And I stopped and thought about how these traditions come and stay. About how generations of children have celebrated religious heritages with bar/bat mitzvahs and christenings and baptism parties; about how American girls have Sweet Sixteen’s and how Latin girls have Quince’s. About weddings. And how these events occur just once in a lifetime. Once or twice in a family.

A vacation with your loved one can be one of the most enjoyable ways to spend some quality time with each other. Stepping away from the hustle and bustle routine of daily life can easily rekindle old and familiar sparks.

In many relationships two complete strangers share the same bed. They know little about their significant other. There is dialog that is often superficial, self-centered, critical and judgmental. Few couples really know each other. What are some of the things you do or don’t know about your partner?

Do you know how sometimes people tell little white lies to keep from hurting someone or to avoid confrontation? Read on to find out how those little white lies really affect your relationship.

As a leader, and a lover, it is wise to know where you are coming from in relationships with people. As you know already from your reading, you can’t manage relationship if you can’t manage yourself. You can’t know someone else if you don’t know yourself. Otherwise, you will just be projecting onto people, and won’t know anything about your reality or your truth or love.

Children need a mother but a man needs a woman. Here lies the biggest conflict a woman faces, even more so than the conflict between being a mother and a professional. Of course, there are many women who can conciliate both roles with ease. Unfortunately, many cannot.

Verbal abuse says far more about the abuser than it ever says about you. If you were to give that abuse a physical image, what would you choose? You can use that image to reject the power that verbal abuse exerted over you once and for all.

There is a big difference between pain and suffering. Pain is when you cut your hand. You don’t worry about your hand if you know it will get better. Suffering is when you’re not sure that your hand will heal, and you worry about what is going to happen. In relationship, pain comes and goes, and this is normal. Suffering in relationship comes when you hold back love because you are worried about whether your relationship will survive the pain.

Too many couples focus on the why of getting better. Read on to discover why the what is much more important.

I recently read a study that indicated that 91% of all people in relationships were not happy. Now I can't tell you if this percentage is true, if it is an accurate portrayal of the average relationship or an exaggeration to get people’s attention. I don't know the details or particulars of the study as they were not given in very much depth. But the fact remains, that if 91% of the people surveyed felt this way, can we assume that many other people in general who were not surveyed are not happy as well? I don’t like to make assumptions but this number is really scary.

We communicate on many levels but there are two primary methods of sharing information with others. They are verbal communication and non-verbal communication. About 7-10 % of our total communication in any given day is verbal. This may change slightly depending on your career, age and what is going on in your life.

Don’t tell her about other women. They really don't want to know about them. In their mind, I was sleeping with every woman I had ever written a letter to.

Most couples are looking for a happy relationship. Happiness is a state of mind that makes a person content. Happy couples have the key that enhances a solid relationship. Happy couples genuinely love and respect each other. Their attitudes towards one another and the way they communicate are a key to their successful relationship.

Couples therapy is a way to address problems between a couple that are significant enough to cause problems in a relationship. Problems can be internal and external resulting in emotional and physical illnesses. Experiences in life like marriage, childbirth, job changes, relocating, etc can put a strain on a couples? relationship. When there is pressure and strain, it may be hard for a couple to communicate and try to solve the problems at hand. This is when couples therapy comes in handy. It can be the means to make sense out of a serious situation before it has damaging effects.

Most marriages that are troubled have these giver and receiver roles firmly fixed. In marriages that are happy, these roles will fluctuate between the partners regularly, depending on where the need is greatest. Where does most of your energy go during a normal day?

Curiosity doesn't always kill the cat. As Isaac Asimov wrote in his New Guide to Science, 'almost in the beginning was curiosity'. Now, relationships are as far removed from science as a Van der Graaf generator is from a blender, but the same rule applies.

If you're looking for an easy, fun way to add a bit of spice back into your relationship, consider flirting! It's very likely that you flirted a lot at the beginning of your relationship, as you first got to know one another, and for a while thereafter. Flirting is a very basic human action.

When couples focus on the small details in a marriage, the relationship seems to start going awry. Many urgent but not important activities set in and distract them. Focus on what’s important, focus on the positive aspects of your relationship, edify each other, and build each other up. Work on that relationship; work on what’s important… your love for each other.

Many men in relationships might find themselves in situations similar to that of Kevin Spacey’s character Lester Burnham in American Beauty. Somewhere along the way after meeting a woman who you thought made you happy, you ended up making sacrifice after sacrifice. Now, you live day to day numb to reality because you have allowed it to take so much. Your only hope in life is for it all too just end and the sooner the better.

Here's what it means to be personally honest in a relationship.

Being romantic is something anyone can be. Some of us just need a little help and guidance to get started. Read on for practical tips you can use to romance your loved one today!

Believe it or not beneath the confident, silent exterior of a guy, lies a feeling or two. Ladies, we understand, are more verbal than men, and relationship experts tell us - as if it's big news - that the feminine of the genders has a need to hear words of affection. Expressions of love and frequent compliments for their beauty and character strengthen relationships with their sweethearts and build a healthy self-image.

Women are not unapproachable. Learning how to read the signs that women carry around makes it easier to make that first step. Because women are only people too.

A regular sharing of the day's activities can help partners feel that they are truly participating in each other's lives during the large portion of the time we spend away from our significant others.