Don't let a busy routine hurt your chance for a happy, loving relationship.
We all work hard on our careers, helping our friends and family, and doing all those necessary chores. Women, particularly, are very generous with giving of themselves to others, sometimes to the detriment of their own needs and desires. But we're all guilty of getting caught in routines that don't leave enough time or energy for the ones we love.
We recently asked the YourTango Experts how we can find space in our busy lives for more quality time seeking love or spending time with our current relationships. Here's what they had to say:
The reasons you could be feeling let down in both the boardroom and the bedroom.
The idea of what makes a dream job changes over time, as does what a person looks for in their soul mate. Here are some reasons why finding one’s dream job can be as difficult as finding the perfect life partner.
A new study reports that men who flirt in the workplace are bored with their jobs.
You know that really cute guy you work with, who is always smiling at you when you catch his eye? Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but he isn't doing it, because he likes you. He's doing it, because he's bored.
And what is the perfect age for pregnancy and motherhood, anyway?
I just turned 38. Am I too old to contemplate one more pregnancy before I hang up my fallopian tubes? After all of the drama I've endured with my last five pregnancies (and three births), I feel like I've gotten pregnancy down to an art. It seems unfair that I might be considered too old or too risky to bear another child.
A career girl's tips on dealing with crude remarks from male co-workers.
Women everywhere have to deal with sexist and misogynistic co-workers. In a perfect world, the creeps would be written up for sexual harassment and the ignorant would be put through training. In the real world, there are two much more prevalent outcomes. First, women don’t want to deal with the stigma of being a whistle-blower so they choose not to say anything. Or, they work for companies like mine who only care if its a major offense. So when do we put our foot down? When do we stop pretending to be one the guys?
Would you marry someone who was unemployed? What if you yourself were unemployed—would you feel comfortable getting married if you didn't have a steady income? If you answered "no" to those questions, you're not alone. Seventy-five percent of women wouldn't hitch themselves to someone who was unemployed, and 65% wouldn't tie the knot if they were unemployed, according to a recent survey by YourTango and ForbesWoman.
We've scouted and found the jobs where it's easiest to find love, keep it—or keep it away.
In a recent survey by YourTango and ForbesWoman, 65 percent of women said they wouldn't feel comfortable getting married if they were unemployed, and 75 percent wouldn't marry an unemployed man. Inspired by these statistics, we decided to figure out the top five careers for finding love. Not only that, but we've also determined the top five careers for keeping love, regardless of whether or not you and your partner share an office. So whether you're looking for love or trying to keep it going strong, these career paths may be your best bet.
Relationships can get tricky when one partner brings home a bigger paycheck than the other.
Money conflicts result in some of the most intense and destructive arguments in any relationship. Money is a topic very few people are comfortable talking about, and issues concerning spending and saving are deeply personal. The additional variable that's been silently added to the mix is the turning of the tides in many relationships for who is the primary breadwinner. Here are five tips for keeping a breadwinner relationship tension-free.
A stay-at-home mom lets go of the idea that she needs to have an income to be happy and fulfilled.
As a self proclaimed feminist, I was surprised by how hobbled I was by my love for our first born, that I, who’d argued for years how important it was that women remain in the workforce after giving birth, couldn’t imagine being anywhere but home. I'd always prided myself on being independent and self sufficient, secure on my own two feet. Now, without a paycheck, I felt lost, unsure of my worth.
New infographic shows us the six factors that make your marriage more likely to last.
It's the question we'd all love to have answered: why do marriages fall apart? A recently released infographic from The National Marriage Project offers data towards this end and also suggest the steps we can take to avoid divorce. According to the infographic, titled "When Marriage Disappears," if you want a long-lasting marriage, you should have a college degree, be over the age of 25, have a baby 7 months into your marriage, have a religious affiliation, a decent-paying job and have parents who are still married.
