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Power Dynamics in Relationships
There is a lot more going on in relationships than we can see. What happens when one person has the power but the other person can't see it?
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Encourage Your Spouse and Build a Relationship That Lasts
It seems that in our society it has come to be expected that women will
get together and criticize their husbands and boyfriends and men will
get together and put down their wives and girlfriends. Everyone has to
have a few sarcastic comments to fling at their partner, especially
when there is an audience around to laugh at their expense. We tend to
tear down the very person we claim to love. I think it has become so
common in our society that sometimes people don’t even realize they are
doing it.
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Difficult In-Laws: Severing the Umbilical Cord (Part 1)
A problem in marriage today is when a married man has not yet severed the umbilical cord with his mother. The man who puts his mommy first, before his wife, will have a terrible marriage. This kind of a guy does not understand what his position is as a husband because he is still living as a little boy. If a “mommies boy” marries the type of woman who wants a husband instead of a son for a marriage partner, there will be incompatibility problems. Some wives’ don’t mind mothering their husbands but many women want a man who is in control of his life and knows what he wants.
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Ten Ways Control Issues Can Harm a Marriage
Is your spouse too controlling? Are you too passive? Or are the roles reversed? Control issues refer to who’s in control, who’s in charge, or who’s getting their way. Significant control issues are always harmful to a relationship. Here are ten reasons you need to be concerned if you have unresolved control problems in your marriage.
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Sacred Love - Where are You Coming From? Are You Turning Up in Love?
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.
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What Everyone In A Relationship Wants
Most people are searching for only four or five things in life. I believe the major ones are: love, acceptance, appreciation, validation and to connect with other humans in a meaningful way. What are you searching for that you don’t have in your life? Let’s take a brief look at each of these:
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Marriage Musts - Couple Time
When you were dating you carved out time for each other, no matter the pressures of everyday life. You could not fall in love without that time together. This begs the question; don’t you think to sustain that love that you must also make time for one another even now?
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Creating Intimacy in Your Relationships
How do you know whether you have true intimacy with your partner? Let me first give you my definition of intimacy. Most people tend to connect intimacy only with sex.
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Being Comfortable at Your High School Reunion
Ah, high school. Even when it's gone, it's not really gone. It always comes back in the form of reunions. High school reunions can be uncomfortable, but with a little effort you should find they are easier than you think.
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Selecting Roommates - Your 6 Step Selection Guide
Take a look how you can select your perfect roommate from all those phone messages piling up on your answering machine. As you'll find out it's as easy as following 6 simple steps and creating a plan that's right for you.
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Cougar Women? Older Women Should Ignore The Age Gap And Have Fun
I have recently encountered the words 'Cougar Women' - a term dreamt up by some male or possibly jealous young female to describe an older woman engaged in a relationship with a younger man. The description 'Cougar Woman' infers a predatory mature woman (35-50+) who hunts, stalks, lusts after and imposes her attentions upon some innocent, inexperienced young male.
The traditional description for the older male who does likewise is, 'Sugar Daddy' -- Would it not be appropriate, in light of today's touted 'equality of the sexes' to apply the description of Panther Daddy? Or, where the male is a cheating spouse, then perhaps 'Cheetah Daddy' may fit the bill?
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Friend Finders
All of us have had friends from the past that we lost contact with. Whether it is an old classmate, an old boyfriend or girlfriend or an old neighbor, we all have someone we have lost contact with throughout the years. Perhaps it is because you moved away, or changed schools. One day you decide to look at your old pictures or yearbook, and you remember one long lost friend. You decide that you want to get in contact with them again after years of no communication.If this is you, then you may be asking yourself what’s the first step in locating a long lost friend. Today’s advanced information technology will actually make it easy for you to find your friend. There are many websites on the Internet you can go to for help.
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How to be Involved With a Narcissist
I get asked this alot. How to you be in a relationship with a narcissist at best is difficult. My honestly advice, is to stop. End that relationship, end it as soon as possible. I can't emphasize that no one needs to be in a relationship with a narcissist.
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Relationships Handbook: How to be a Good Enemy
Don't let your arguments bitter your relationships. No matter how difficult the subject, use this tip to get to the bottom of the issue while allowing both of you the necessary time to think and come back with a constructive solution.
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Understanding Abusive Relationships
I often hear people scoff at women for staying in an abusive situation. They don't understand why anyone would stay. As a person who has been in that situation, I can shed some light on the reasons a woman may have for staying.
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Know Your Man: Being on His Side
This is a series of short articles about men and their preferences. Men are not difficult beings, or the enemy, as some women would like us to belief. They are simply different. By understanding and accepting their men, women can save their relationships and keep their sanity.
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