catchy line, strong middle and good ending. Remember, you are selling yourself, but you shouldn’t oversell yourself. It can be a turn-off, or even put you out of reach of…
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Todd Daigneault
April 13, 2014
Dating
The problem with many couples is that the sex can get boring and predictable. This is highly understandable in a number of re;ationships. With work, family and other strains, the energy and the desire for strong and profound sex may…
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