Details About Your Next Relationship

Hi Everyone, Take a look at all the buildings. Take a look at the cars. Take a look at the houses. Take a look at the streets, look at the highways. Take a look at everything you see around you today, and ask yourself, “What is the common denominator to all of this?”It's called a foundation. Everything that's built - whether it's a car, a house, a building - is built from the ground up, one piece at a time. The car cannot run without the drive train and the wheels. The building cannot stand tall in the sky without the base. The house would fall over if not for the frame. So, how does this relate to your life? I want you to look back today at all your past relationships, and ask yourself, “If I spent more time on the foundation, could those relationships have worked better?”...

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Top 5 Myths Men Believe About Women

By Marcus OsborneA while back I wrote about the Top 5 Myths that Women STILL Believe About Men. The response from readers was swift and emotional and enlightening. It was fascinating to witness the back and forth between the men (most of whom agreed with me) and women, who seemed reluctant to cede that many of their long-held beliefs about guys were either patently untrue or were watered down by the passage of time.Well now you get to return the favor. I decided to jot down guys’ favorite myths guys believe about women. I’d like you to tell me if we’re on the money or not. And please don’t tell me that you “can’t generalize.” Of course...

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3 Mistakes Women Make In The Bedroom

From Galtime.comWho doesn’t need to spice up their bedroom routine every once in a while? You love your partner and assume he’ll initiate sex, so it’s all good, right? Not so fast! Did you ever think about what YOUR role is…what you could be doing to turn up the heat? We did, so we asked renowned sex expert and family therapist Dr. Jane Greer. She says women COMMONLY make THREE MISTAKES in the bedroom:Mistake #1: Comfy ClothesI know, ladies, that you want to be in those those comfortable nightgowns, those comfortable jammies, that you wear. But, honestly, the quickest turn-off to your partner or spouse are your comfy clothes. So, if you...

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Do Sleepover Friends Prevent a Real Relationship? When Friends with Benefits isn’t Beneficial at All

By Rosie Munger“…the only relationship that can make both partners happy is one in which sentimentality has no place and neither partner makes any claim on the life and freedom of the other. ”  - Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of BeingWe all know that mutual respect and clear ground rules are as essential to a “friends with benefits” relationship as physical chemistry. Even in the most fun, straight-forward scenarios, one or both of the parties run the risk of developing deeper feelings and getting hurt – this is not earth-shattering news. Yet there is another risk, perhaps an even greater one: do these “erotic friendships,”...

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3 Sure Signs You're Dating Your Drinking Buddy

By Lindsay Ross for BounceBack.comIt's always a relationship plus when two individuals have similar common interests. Whether it's music, nature, sports, sci-fi or sky diving - it always tends to build a stronger more intimate connection. Sharing a mutual love can help foster the passion between two people. Yet, what if you're discovering your only common interests are happy hours, night caps, and the local watering hole? You may have a problem. If the following three occurrences are happening in your current relationship, it's a sure sign you are simply dating a drinking companion. A drinking companion is not a suitable partner.1....

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7 SIGNS HE MAY BE LYING ON HIS ONLINE DATING PROFILE

by Tara SharpA new study in the Feb. issue of The Journal of Communication has analyzed online dating profiles compared to the people who made them and discovered the ways daters lie about themselves. The researchers concluded that howsomeone describes himself or herself is about as important as what personal information they share. While the research is not guaranteed to decipher the truth-tellers from the Pinocchios, there are some words and other clues (whether the fellas are aware of them or not) that can help you weed out the liars when you're online dating. Here are seven signs that your potential match may...

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Online Dating: How to Figure Out If He's Lying in His Profile

by John OrtvedSo you met this totally cute guy on Match.com. He has great arms and a cool job, reasonably braggy pictures and a decent head of hair. One question: is he a total liar? Now there’s a way to tell.Researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison have cracked the code, according to Wired magazine. Their research shows that the more someone avoids using the pronoun “I” in their online dating profiles, the more likely it is that he is lying about things like age, height and weight."Liars do this because they want to distance themselves from their deceptive statements," said Catalina Toma, communication...

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Girl Talk: How I Quit Stalking Guys On Facebook And Twitter

By Jennifer GaramIt all started a few years ago with an ex and one innocent Google search. In a moment of missing Jeremy*, a guy I’d dated a couple of years earlier, I typed his name and pressed “Enter,” thinking, What could it hurt? It did hurt though when the results returned an article about him and his new girlfriend, whom, I read, he now lived with.Despite how painful this news was, after that initial Google I became addicted to looking him up online. My cocktail of choice was one parts Googling, two parts his blog, and three parts Twitter. With these sources mixed together, I could feel like I was somehow still connected to him. I...

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Study: Online Role-Playing Games Hurt Marriages

The Couple That Plays Together...By Mike TuttleOnline role playing games negatively affect real-life marital satisfaction, according to a new Brigham Young University study published today in the Journal of Leisure Research.The study reports that 75 percent of spouses of sword-carrying, avatar-loving gamers wish they would put less effort into their guilds and more effort into their marriage. The researchers, led by graduate student Michelle Ahlstrom, and recreation management professor Neil Lundberg, studied 349 couples to learn how online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft, affect marital satisfaction for both gamers and their...

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Should Schools Teach Teens How To Be Good Spouses?

By Vicki LarsonIf we take classes to learn the skills we need to survive in the world at large, as well as the working world, should we take classes to learn how to be a good spouse, too?About a week ago, Utah Rep. Dixon Pitcher introduced a bill that would require would-be spouses to wait at least three days after obtaining a license before getting married, unless they took premarital training first. Wyoming introduced a similar bill; couples that didn't attend three hours of marriage counseling would have to wait a year before getting a marriage license. Other states have tried to pass legislation that would require counseling before couples could divorce.Clearly there's a movement to get people -- with the help of teachers and counselors -- to think before marrying or...

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