Communication

It’s a difficult trick to pull off, but you can be friends with a man if you really want to. A Psychology Today article, “Can Men and Women Be Friends”?, says male/female friendships start with “defining the relationship.” Defining a…
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As a 16 year-old male, I often find myself seeking and longing for the advice of my father. To me, my father is able to think on his feet better and due to his male attributes is not swayed in…
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No matter how old you are, men have issues making conversation on the phone. No girl cares about what you ate for dinner or what level your Jedi Knight is on “Star Wars: The Old Republic.”If you’ve managed to get…
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PARENTING TEENS Many of us remember Redd Foxx in the 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son. He and his son co-owned a junk yard and interacted with various comedic individuals on a weekly basis. Fred Sanford had a trademark gesture for…
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Finding yourself vulnerable is something that not all women want to let happen. In most cases women who have let themselves become vulnerable have at one point or another been hurt by a man. Either intentanally or by accident. There…
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MySpace: How to Create a Safe Online Profile Recent headlines are shocking and horrifying parent’s young adults are getting sucked into the mySpace trend and forgetting the “Don’t take Candy from Strangers” rule that has been instilled in their minds…
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At the conclusion of a relationship, survival instincts kick in which allow us to lick our wounds, heal and move on. Unfortunately those same instincts resurface when beginning a new relationship, in an effort to protect ourselves from suffering any…
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Love(unconditional), listening, and laughter are three massive components of raising well-adjusted, contributing, sensitive children. Without one of these actions in amazing abundance, parenting is a lackluster and lowly chore. And the children who spring from love that tries to control…
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How to be vulnerable Vulnerability requires taking risks. It requires you take a leap of faith. When I was a child, my father taught me to show no emotion, which meant being invulnerable. That meant incapable of being hurt, wounded, damaged;…
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What causes a dog to bark? The external subjects can sway him, or he can be in need of the responsiveness. Additionally, the same goes for the reason why children respond to life situations in different understandings. Besides dogs, young…
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Vulnerability is one of the feelings that can absolutely destroy a relationship if both sides do not respect the other’s vulnerability. It can make people fear their partner and as time goes on, force them to close out, become quiet,…
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Being vulnerable means being open or susceptible to harm or attack. Most people recognize that children are made vulnerable by their inexperience and their trusting nature. Handicapped persons and the elderly can be seen as vulnerable due to their physical…
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Indeed, Chivalry as it was once known, is dead. According to Websters Dictionary, the definition of Chivalry is as follows; Chivalry: -Gallantry, courtesy and honor. -The noble qualities a knight was supposed to have, such as courage and a readiness…
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Chivalry is a classical art form and like all art forms these days it’s not something that is appreciated by the masses. Society in Developed countries has changed almost beyond recognition. Male and female children are educated together and are…
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Chivalry is dead, no doubt about it. In fact, it died with the Middle Ages and it is impossible to argue otherwise. What’s that you say, you always hold the door open for a lady and properly seat her at…
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Is chivalry dead? Chivalry has been redefined and consequently still exists, and thrives, if one can follow it’s new set of rules. Once upon a generation of women, chivalry meant a man physically protecting and providing. Today it means connecting…
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Most men know they haven’t Brad’s looks, The Donald’s money, nor the President’s I.Q, …still, they love hearing just why YOU chose THEM! There was a song title about a hundred or so years ago entitled, “I’m Holding Out For…
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Death is a natural part of life.  Some times, a death can occur  when your children are still small.. Trying to explain this death to them can be difficult.  How to explain it with out making the child frightened that…
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To understand men and women better, let us look at primitive people. The man hunted. He and his friends had to focus upon the goal of getting the animal. They had to discuss the various steps needed, starting from the…
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Let’s face it, men and women are different. Men and women are different physically as well as psychologically. Men and women are different but there is one thing, however, that they have in common and that is, that both are…
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There are some things that women just wish that men understood. Here are ten of them. 1. The reason women want men to put the toilet seat down is not because they think they deserve special attention. It’s because they pee from…
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Why focusing on looks in women causes many men to get hurt! Most men with whom I get into any kind of conversation around dating and relationships appear keen to boast about one thing: that men are very ‘visual’ in…
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Chivalry may be on it’s last legs, but it is not dead. My husband is a living example of chivalry. He still opens doors for me and puts me first. He even waits on me! He takes care of his…
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Do men listen when women complain? Sometimes, and yes men do care about the problems that women have, we just don’t always seem to be. Women have a different set of expectations for men listening to them, as opposed to…
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Women ask a man why they lie. You’ll shortly find out that men lie about why they lie. I have asked several men, the last one I asked really pissed me off. He went on and on about how it…
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Despite all the talk shows, reality channels, self-help books, and buzzwords about couples communication, the male/female gap continues to resemble the Grand Canyon. Do we really need one more list of things women want men to know? Probably not. However,…
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What are some overused lines that men use to avoid topics? When a man really doesn’t want to talk about something, he really doesn’t want to talk about something. There is nothing worse for a man than to be forced…
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Is chivalry dead? Was it ever really alive? If it did exist, it was a male-constructed dysfunctional way to treat women. The term “chivalry” comes from the French term “chevalier,” meaning “gentleman.” As an ancient code of behavior it encompassed…
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How many times have I said to my husband, “You show more consideration for absolute strangers than you do for me!” in utter frustration? And, on the flip side, how many times have I gotten impatient and short-tempered with my…
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I’ve always been a cry baby. Not on purpose, it just happens. When I was little I would cry when my daddy was angry at me, just because I hated that feeling of being unliked. This just frustrated my dad…
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