Dating

An expert is a person who has vast experience in a specific field. I guess that would qualify me as an expert in failed relationships. In each new attempt, I try to learn from my past failures. Don’t call him,…
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I’m sure that almost everybody has stayed in a relationship even after they knew that the relationship was basically over. They may have not recognized all of the signs or thought that it would pass and things would get better….
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You just broke up with the love of your life. All the memories are now kept in the box. Calls and messages from friends and loved ones are piling up your answering machine, voicemail and inbox. They ask: Why? What…
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Breaking up is very difficult, especially for women. Women want to help men we care about, and we can easily find reasons why we should give him “just one more chance.” Breaking up is something which must be done with…
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How do you let go of someone who gave you life? Someone who a higher power chose to entrust with your own life…How do you let go of your mother? Here is a different take on “letting go” because relationships…
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Relationships die because it is time for them to die. I look at life as a book and each and everyone of us is a book on the great author’s table waiting to be completed. People come into our lives…
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Lets consider this for a minute. An ex is an ex for a reason. Either one or both or you decided it wasn’t working. What was the reason for that? Is it something easily solvable, or is it something bigger?…
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I often wonder what it is with the world we live in these days and where did all the romance go, don’t you?  My friend John had been dating a certain female for six months.  Even though he was still…
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There is no doubt about it: breaking up IS hard to do. Whether you are fifteen or forty-three, whether you’ve been dating for two months or twenty years, overcoming the pain of a break up can be quite difficult. However,…
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The pain of breaking up can sometimes be all consuming, particularly if you broke up with a partner who you felt was “the one.” In the aftermath of a break up, individuals will frequently undergo a series of extreme emotions…
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Any breakup is painful and can take months to get over. To be blindsided by the breakup is to face a double-edged sword. Initially the breakup will leave you with feelings of abandonment, humiliation and shame. To think that you…
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It doesn’t matter if you’re Ugly Betty or Paris Hilton, you will have to face being dumped and tough break-ups all through your teens. It is VERY rare that you meet someone and stay with them for the rest of…
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Would thirty-six years be considered longer than you should stay in a relationship? I mean a less-than-perfect relationship. Okay, a flat-out more-bad-than-good marriage. Why, you are wondering, would someone stay in a marriage that long if it’s not a good…
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Ending any relationship, even an unhealthy one is difficult if there has been a significant amount of time invested to salvage it. Since hindsight is 20-20, it’s always easy for others to look back and say, “Well, I told you…
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There’s nothing quite as crushing as a broken heart. You’ve been dealt a heavy emotional blow and like a physical wound, your broken heart will require some time to heal. There’s no quick-fix solution to make you instantly feel on…
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Your heart hurts, it aches, it feels like it’s going to EXPLODE … but it’s not going to. I promise. I also promise that over time – it will get easier. I know this from personal experience. When I was…
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Although we all grow up thinking that one day we will find “Mr. Right,” unfortunately, women have to weed through a lot of Mr. Wrongs before we finally find “the one.” Even if you recognize that your ex was wrong…
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I know more about abusive relationships than I have ever wanted to know in my life. I have to say that when you start dating the person they can be as normal as anyone. The really good ones are good…
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Yesterday, I was speaking with a friend who is trying to recover from a recent break up. She explained how difficult it’s been for her to fill the time and space that she once shared with someone else. She reads,…
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The pain of a broken heart is something that very few can understand unless they have taken the brunt themselves. Healing a broken heart takes time, and at the time of being hurt you feel it’s never going to cure….
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I’m going to start this article off with a message from the great Mya Angelou “if someone reveals themselves to you, believe them.” Why do we spend so much wasted time on dealing with people whom we know aren’t any…
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When people get into relationships, there is always the possibility that things will ultimately not work out. Unfortunately, after some period of time together, individuals in a couple can become increasingly convinced that their partners will never leave them due…
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I think one of the toughest things about “the blindside” breakup is getting over it sans closure. If your guy or gal decides out of the blue to end things and figures that you’ll realize it on your own after…
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The Big Breakup Moving OnIt’s over. Whether you are grief struck or mildly irritated the person you began to emotionally and maybe physically connect with has decided they want no more. Ouch, that sucks! Breakups hurt and might “temporarily” transform…
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Breaking up is hard to do. It is usually a very painful process that pulverizes your emotional health and well being for a long time to come. Breaking up with someone who has a substance addiction is sometimes even more…
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Females are not the only people stuck in abusive relationships. Many times the guy is trapped in a world of emotional abuse. Any abusive relationship is bad no matter which sex is being abused. I will give an account of…
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I recently broke up with a guy after dating him for seven and a half years. I did stay because he had three children and they lost their mother many years before and I have children and our children were…
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Why is it that when women get into relationships they become so focused on trying to make it work or make it better. If there is a man like this I haven’t ever seen or heard of him. Men fall…
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Unfortunately, when it comes to a broken heart, there is no quick fix. No doctor can write you a prescription for a medicine that will make you feel “all better”. Break-ups can be very taxing on our emotions to say…
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No other relationship is more fraught with anxiety than is that of a single person dating someone who is married, and if you are a woman, that’s just one of the pitfalls of dating a married man. Most people believe…
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