Learn how to strengthen your relationship by having less dramatic and more effective fights.
How we fight sometimes says more about us than how we got into a fight in the first place. Living a conflict-free life, especially with a loved one, sounds nice but in reality is impossible. Not only that, but it's unhealthy. Disagreements from time to time, if dealt with maturely and with the requisite kindness, can actually help to strengthen the bond between partners. And that's not simply due to the makeup sex phenomenon, a theme so commonly mimed in sitcoms and romantic comedies.
Yes, fighting within a couple is normal. However, within each fight lies a potential minefield of insensitive comments and dirty tricks. Fights are only productive if done fairly. Here's a list of seven dos and seven don’ts to keep in mind when entering a tiff to make sure you’re fighting fairly. Following these rules could be the difference between making up and sleeping on the couch.
Once that final decision has been made to cut the cord of a relationship...
Pinkee here~ Once that final decision has been made to cut the cord of a relationship, whether it was mainly your idea or the other person’s, you will have feelings that need to be felt and expressed. You do have a choice. You can choose to grieve or not.
Basically there are two types of not grieving. The first type may look like grieving, but it’s really not.
Whether they know it or not, many women need drama in their lives to feel fulfilled.
If you or someone you know lives in a state of constant drama, trauma, chaos and suffering, it IS possible to change. It’s not going to happen overnight though. It will take time, and you will have to learn how to enjoy happiness and other positive emotions, to really feel the fullness and excitement that comes with feeling GOOD.
By Erika Mionis
2010 has been a big year for movies. Sequels like Iron Man 2 and Toy Story 3 have ruled at the box office, while animated films like Despicable Me and How to Train Your Dragon have made their marks as well. Those aside, the year was also particularly crammed with many a chick flick. From romantic comedies (When in Rome, Knight and Day) to romantic dramas (Dear John, Remember Me), nearly all of the movies have had easily identifiable themes and laughs that we learned from and enjoyed.
Should you continue to hang in there or is it time to go?
No relationship is perfect one hundred percent of the time. So you have to ask yourself: What percentage of the time do I feel better as a result of this person being in my life, and what percentage of the time do I feel worse? If it’s 50/50, then, as they say in blackjack, it’s a push. Personally, I don’t want to be miserable 50 percent of the time.
Families at the Extremes Can Often Drive You to Extremes
My heart goes out to those who have married into extreme families and their dynamics. During the dating phase you may not have gotten a full picture of this from your fiance, but after marriage or permanent partnering, the dynamics showed up big time. Now you're flying through self-help books and canvassing blogs to find out what to do.
A guy's perspective on drama as relationship kryptonite
If variety is the spice of life, then routine is the local anesthetic. At first, it dulls the pain of uncertainty. Then it dulls the pleasure of certainty. Routine begets boredom, and nothing—nothing—can kill a relationship in quite the way that boredom can.
Are you feeling exhausted every time you spend time with your Honey? Is there a lot of drama present in your life? Feel sucked dry? If you answered yes to any of these you might be dealing with an Energy Vampire or be one yourself. BEWARE! NO ENERGY VAMPIRES ARE ALLOWED IN WORKING RELATIONSHIPS!
It turns out that men do have nuance. Whoda thunk it?
You know that old chestnut about men being pretty simple? It turns out that it's not so true. They (men) like to eat, poop, sex, sleep and watch sporting events (in an ideal world, all at the same time). But not all men like all of those thing (or any for that matter). Go figs, right?
Scouring the interwebs the last day or so, I've discovered that men can't be totally pigeon-holed into anything regarding preferences or even gender roles. It's a brave, new, scary world out there.
Here are six myths about men that the web has recently dispelled:
Men don't like cats. Cat's are not man's best friend. There's some psychic connection between women (particularly older women) and cats that men just don't get, right? Apparently not the case. Lost Plum runs through the scenarios in which a heterosexual dude may have come to own a cat.
Speidi await their fate on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.
It's been nothing but drama for Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag ever since they joined the cast of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. They left the show after feeling that they were the only real "celebrities" on the show and some confusion on Heidi's part about why there was no time set aside for working on her tan. Well, they decided it was probably best for their image to return to the show yet the rest of the cast needs to vote on their return. Ready for this? While the couple awaits their fate, they spent the night in the 'Lost Chamber.' While in the pitch black cave, they were tormented by the sound of an acorn being dragged by a fishing pole along the floor and the feel of wind being blown on their backs by a small tube. Paul Telegdy, NBC's executive vice president of alternative programming, said, "When we cut the lights we have them on infared cameras and all we can say is you see two sets of very terrified eyes, blinking, google-eyed, terror struck!" He went on to say that they were praying vigorously.
