about 2 years ago
Jealousy, also known as the "green-eyed monster," has been the bane of many relationships. Most of us have experienced twinges of jealousy to varying degrees in our life. However, there are those whose feelings of jealousy are often taken to the irrational extreme, and it is often detrimental to their relationships. Personally, I cringe everytime I hear someone say something to the effect of "Oh, I wanted to make my partner jealous, so he/she will appreciate me." What they don't realize is...
over 2 years ago
What exactly makes a relationship successful? What is the key to a healthy, happy union? Almost every one of us have asked ourselves those very questions at some point in our lives. I truly do not believe that the majority of people enter into a serious relationship thinking it will fail. So, why are so many of us unhappy in our relationships? Why is the divorce rate in America as high as it is? Why do so many couples fall so madly in love, then just as quickly fall out of it? Of course there...
over 2 years ago
Very few things in this life feel worse than discovering that your partner has been unfaithful to you. That is why cheating is an evergreen "go-to" topic for countless talk shows, books, videos, songs, etc. Due to the recent Tiger Woods scandal and the disintegration of the marriage of Elizabeth Edwards, infidelity has once again been in the forefront of the nation's zeitgeist. Consequently, countless relationship experts argue that infidelity does not have to mean the end of the...
over 2 years ago
If you follow this blog for any length of time, you will realize that I'm a huge cheerleader for couples improving their communication skills in order to better relate to each other.
Subsequently, a KEY ingredient to better communication in relationships is discovering how women and men differ in the way they listen to each other.
The following video does a great job of summing up the main differences in the listening styles between women and men:
So, what are YOUR feelings on how women and men tend to listen? Please, comment and share your thoughts with us!
over 2 years ago
Do you consider yourself a shy person? How often have you encountered someone you might be interested in, but did not approach them because of fear of being judged? Or if you did muster up enough courage to approach a woman, you found yourself tongue-tied and flustered? Many men cite shyness as one of the main causes for their lack of success in dating. Okay, here's the bad news. When you are shy about approaching a woman you might be interested in, she has no way of knowing that you are just...
over 2 years ago
It happened very gradually. Over the last several months, I've become more aware of a new term being bandied about in popular media. "You know that guy was bagged by a cougar?" "Cougars are hot!" "Man, that bar was filled with cougars!" I thought, "what the hell are these people talking about?" Then this past fall, the ABC television network premiered a new Courtney Cox sitcom called, of all things, Cougartown. Well that was the last straw. Being the un-hipster that I am, I searched online to...