Your significant other is your soulmate, your ride or die, and your best friend for life. To have such a strong bond with someone is the best feeling in the world, and you should consider yourself blessed if you share this connection with anyone. What Does Significant Other Mean? It means you have a partner-in-crime for life. There are so many things to do with your significant other, that even bucket lists don’t do them justice....
However, it sometimes becomes awkward and you may second guess yourself when wondering about what to write in a sympathy card for loss of young husband . Death is a sensitive issue after all and you don’t want to affect your relationship with the bereaved by sending an inappropriate message while they are dealing with the pain of heartbreak. Take a look at the following sympathy messages to get an idea of what to write in a sympathy card for loss of husband before forwarding it to the beloved of the deceased....
There was once this guy, Jacob, a senior strategist at my workplace, a Japan returnee, a newbie. He was very quiet, but I couldn’t resist starting a conversation, because he was so fascinating. As it turned, these conversations led to an interesting discussion on personal hygiene and relationships. Why Hygiene Is Important For A Healthy Sexual Relationship Our conversations were mostly during the lunch hour when I would waylay him and ask questions, about his hometown, why he went to Japan and why he had returned....
The fact is very few relationships survive an episode of cheating. This is because the cheating partner is not only betraying the vows of a marriage or a committed relationship, s/he breaks the very foundation of a relationship – trust and honesty. Even if a couple gets back together, the state of the marriage after infidelity remains fragile and the shadow of the duplicity and lies will continue to hover over them, impacting their interactions forever....
To be able to make that decision you need clarity on what is considered a sexless marriage, the circumstances that separate a healthy sexless union from a toxic one. As with any aspect of human relationships, it is hard to categorically paint a sexless marriage as good or bad, healthy or unhealthy, functional or dysfunctional. But there are always broad guidelines that you can apply to your unique circumstances to know when to walk away from a sexless marriage....
Actually, once in a relationship, life becomes much more happening. You may be just living in or are married; life has so many new things to offer that you never knew of. You bask in the glory of this new found happiness and almost forget the time when you were single. Sure there are times when you wish you were single again, like when you are expected to at least know the recipe for making a sunny side–up....
Fitness goals that fizzle out by January end.Not going crazy when the son pushes buttons, which barely lasts 3 days at a stretch.Spending quality time with the spouse, which ends with football practice, doctor visits, birthday parties and homework. So this year my conclusion is that I am the best possible person that I can be in the family! Yes, I am and the rest of you can say Amen to that!...
Picking the right gift for someone you share a purely professional relationship with isn’t easy. Despite everyday interactions, we don’t really know all our colleagues well on a personal level. Come to think of it, you may not even know if John who sits on the work station next to yours likes wine or beer, whether he has kids or lives alone with his cat. This can make picking out gifts for them quite the challenge....
Codependency is one of the most toxic and dysfunctional bonds you can share with someone. This does not necessarily have to be a romantic partner – it could be a parent, friend, sibling, or relative. The bond is as intense as it is unhealthy and educating yourself on the warning signs of codependent relationships will be a wise step toward prevention (or damage control). We’re addressing the different facets of codependency in consultation with relationship and intimacy coach Shivanya Yogmayaa (internationally certified in the therapeutic modalities of EFT, NLP, CBT, REBT, etc), who specializes in different forms of couples counseling....
When you’re in the honeymoon phase, setting boundaries in the relationship is sure to have slipped your mind. If you and your partner are open about everything (and I mean everything), you shouldn’t worry about the conversation hurting each other’s feelings. Even though love is meant to bring you closer together, setting boundaries means making sure you both don’t end up being codependent. Let’s get into it and talk about all you need to know, with the help of psychologist Nandita Rambhia (MSc, Psychology), who specializes in CBT, REBT and couples counseling....
The thing about relationships is that they take a lot of work and effort to flourish. A happy relationship is partly organic and partly dependent on how you design it and how much love and effort you are willing to put into it. Sadly, the universe does not just throw healthy relationships into our laps. They have to be built and nourished with work and time. What Is A Healthy Relationship?...
Take care of your health Indian men have always been extremely careless about their health and fitness. First their mothers or sister used to look after them and later their wives took on this task. We don’t look after ourselves. Yes, in most families men are primary breadwinners and caregivers. In doing that, they tend to ignore their health. So if you get time, start taking care of yourself. Look after your diet, exercise daily, go for a walk, join a gym or do yoga....
To decide how best to handle this situation, you first need to be sure whether this perceived lack of interest is for real or just something you’ve built up in your mind. Knowing how to identify the signs of losing interest in a relationship can give you the clarity you need. 12 Warning Signs Your Partner Is Losing Interest In The Relationship Once the honeymoon period wears off, relationships don’t feel like the exciting rollercoaster ride they were before....
As a military spouse for over a decade, these trials, tribulations, and the rollercoaster of challenges have always hit too close to home for me to know that there is nothing easy about choosing to love your partner and honor your commitment to them day after day. While military relationships are hard, they can also be worth every ounce of effort that goes into sustaining them, provided you’re with the right person....
Feeling the end of a relationship and another heartbreak coming on can be a debilitating experience. That’s why a lot of people sweep the signs a relationship is over under the rug until it’s too late. But by paying attention to these red flags you can do damage control or prepare yourself for the inevitable eventuality. Both of which help you cope with the circumstances better. 13 Worrying Signs A Relationship Is Ending For every relationship that didn’t work out, the signs a relationship is ending begin to surface long before two people decide to part way....
The term first appeared far back in 1930 in Faith Baldwin’s book ‘The Office Wife’ and is now a common norm used in almost every workplace. A relationship with a work spouse mimics all the components of a marriage, except for a romantic or sexual connection. Well, the BBC puts it right, “The best fake marriages are the 9-5 kind.” As long as you set the right work wife boundaries, this platonic connection can make dreary days at the workplace more bearable....
This tradition of frowning down on being single is becoming outdated as nowadays, many people are leaning more towards being single. According to a survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau statistics, nearly 50% of Americans are single. That’s 129.9 million single people! According to Pewresearch only half of the single population is actually “looking” for a partner while the rest of them prefer staying single and dating casually. These statistics don’t apply to the entire world but they still prove a point....
If this kind of man is a constant presence in your life, you know how unreadable he is. You’re probably trying to decipher his feelings toward you, that too, rather unsuccessfully. Plucking petals hasn’t done the trick and neither has your BFF been able to guide you. You can stop wondering what to do next because I’ve come to your rescue with the answer key to decoding these signs an emotionally unavailable man is in love with you....
You’re high on the dizzy romance sweeping you off your feet. But once this high wears off, you realize you’re as different as chalk and cheese, and there is just no common ground to build a relationship on. Your perfect love story crumbles like a house of cards. That’s why compatibility in relationships is so vital for building an enduring bond with your significant other. But what is compatibility? Does being compatible mean being on the same page always?...
One of our male readers shared his dating horror story with a girl he met while pursuing higher education abroad. She would want to spend all her time with him and get frustrated if he made plans with his friends even if they involved her. She wanted all his attention and demanded he share his location with her. She would constantly check his ‘last seen’ to make sure he was not avoiding replying to her and even threatened him with suicide when he tried to break up with her....
