The Language Of Flowers: A Guide For Married Couples

The Language Of Flowers

People who have been married for decades must have gone through a lot in the long years of their marriage. Imagine how many anniversaries they’ve spent together, how many memories they share, how many happy moments they have while raising the kids. Once, they’ve made a promise that they belong to each other, but not [...]

Google Him? I Hardly Know Him!

Google Him I Hardly Know Him!

The last couple of guys I went out with were part of the same community I’m in and so we had more than a few friends in common. Since I was curious about who I was going to be sitting across from at dinner I facebook stalked and googled the crap out of them. After [...]

Happily Ever After On a Budget: Why Promise Rings are Back in Fashion

Promise Rings are Back in Fashion

Imagine if there was a step between being in a relationship and being engaged. Imagine if there was a ring you could give before engagement, confirming you are serious about your partner but also avoiding committing to a marriage or initiating a discussion about dates, a pre-engagement ring. It would save a lot of the [...]

Changing Standards Of Marriage: The Difficulty With Marrying Young In Today’s Society

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Common perspectives on marriage have changed throughout the course of history time and time again. Marriage is very much an institution constructed by societal beliefs and values during that period of time. In the 1980s, the average age for an American woman to marry for the first time was 22. Thirty years later, the average [...]

Once A Cheater Always A Cheater

Cheating

You have heard the phrase before, once a cheater always a cheater. But is it true? If you have been cheated on, then yes you probably are a firm believer. For those who have had faithful partners disagree. It’s a tough subject to talk about because it’s every relationships worst fear. Why do people cheat [...]

3 Reasons Why Your Relationship Goes Stale

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Even if it began as the ultimate love story a great relationship can still go stale. Love is not all butterflies in the stomach and candle lit dinners. It’s a commitment. You have to work at it to keep the magic alive. The love may still be present but if you don’t work at it, [...]

How To Cope With Rejection In A Relationship?

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When it comes to relationship, one of the factors that cause so much worry and distress is being rejected. This normally happens in two ways: Either the person is actually rejected or ignored by his/her partner, or he/she feels so but everything is actually fine. The second category had to be dealt with in a [...]

How To Get Past The Cheating And Save Your Relationship

Cheating relationship

According to statistics published at the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 57% of surveyed men admit to having cheated on their partners. Women are not far behind with 54% admitting to infidelity. Affairs are less common in married couples with only 22% of men and 14% of women saying they had at least one [...]

You Are Too Young To Get Married If…

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First came the adorable proposals, the over the top weddings and now a few baby showers sprinkled here and there. But what your friends don’t tell you is along with these baby showers are these divorce parties that are slowly popping up; yup it sounds like the life of a late 20 something. You hear [...]

8 Things Not To Talk About On A First Date. Ever

First-date

The candlelight is flickering and the person across the table is looking at you flirtatiously…the wine’s been flowing and conversation has been totally natural. First dates come in a variety of forms and whether you’re having the time of your life at a local café or you’re simply hanging out with a group in a [...]