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Today is the perfect day to do a romantic life check-up, where you take account of what you have~and compare it to what you want. If it's off at all, this is a good time to assess if you are in the right relationship or not. One clue to knowing if you are with the wrong man, is to notice the patterns of your relationship.
![5 Marriage Secrets For Valentine's Day [EXPERT]](http://images.tangomag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/node-full/image_blog/wanted.jpg "5 Marriage Secrets For Valentine's Day [EXPERT]")
Valentine's Day is the holiday for romance and romantic gestures. Why not take advantage of this day dedicated to love to improve your marriage? With a few simple switch-ups, you can put some practices in place that will improve your marriage for Valentine's Day and beyond!
Are you hearing this from your guy? “Valentine's Day is just a made up holiday to try to get me to spend money.” “All of this hearts and romance stuff turns my stomach.” “Sorry, honey, I'm just not much of a romantic.” “I tell you 'I love you,' why do I need to buy you expensive gifts too?” It seems that the Valentine's Day haters (including men and women) grow louder and louder every year. Are you in a relationship with one?
![5 Secrets of Happily Married Couples [EXPERT]](http://images.tangomag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/node-full/images/getting20a20gift.jpg "5 Secrets of Happily Married Couples [EXPERT]")
A recent study looked at the survival rates of patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery. The results of this study were eye opening. It was discovered that people in happy marriages were 3.2 times more likely to survive 15 years after the surgery than their not so happily married counterparts. It was found that a happy marriage provided more emotional support and also a greater likelihood of adapting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. A happy, satisfying marriage can be the biggest factor in our overall wellbeing and survival. Here are som
Did you know that February 7th to 14th is National Marriage Week? According to the National Marriage Week website, National Marriage Week is a collaborative effort to encourage many diverse groups to strengthen individual marriages, reduce the divorce rate, and build a stronger marriage culture, which in turn helps curtail poverty and benefits children.
R.E.B.T. is based upon the idea that we feel the way we think, thus if we can change the way we think about events in our life, we can also change the way we feel. R.E.B.T. can be particularly helpful in strengthening relationships. It is a fairly simple concept that contains the letters A-B-C-D. Here is how it works!
Are you and your significant other always fighting about the dirty dishes in the sink? How about shutting the cabinet doors or making the bed? If these small battles sound familiar, you're not alone. Many couples fight about such things, but is this a sign of a bigger problem? My Husband And I Fight All The Time; Is Our Marriage Failing? [VIDEO]
People date, putting their best foot forward, to acquire the relationship they want. If you are married, you succeeded at the Compatibility Stage of Relationships, deciding you and your spouse had enough in common to make a lifetime commitment to each other. Congratulations!
![The Power Of Pillow Talk [EXPERT]](http://images.tangomag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/node-full/image_blog/realpillow.jpg "The Power Of Pillow Talk [EXPERT]")
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the phrase “erotic talk”? Well, if you said, “talking dirty”, your answer is the one I most often receive whenever I pose that question. In fact, in a survey I conducted of 300 men and women, that was precisely the most popular response. Yet, as I explain in my book The Fine Art of Erotic Talk (Bantam/Random House), explicit sex talk is just one aspect of the powerful role that words can play in our sex lives.
Take a quick spin on any talk show and you’ll hear a lot about passion and romance. But in the real world, none of the couples who have been successfully married for a decade or more are floating around on a cloud of passion and romance – they are working together as partners. I’m reasonably sure they don’t spend hours staring deep into each others’ eyes – there simply isn’t time for that sort of thing.
![Should I End This Relationship? [EXPERT]](http://images.tangomag.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/node-full/images/lovecuffs.jpg "Should I End This Relationship? [EXPERT]")
In the many years I've been counseling, thousands of couples have come to me wondering if they should end their relationship. Most of these people were in love at one point but are now miserable with each other, or one partner is miserable with the other. Generally, they don't know what the real problem is. They know what they don't like about the other person. They know they can't communicate about what is important to them.
