Tag: healthy love relationships
Weight gain can break up a relationship. Here’s how to cope with your boyfriend’s disappointing answer to the question, “Will you love me if I’m overweight?” These tips are inspired by a reader’s comment about love and weight gain on 10 Signs of a Bad Relationship: “My fiance and I are to get married next [...]
The biggest sign of a troubled marriage depends on the individual couple. For some couples, fighting is unhealthy – while other couples are at their happiest and healthiest when they’re venting their emotions and lungs! Here are a few ways to figure out if your married life is normal or simply “real.” A reader asked [...]
Whether you’re in a new relationship or trying to fire up an old flame, you’ll find something you can use in these easy ways to say “I love you.” They’re not just words! These ways to profess your love are big and little actions that make a big difference in your everyday interactions. Knowing different [...]
Sometimes it’s easy to see a relationship is over, because the ending is natural and mutual. Most of the time, however, it’s hard to know if your relationship is ending or if you’ve just hit a rough patch. “Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a [...]
Has your marriage destroyed your self-confidence and self-image? Here are a few tips on rebuilding your confidence while keeping your relationship or marriage intact. Here’s what one reader – a doctor – says about her marriage: “I don’t feel he respects what I do and I have lost my confidence and sense of self. I [...]
Introverts love to be alone; extroverts love to be the center of attention. Introverts and extroverts can fall in love – and yes, they can build a happy relationship. Here’s Lyn’s question: “Can introverts can have relationships? I recently was in a relationship and I felt my introversion was taking over. I wanted to be [...]
The healthiest relationships are very close to 50/50 or equal partnerships. If you do all the work in your relationship, then you need to stop. Unless, of course, you’re happy doing all the work! One of my favourite books about relationships is ScreamFree Marriage: Calming Down, Growing Up, and Getting Closer. It’s not just for [...]
Maybe your marriage is bad, maybe it’s good – or maybe you believe one of these myths about being married. “Marriages today are in trouble precisely because of some misleading, even damaging advice that’s been foisted on couples for way too long,” writes Hal Runkel in ScreamFree Marriage: Calming Down, Growing Up, and Getting Closer. [...]
Here are a few signs you’re emotionally, mentally, and physically ready for a new relationship. Your breakup may be days, months, or even years old, and yet you still may not be ready to commit to a new man. “I am not ready for another relationship,” says Stacy on How to Avoid Rebound Love and Start [...]
The most common question I’m asked is, “should I try to save our relationship?” Mostly it’s women who are confused about their boyfriends or husbands, who need help deciding if they should keep trying to work things out. Here, “America’s Marriage Doctor” Jacqueline Del Rosario offers seven signs to help you figure out if your relationship [...]
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