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relationship advice: trust after infidelity
You've had your heart broken, but you'll come out stronger in the end.

5 Ways You Can Learn To Trust Again After Infidelity

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Before you can trust someone after an affair, you first need to take a look at yourself.

When my ex left me for another woman, it threw me into the depths of despair. The situation had me questioning myself over and over, and it stripped away my self-esteem, leaving me feeling crushed and angry. Learning to trust someone again after an affair can be really difficult ... but it's not impossible.

Online Dating Site Plenty Of Fish Nixes Casual Hook-Up Feature
Online dating site PlentyofFish.com is "all about relationships" now.

Online Dating Site 'Plenty Of Fish' Nixes Casual Hook-Up Feature

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No more "Intimate Encounters" for PlentyofFish.com! But can the dating site shed its hookup rep?

Online dating site PlentyofFish.com is cleaning up its act. On Monday, founder Markus Frind announced to members that the site will be undergoing some major changes, for example, eliminating its sex-only "Intimate Encounters" feature.

Is the Problem Lazybutt Love?

Is the Problem Lazybutt Love?

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Put your love life on 'autopilot' and eventually, bad weather will send you off course.

Think back to when you were first falling in love with each other. That spark of electricity when you first met. It was Lightening Bolt Love. Wasn't it wonderful? You talked for hours, couldn't wait to see each other again, to feel his lips on yours...ahhhhh, bliss. And didn't it feel like there could never, ever be a problem, that this time would be different? Abrupt shift to today. How's it going? Not quite as blissful as you thought it would always be? It could be that you've succumbed to Lazybutt Love.

The 13 year itch in marriage should I stay or should I go?

The 13 year itch in marriage should I stay or should I go?

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More couples are getting divorced after the ten year mark in marriage, could you be next...

If you made it past the 7 year itch or even the 10 year itch, more couples are contemplating divorce around the 13 to 15 year mark in marriage, and by that time, it is usually not just an itch anymore. Some of the reasons why the divorce rate is so high for people around the 13-15 year mark in marriage.  

How to Connect with that Special Woman During the First Months

How to Connect with that Special Woman During the First Months

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How do you show someone that you feel that you are special and you mean the world to them?

How do you show someone that you feel that you are special and you mean the world to them?  It’s human nature to feel special when someone is paying attention to you.  And to share with someone what matters to them most also matters to you. My relationship advice to you is to focus on the time spent on the endeavor and fore-thought that really captures a woman’s heart.

 The Goals of Controlling Behavior In Relationships

The Goals of Controlling Behavior In Relationships

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Do you try to control how your partner behaves or how your partner feels about you?

All of us are controlling in one way or another, yet many of us are not aware of what it is we are trying to control in our relationships. I've found that there are two major areas in which we may try to control others: • Behaviors • Feelings

Top Ten Warning Signs He Might Be a Jerk

Top Ten Warning Signs He Might Be a Jerk

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Sometimes it's easier to find Mr. Right when you know how to spot Mr. Wrong.

I recently talked to a friend who had gone on dates with no less than 50 men during a six-month period. That's a lot of men and a lot of dates. She'd challenged herself to date a variety of men, from different backgrounds, so she could have more clarity about the kind of man she wanted to settle down with. At the end of the six-month dating marathon, she had significantly less clarity and felt very defeated.

3 Keys To Apologizing After An Affair

3 Keys To Apologizing After An Affair

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Can't move on after an affair? Maybe it's because your partner didn't say "I'm sorry" the right way.

  For two years, Kora had been having an on and off affair with her high-school sweetheart, a separated man who lived over a thousand miles away.  It ended when Sean, her husband, had discovered some letters in her desk drawer.  Because Kora and her lover lived so far apart it was easy for Sean to validate Kora’s claims that the affair ended. Moreover, her lover had reunited with his wife and family. 

Precious Gems

Precious Gems

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Are you struggling with your next move. Don't see challenges as a step back, but a move forward!

I was talking to a friend about what we do when we find ourselves unfulfilled as we go through our lives.  Sometimes even when we have set goals, followed a path to our dreams and seen them actualized we still feel unfulfilled.  We dream of how life will be bigger, better, happier, richer, more alive once we reach our goals.  Very often we find that once we have mastered the challenge there is a void in our lives. 

dating: what guys think of texting
In reality, this guy has zero intentions of dating you.

What Guys Really Think Of Texting

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He texts you without fail, but he never asks you out on a date. So what's the deal?

Here's the hard truth, ladies: some men satisfy their need for emotional support via text without having to actually date you. Our expert points out the texting types of guys to watch out for and why you should stop answering their texts.