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Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity, answers a question from Ask YourTango, where readers go to seek out advice on love and relationships. In this segment, Esther helps out a woman who has a bad habit of starting fights with her husband. How unhealthy is this, she asks, and is there a right way to fight? (Hint: Yes, there totally is.) 9 Things To Say During A Fight
To view Esther's profile, or to connect with other relationship experts, visit YourTango.com/ProConnect. For more on Esther Perel, you can also visit Read More
Marriage doubts: I was sure he was the one...until we got engaged.
I had always been sure I wanted to get married, and the longer I dated Dean, the more sure I was that he was the right one for me. That is...until I got engaged.
Dean's proposal wasn't a surprise. I was too nosey to not know it was happening, and I enthusiastically said yes the moment he asked. However, once it happened (in a sweet and thoughtful way, I should add), I began to feel these nagging questions eating away at me: Did I really want to be married? Would we be any good at it?
I love Dean, but in the … Read More
One guy argues that we should stop commemorating every little relationship milestone.
Guys often forget relationship anniversaries, according to every bad comedian's jokes since about 1965, and various magazines and TV shows since then. It can seem inconsiderate on the surface, and men get a lot of heat for not taking relationship anniversaries seriously. We've got a pretty good excuse to cover for our mistakes: we don't care, because anniversaries are stupid. The Frisky: Real Men Buy Flowers
We care that you're mad at us, of course, and when we've done something disappointing or let you down, that's certainly bad. We don't want to do that. It's just that the concept of … Read More
From makeup sex to the silent treatment, couples have diverse spat-solving techniques.
Kandi Burruss, of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta, reacts to the sudden death of her fiance.
Sad news coming from Atlanta this weekend. A.J. Jewell, familiar to fans of the Bravo series The Real Housewives of Atlanta, died early Saturday morning of massive head injuries.
Jewell was the ex-fiance of the newest Housewife, Grammy-winning songwriter Kandi Burruss. The drama from their engagement, real and imagined, had been the focus of many of this season's episodes. Kandi revealed to Essence.com in early September that the couple were on 'hiatus' and that she had become legal guardian to his 12-year-old twin daughters.
Sources say Jewell was fatally injured after getting in a fight with an employee, Fredrick Richardson, of … Read More
Chris Brown tells Larry King Rihanna fight was "a blur," says her dating other guys bothers him.
Chris Brown's appearance on Larry King Live is scheduled to air tomorrow, Wednesday, September 2. Chris appears on the show with his mother Joyce Hawkins and lawyer Mark Geragos less than two weeks after he was sentenced in his domestic violence case involving former girlfriend Rihanna last February. Celebrity Love: Chris Brown's Sentence Too Strict For Rihanna
An advance clip of the interview has sparked controversy by suggesting Chris answered one of Larry King's questions by stating that he does not remember beating Rihanna. Chris has issued a formal statement through Access … Read More
The odds aren't in our favor, says study. But why?
I've been married all of 11 days now and, as if on cue, the day my husband (still very much getting used to saying that!) and I tied the knot, he stopped putting the toilet seat down. I ignored it at first, but by our first weekend together as a married couple, I couldn't stand it any longer and said something to him about it. I made a jokey comment about his sudden change in behavior—more embarrassed than pissed at being such a cliché so early in our marriage. After over three years together, surely he must realize if … Read More
Jon & Kate Gosselin drama hits an all-time high, but Kate wears wedding band for kids.
Gosselin activity has been relatively quiet this week, with the exception of Kate Gosselin's tearful appearance on Today where she told Meredith Vieira that her divorce is a result of the simple fact that she and Jon want different things out of life.
Their differences appear to have turned violent, as TMZ has reported that last night the police got involved. The site says that around midnight Jon and Kate "went ballistic on each other" and one of them called the cops. No one was arrested, and the police were only there a … Read More
The former Alaskan Governor is getting divorced, according to Star magazine.
Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin already unexpectedly resigned from her position as governor this year, and according to Star magazine, is about to quit her 20-plus-year marriage. Palin had said the divorce rumors were untrue. Sarah Palin Fired Up Over Divorce Talk
In this issue of Star, Mercede Johnston, Levi Johnston's sister, opens up about the Palin's marriage. For those of you not following the Palin's inner lives, Levi Johnston is Bristol's (Sarah's oldest daughter) ex boyfriend, and the father of Bristol's baby.
Mercede told Star:
Sarah and Todd are fighting all the time. When they do, Todd often ends … Read More
How to artfully cool off that heated argument.
Are you a pirate when it comes to fighting? As in, do you brazenly charge in with accusations, a smattering of profanity and hope to crudely beat your point across? That is a bad way, grasshopper. Read: Love & Anger: How to Fight Right
Gretchen Rubin, Huffington Post blogger and author of The Happiness Project (forthcoming), recently compiled a list of 23 phrases that can help couples turn a verbal brawl back down to a constructive fight. Here are YourTango's top picks from that list and why we think they work so well.
"You don't … Read More
