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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great relationships: 4 big relationship mistakes and how to avoid them
- Relationship Mistake No. 1 - Partner BashingBashing the one you are supposed to love seems to have become a national pastime. You know the saying: "Can't live with `em, can't shoot `em."It's really amazing - one person in a group can start in, and then everyone else wants to top their story or complaint. The reality is that partner bashing reflects poorly on you, because after all, y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Proper flower etiquette
- Flowers are great gifts for practically any occasion, but there are some basic rules of flower etiquette. With the popularity of ordering flower delivery online, some buyers may not get the sound advice they'd get from a local florist. This guide presents the real meaning behind different flower types, and when they are best used.Red Roses: Red roses are always a great gift for a lover for ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Lovers quarrel
- One minute you seem like lovesick turtledoves teasing, laughing and giggling with all your might. Then a few minutes later, you begin yelling and berating each other and a lover's quarrel is already in progress. A little bantering was all it took to stoke up a rising emotional tension.Every now and then, no matter how close and intimate a couple is, an argument occasionaly looms to create a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great relationships: 4 more dumb mistakes and 4 smarter moves to make
- 1) Treat the family you have come from as more important than the family you are creating. Put your parents' opinion and happiness above those of your spouse. Spend more time with them than you do your own family. Invite them into marital disputes. Share private knowledge with them.Smarter move: Once you get married, the family that you form _ whether just the two of you or if you add kids ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great relationships: 3 really dumb mistakes and 3 smarter moves to make
- 1) Think short term.Many people enter marriage with the same mindset they have when buying a car. A car is designed with something called "planned obsolescence" in mind. You know that one day it will wear out and you will need to get another one. Entering marriage with this mindset just about guarantees failure.Smarter move: Go into marriage with a strong sense of commitment. Not jus...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great relationships: 7 secrets you must know to make it
- 1. CommitmentTrue commitment means much more than simply committing to staying married. Here's one of my favorite quotes about marriage:"When you marry, you don't marry one person, you marry three:The person you think he is;the person he really is;and the person he is going to become as a result of marrying you."Key strategy: Genuine commitment involves be...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great relationships: what to do when you have drifted apart
- Picture, if you will, the following scene:A man and woman, somewhere in the great expanse of middle age, walk into a sandwich shop and sit down. They don't speak to each other. They do speak to the waiter when he comes to take their order. And this is the last time they speak, to each other or anyone else, the entire hour they are there. They each have a book, and they proceed to get lost i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to handle problem people: life lessons from a balky bovine
- Do you have people in your life that p? (make you angry)?You know the ones I'm talking about. It may be your child, partner, colleague, or boss. You think that you have established some boundaries, or the rules seem like common sense, and yet that person seems to find ways to get under your skin ? just because they can.What's the deal? Is it something wrong with them, or is...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When attracting sexy women, remember... time and circumstance change everything
- Many guys are just too intimidated and full of anxiety around sexy women to be successful at attracting women. I've even seen guys who turn women's heads walking into a room who have this issue. Let me help some of you who may have this "between the ears" handicap.I have a good friend of mine who teaches people how to become millionaires by investing in real estate. He's bought and sold ove...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Support for non-add spouses and partners
- Living with adult ADD can be quite a challenge. Not only is it a challenge for the actual person who has ADD but for those around him or her. Much needed understanding and support for adults with ADD has finally begun to surface. But what about the people who have chosen to love, honor and cherish adults with ADD? Where do they go for support and understanding? Who is going to help them cope with ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Buying a diamond for your special person?
- The first thing you want to consider when buying a diamond is the price. If the price of the diamond sounds too good to be true, then be very careful?Diamond crystals were created deep within the core of our Earth more than 3 billion years ago and now brought closer to the surface of the earth by volcanic eruptions. Today, more than 250 tons of ore are needed to create just one carat round ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Importance of background in a relationship
- Should coming from the same background be a major issue in a relationship? In the 90s, one of the major things we sometimes overlook in a relationship is our partner's background. To us, 'what's love got to do with background'? But the truth is that coming from the same background can enhance a relationship. Our background develops our values and ideas about love, life and relationship.A ma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Communication is the key to a lasting relationship
- "If you are trying to find ways to lead a more fulfilled life, at some point the spotlight of your attention will fall on your various relationships - with family, lovers, friends and colleagues," stated Take Control of Your Life, one of the series in Time-Life Books.Relationship can bring great pleasure and satisfaction where they work and unhappiness when they don't. While some bless the ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great relationships: checkbook battles and how to solve them
- "You can't hold on to a dime. Do you own the mall yet?!""It takes a crowbar to open your wallet. You can't take it with you, you know!!"If these words or ones like them sound all too familiar, you might be experiencing "checkbook battles" in your relationship.Checkbook battles are simply fights about money. In marriage, the Big Six areas of potential conflict are communication...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great relationships: how to solve problems and have fun too
- I recently came across this quote:"There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to notice and small enough to solve."When problems come in our relationships they can bring a great deal of stress into our lives.While problems do bring stress and are important to properly handle, our response to the problem is more important than the problem itself. How str...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great relationships: how to get the spark back
- Losing the spark - simply, if you will, falling out of love - is a natural and widespread phenomenon in long-term relationships.As a matter of fact, most of these relationships experience an ebb and flow that is quite normal and to be expected.The problem, as I see it, is that most of us buy into the idea that we are supposed to fall in love and live ``happily ever after.''In ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Soul mate myths
- But the cold truth is that most people have never known the inner radiance of their own soul. Instead, they cling to the many myths about the soul mate relationship that are simply not true. These false beliefs need to be understood. Here are just a few.Myth OneMany people believe that they will find their soul simply by looking wishing hoping ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Love - entrepreneur style
- For many of us, love has become a distant ideal. Often, we don't don't even spend much time thinking about sharing our lives with anyone else. We are too busy, we say, working too hard to look for that special person. Maybe someday, but not now.But what about love? What about intimacy? Don't we all deserve to find and keep a romantic and loving relationship with another person?What a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - To hold or to set one free!
- Hope you all are doing well and enjoying great health. There were terrorist attacks in London and even here in India we are facing many natural calamities; but as they say, everything in life is having some purpose and one must learn to carry on.Here I have some very basic queries to ask, "Love is to hold your loved ones or to set them free". We have learned, "If you love som...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Tips for building love relationships - 1
- Nearly everyone claims to want a great relationship with their significant other. But what do they do? Same old thing over and over, and then wonder why it all went bad.There's no such thing as a free lunch. Everything has a cost, whether it's in dollars, time, trouble or work. And relationships are no different. A good, no, a great, relationship doesn't happen by accident.Too many p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why do men cheat?
- In my relationship work, this question is probably the one I hear most often. It is not an easy question to answer. The usual glib answer; "because they can", is really not good enough. People, particularly women, want to know the reason why men cheat, or more particularly, why their man cheated.Different women have a different view as to what constitutes 'cheating'. For some wome...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Interview with tigress luv: how to get over a breakup
- Recently I had the opportunity to interview my personal favorite ebook author, Tigress Luv. She is a relationship expert who is widely known for her internet community. I asked her specific questions about what people can do to endure a painful breakup of a relationship.Sarah: What is your background as a relationships expert?Tigress Luv: I started learning about break ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why he may be cheating on you
- Why He May Be Cheating On YouThere could be all sorts of reasons known only to your man, but there are also those reasons in which women may contribute to, such as: You Let Yourself Go, You Lost Yourself In Him, or You Have No Ambition along with many others. Sometimes women live for their men. They spend all their waking time taking care of them, and at the end of the day, they still haven...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spouse improvement: influence your partner to change in just 7 steps
- Everyone has something they'd like to change in their partner. Here is a 7-step process to create a change in your partner. The key to the success of this process is that it makes your partner want to change - instead of feeling coerced.1. MAKE A LIST of the top three behaviors your partner does that annoy you. For example, leaves messes around house, pouts, doesn't do their share of househ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Nip verbal abuse in the bud
- So often in a new relationship we learn the dynamic of the new relationship. This includes how you react together as a couple, with each other, and in group settlings. Backgrounds are very different and as our techniques in dealing and interacting with other people. One thing you need to be on the look out for is verbal abuse. Verbal abuse always takes place before physical abuse does. Knowing wha...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - I want to love him... but hes so far away
- Okay, who are we kidding. Long-distance relationships are not supposed to be easy, because then everyone would be involved in them. However, if we can manage to keep some things in mind and change our mind set just a bit, we can see that making long-distance work is not that bad...not only that, but also that it just might be a little bit of (honest) fun.What most people think about when th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to create a solid foundation for loving relationships
- What does real love look like? The way we act towards other people is a true expression of how much we love.The Indian Jesuit Anthony de Mello tells this story:The student asks the Master, 'What is love?' 'The total absence of fear,' the Master replies. 'What is it that we fear?' the student asks. 'Love,' says the Master.We first must be clear in our own mind and u...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Communication tips for heart healthy relationships
- It doesn't matter how old we are, matters of the heart go on forever. It is well known that a healthy diet, exercise, and attitude are powerful determinants of a healthy heart. But, knowing how to give and receive love and appreciation may still be the heart's best medicine. Since healthy relationships are so vital to living our best life, as a Life Coach, relationships often naturally integrate t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great relationships: how to create a nag-free zone
- Q: My wife and I have a good marriage that is being destroyed by nagging. I've tried to get her to stop and even begged her to stop. She won't stop, and it just makes me less willing to do the things she is nagging about. How can I get her to stop nagging?A: I think I can help you to create a "nag-free zone" in your home. I will tell you in advance, however, that you may not like what I sug...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Soulmates, are they pre-ordained?
- One day a telegram arrived at a man's door. When he opened it, he learned that his best friend had passed away...I was at conference recently where I heard this most inspiring story.The story was about a boy and a girl who grew up together as best friends. As they grew into adulthood, they became pre-occupied with their personal lives. Although, they knew that they lived just down th...