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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Relationship problems have warning signs
- Families are made up of individuals; men, women, and children. All members are interconnected. Imagine a family represented by a hanging mobile. Each member is a hanging object. When you tug on one object, it shakes the rest. The same is true in families. Each person's moods, attitudes and behaviours influences those around him or her.Depressed, angry or emotionally injured individuals are ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why its important to stay in contact with your friends when youre in a relationship
- So often when we begin to enter into a new relationship, it is very easy to get swept up by the romance, and leave behind our friends. With the wonderful bliss that you feel when you enter into a relationship it's easy to understand why we forget our friends and our everyday relationships. Is this the best way to handle a new relationship? Most likely not, sometimes in the tidal wave rush of new l...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - One of the main reasons why relationships fall apart
- I had the priviledge to try out a BMW M5 at a BMW dealership. It is one of the most refined race cars that is ever built. The interior is all leather, the V8 engine produces 398 horse power, navigation system, and wow, you gotta try it yourself.Enough said about the BMW M5, no matter how good the car is, or what ever the brand is, it can be Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Relationship conflict: 5 deadly mistakes and what to do instead
- While conflict in marriage is inevitable, fighting is optional.The secret is in how you approach and handle the conflict. It can make the difference between a really great relationship and a breakup looking for a place to happen.With that notion in mind, let's take a look at five styles of handling conflict, along with alternative solutions for each.Ready-Fire-AimThese ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Before falling truly and madly in love ask each other 10 pertinent questions
- Falling in love?aaahh what a wonderful experience the first flushes of love are. The heart starts pounding, our temperature rises, and the butterflies begin fluttering whenever the girl/boy of our dreams enters the room. The world looks so?well?rosy. Not only that, life suddenly becomes much more exciting. From my own experiences the heady excitement of first love really did my head in ? for some ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 8 ways to improve your long distance relationship
- Couples in love may often find themselves having to live apart for a period of time throughout their relationship due to job commitment, studies, military obligation and etc. This has made us wonder whether a relationship can survive the physical distance. Different people may have different view towards the subject and if you ask me?. I will give you this answer? "YOU are the one who is goin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your next relationship - heaven or hell?
- We've all had relationships that we've looked back on and thought, "What was I thinking?'' Problem is, you weren't thinking. You based your decision strictly on chemistry and first impressions, and in the words of Elvis Presley, "That's when your heartaches begin." Would you like to make better choices in the future? This is your lucky day.Imagine you have an empty wall over ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Being romantic for a change
- Honestly, I do not know anyone who is romantic nowadays other than me and a few people I have met online. Is romance fading from our lives? And why is it always looked at as a silly trivial thing? Are not dreamy romantic people considered losers by some?For me, romance is simply life. I have a romantic outlook and attitude. I do not have to be in love with someone to be romantic. However, I...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Married and echeating ? a dreadful alliance!
- In Homer's Odyssey (a Greek Myth) sailors were lured to their death by Sirens, mythological temptresses who sang seductive songs. Sailors called Argonauts escaped the songs, because of the great musician Orpheus. He played his lyre so beautifully, that it drowned out the songs from the Sirens. His decisive deed saved the crew from total devastation.Today's version of this enticement is &quo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Infidelity: difference between a rage and revenge affair
- The fifth affair I outline in my book, "Break Free From The Affair" is called: "I Want to Get Back at Him/Her." This is the revenge affair.It occurs in a marriage in which one feels slighted in some manner and seeks revenge by engaging in infidelity. It is less a movement toward the other person and more a movement away from one's spouse.Key Points:1. The affair may be a direc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Too many cooks in the kitchen after wife gets mba
- "Hesh, where is your business plan?" It was a question I expected from my banker, but not from my wife. She tried to sweeten it by adding, "honey?" It didn't help. I looked at her in disgust. I realized I had created a monster.Let me explain. I had encouraged Sue to go back to school. The kids were entering middle school, she was bored with car pooling, and we also could use ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to survive an affair - take care!
- Surviving an affair can be a very traumatic experience. Partners tend to know which strings to pull to antagonise the situation especially if there are children involved. This can often make you feel bitter and resentful and although you are the one that has been betrayed, you are also the one that will be continually hurt, this may seem unfair but as the old saying goes that's the way the cookie ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to have an affair - beware!
- People decide to have an affair for many reasons. They could have become disappointed with their marriage expectations which may have been too high to fulfil or they may simply want to carry on having an open relationship as they have in their past.It can be relatively easy to have an affair if you are out working all day as you can make excuses for leaving for work early and returning home...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - After retirement separation - life just gets better!
- Life after retirement separation can be a very lonely one especially if you have no family of your own. You tend not to go out as often as you did when you were a couple. You may also have a complex that being older is harder and more difficult to meet new people. This may be so for many people but do not forget that are hundreds of people out there that are in the same situation as yourself. They...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Its your fault i had an affair!
- When you read it like that, out of context, you'd be hard pressed to believe that anyone would have the nerve to come up with it as a serious justification for infidelity. Yet film star Jude Law has, allegedly, used this astonishing piece of sleight of mouth to justify a recent fling with his children's nanny.The sad truth is that he wouldn't be the first; and he won't be the last. Of cours...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - He said, she said
- The Relationship TriangleMost people get involved in a relationship for the right reasons and leave a relationship for the wrong reasons. In fact, most of us have been guilty of it at one time or another and of being a complete spaz demanding we get our way in the relationship. Remember the movie He Said, She Said? A constant power struggle ensues when you make the relationship all a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Relationship advice: 10 tips for a blissful relationship
- 1.Often in marriage, especially in the early years, there is a choice: You can be right or you can be happy - not both. Choose wisely.As a friend of mine said after his first year of marriage: "I finally figured out that the sun will come up tomorrow if we do it her way."2.Learn the gentle art of cooperation. Related to wanting to be right, competition in a marriage is corrosive _ it...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - And they didnt even know i was looking: lessons on love from my parents
- I came from good people. I didn't always know that.You know, it's funny. When I was 18 I sustained an eye injury. (Okay, maybe it wasn't THAT funny.) The coral I was sterilizing for my fish tank overheated and exploded. I was hit in the eye, scratching my cornea and the rebound of the hit resulted in what the medical folks among you will recognize as a contra-coup lesion of my...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Relationship advice: words can hurt or heal
- "Stick and stones, may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."Remember that little rhyme from childhood?It's wrong.And more than that, it's a lie. Words are very powerful. Words can hurt or heal, build up or tear down, comfort or curse.According to Mike Gordon, pastor at CenterPoint Church in Ocala, Fla., very few of us are prone to slice and dice our partner wit...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Lab created diamonds are now exceedingly good
- When we think of precious gems, we usually spare little thought to the hard work that it takes to bring them to us in the beautiful jewelry that we love to wear, but diamond mining is, in fact, an expensive and dangerous procedure, reflected to the consumer in the price that must be paid to own one. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were some way to recreate that same brilliance and beauty in a le...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Diamond alternatives ? there are some great options
- There is little doubt that diamonds are one of the most elegant of the precious stones, and that diamond jewelry is simply a joy to wear. Unfortunately, though many of us are unable to afford the diamond jewelry we would so dearly love, as the great beauty and value of the stone are translated into the price that you have to pay to own one. Enter diamond alternatives.Traditionally, it was s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 steps to creating a healthy relationship
- Everything in life, in order to be a success, requires knowledge and education to some extent. We read, study and take courses on several subjects that we as human beings require in order to live the life we choose to live. If we wish to improve on a certain area of life such as career and education we simply enroll in classes or find alternative methods that will provide us with the information w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Love relationships: focusing on what went right
- What's all the Hype about Love Relationships, Anyway?Love relationships are not what they're cracked up to be. They take real effort -- things like: admiration, commitment, dedication, devotion, forgiveness, encouragement, strength, inspiration, motivation, understanding, compassion, hope, desire, steadfastness, and so much more. What people don't realize (when they enter relationships) is ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Relationship advice: how to make a genuine apology
- A genuine apology contains at least four elements: apology, acknowledgment, forgiveness and repentance.Let's take a closer look at each of these four elements.ApologyI've come to dislike the words "I'm sorry" because they're so easily said that they've lost their meaning. The word "apologize" better captures the sense that you have done something wrong and are willing to make ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Defining relationship commitment for todays couples
- WHAT IS COMMITMENT?The question of when a relationship is committed is a source of much confusion and debate. We live in a time when the marriage rate is going down, the co-habitation rate is going up, and the majority of first-born children are now born to unmarried parents.In this article I hope to shed some light on this question to facilitate your work with couples and ind...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Denial is not a river in egypt
- Original it ain't, but it still merits repetition: "Denial is not a river in Egypt". What it is, is a highly addictive behaviour.It starts insignificantly enough; an incident occurs which you would have rather hadn't happened; words are spoken that are cruel and contemptuous, words you would not have wished to hear; a behaviour appears that you weren't expecting, which is hurtful and dismis...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When groucho marx got it right
- Groucho Marx was, I believe, a comic genius; a linguistic virtuoso, offbeat, wacky and insanely funny. He was also rude, abrasive and these days he'd qualify as verbally abusive. In film after film Margaret Dumont was on the receiving end of his scathing humour. She would fall for his iconoclastic charm and we the audience would fall about laughing at the sheer improbability of plot and seduction....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Relationhip advice: 10 magic words
- Just about every night at our house, we read a book called "Say The Magic Words Please" to our young son. The story has lots of magic words, such as "please," "thank you" and "excuse me."Why am I telling you this?Well, the other night the book got me to wondering about what the "magic words" might be for couples. You know, all those words and phrases we tend to forget after a few yea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Relationship advice: 3 kinds of love
- There are three kinds of love:love as a feeling, love as a decision/choice, and love as an action.The confusion of these three kinds of love is the cause of much needless pain and suffering.In an attempt to clear up this confusion, let's take a closer look at each of these three kinds of love.Love as a feeling.Oh, what a feeling. Let's face it, falling in love fe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Love advice: let fate decide?
- One of the most commonly asked questions, What is Love? What is its exact definition? Well, there can never be a definite answer. Everyone got his or her own answer to it. To some it can be really simple while to others, it can get really complicated. But one definite thing that is for sure, everybody needs love. It is a basic human need; we are not born into this world to be alone. It has always ...