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Embracing A New Relationship With An Old Flame [EXPERT]
Often times, change is for the better!

Embracing A New Relationship With An Old Flame [EXPERT]

Do changes in your relationship signify that something wonderful is lost?

So let's say you are in a long-term relationship with the guy or girl of your dreams. Or, let's say you are trying to rekindle an old relationship or you're in a situation with someone whom you have a lot of history with, but you keep sensing some things just aren't the same. In many ways it may seem that a lot of stuff from the past no longer exists in your relationship and you wonder if you can ever go back.

October 16 Is National "Ex Day"

October 16 Is National "Ex Day"

Ex List promotion gives license to reconnect with an old flame.

One curious note: October 16 is the day after Mercury comes out of retrograde, which is an astrologically charged time that makes us finish old projects we may have set aside, reconnect with old friends (or lovers) and generally reflect inwards in all sorts of over-analytical, non-action-oriented ways. Maybe the "Ex Day" strategy is to mull over the idea of reconnecting with an ex until the 15th but wait to take action until Mercury's fingers are out of the pot on the 16th.

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Friday Night Lights: TV's Best Relationship Drama?

Friday Night Light's Connie Britton talks about the best marriage on TV.

If you've avoided Friday Night Lights because you're not a football fan and think there's too much pigskin on TV as it is, you're missing out on one of the best relationship dramas TV has to offer. Loaded with compelling characters and complex emotional relationships, FNL has at its center the marriage of Coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his school guidance counselor wife Tami (Connie Britton), arguably the most realistic portrayal of a married couple on the small screen today.