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Give Your Mate Amnesty For Valentine's Day
The best Valentine's Day gift comes at absolutely no cost to you!

Give Your Mate Amnesty For Valentine's Day

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The perfect, totally free Valentine's Day gift solution that your partner will love!

Do you want to give your sweetheart something extra special for Valentine's Day? Are you tired of the same old flowers, candy, corny greeting card and dinner routine? As lovely and appreciated as these gifts can be, what if this year you give your beloved something that they would never see coming, something that will make both of you happy and is totally free?

Is Monogamy Natural?

Is Monogamy Natural?

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Cheating is rampant and on a rise! Is it possible to be faithful to a person over a period of time?

I was watching a video done by Shanel Cooper-Sykes about a controversial topic that suggest that we as humans were not created by God to be monogamous even though in the Bible we are commanded not to commit adultery. This is an old theory that has been expressed across many panels and groups of relationship advisors (mainly men) who believe that the natural sexual drive of a man makes resisting the temptation to sleep with or love more than one person, unnatural.

Video: When To Leave A Bad Relationship

Video: When To Leave A Bad Relationship

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It is never easy to break up with someone you still love.

It is never easy to break up with someone you still love and whom you have spent several years with. It is even harder breaking up with someone you have been through many trials and tribulations with because you have a lot invested and there is a fear that your investment may pay huge dividends for someone else. We hold on with the hope that our beloved will change for the better all the while witnessing evidence that this “change” isn’t going to happen anytime soon. It is important to know when its time to cut your losses and call it quits.

Seeing Red On Valentine's Day

Seeing Red On Valentine's Day

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Is anyone else sick of looking at hearts?

I know many of you may be surprised at my lack of sentimentality and disdain for this manufactured-to-produce-not-love-but-guilt and-self-pity holiday called Valentine's Day. Seriously, my husband and I do nothing on this day except avoid all restaurants. To my thinking, there's nothing less romantic that being made to feel like you HAVE to be. It's similar to being an actor, bringing up emotions on cue.

The Most Important Words You May Have To Say

The Most Important Words You May Have To Say

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The most important three word phrase is not I Love You.

Most people would assume the hardest three words you may ever have to say would be “I love you”. But those words come from the heart, in a bigger realm, they flow easily. The three hardest words you may ever have to say are “I need help”. The solution seems simple, but in reality, it can feel impossible to make it happen.

Cupid's Red Velvet Heart Cake

Cupid's Red Velvet Heart Cake

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Culinary and Home Entertaining Expert Zoe Rogers shares a secret...

Here’s a special way to someone’s heart that has Cupid’s Seal of Approval! Bake the immensely popular cake “Red Velvet Cake” and grace it with a tantalizing “Cream Cheese Frosting”— but upscale it—by making it heart-shaped. But this culinary love letter gets even better, I give you a secret: a way to make your cake even more enticing with a fast, easy, and economical way to create your cake in the shape of a heart, without having to buy a specialty heart-shaped baking pan.

Is It Time To Walk Away?

Is It Time To Walk Away?

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It is better to walk away than to be miserable.

Love is the most powerful emotion a human being can feel. It is an antecedent to a plethora of emotions stemming from wonder to despair. When relationships end, the person left behind will always wonder to themselves, “Didn’t I once know you?” especially if their heart was shattered.

Whitney Houston Dies At Age 48

Whitney Houston Dies At Age 48

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Whitney Houston is a role model for us all. Never take for granted the love you have & your impact.

By now you know Whitney Houston has died.  Houston's career soared in the 80's and 90's. She was one of the world's greatest singers in recent history. She was a treasure, but she may not have valued how important she was as a singer and role model to her daughter or her fans. Whitney touched many lives ... many of which she will never know. Her voice, her songs, her youthful soul and beautiful songs will be missed. So sad she is gone. Thank you, Whitney, for all that you gave us.

Sex & Sensuality: Where The Nun & The Prostitute Agree

Sex & Sensuality: Where The Nun & The Prostitute Agree

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A former Buddhist nun weighs in on insights on sexuality & sensuality from a Nevada prostitute

It might seem strange that an ex-Buddhist nun and a prostitute would share similar views about sexuality. But that is precisely what happened as I read a recent Huffington post article, Sexuality vs. Sensuality: The Steady Decline of Affection in America, written from the unique vantage point of Bethany St. James, a self-proclaimed legal prostitute.