Your “Hey! I didn’t see your piercings in your display pictures on Tinder” is met with a “Yeah, those photos are from three years ago”. A classic online dating story – you probably have ten such anecdotes already. While the ease of meeting people online has truly revolutionized the dating world, not everything about this new dating world is great. Finding people is now no more about meet-cutes in libraries....
While husbands are unknowingly masters at being passive-aggressive (queue opening a condiment jar when one’s already open), sometimes the things they say can shoot right through you. The worst part is, they don’t even realize it. Right about now, husbands might be thinking, do words even hurt that much? You know, sticks and stones, right? Ask yourself that the next time she calls her dad for tips on how to fix the leaking faucet after telling you “you won’t be able to fix this”....
Who you thought to be an uptown girl turned out to be an uptight girl, and slowly but surely, you’ll begin to see that it takes a humungous amount of effort to woo her and take your relationship forward. Dating a high-maintenance girl might not seem like a big deal initially but take our word for it, it will turn out to be an exacting and expensive affair in the long run....
Simply put, you’re staying on out of a sense of obligation, not because the relationship brings you joy. For more clarity on what being forced into a relationship looks like, we reached out to counseling psychologist Akanksha Varghese (MSc Psychology), who specializes in different forms of relationship counseling, from dating and premarital to break up and abuse. Akanksha says, “Forcing a relationship isn’t limited to romantic connections. It also exists in platonic relationships....
15 Things Men Notice About You In The First Meeting What is the first thing a guy notices about a woman? This might be something that is on every woman’s mind and we will tell you that there are things guys notice in the first 6 seconds. You might be thinking that they focus on one or two things in your physical appearance but that is not so. They have a capacity to quickly scan through you and there are things they notice that could leave a lasting impression on them....
But what is a soulmate connection? How do you recognize it? What does crossing paths with your soulmate feel like? If you don’t know what it’s supposed to feel like, you might just miss out on the best relationship of your life all because you didn’t even know you met your soulmate. To make sure that you don’t end up letting ‘the one’ get away, you need to know about all the true soulmate connection signs....
It takes a great deal of time, energy, and emotional investment to build a relationship from scratch and a single moment to break that bond. The way to end a long-term relationship – or even a short one – is as easy as sending a message, but the question is, should you? Are you willing to let go of years of hard work without so much as a fair fight?...
There’s one major catch for outdoor or public sex adventurers – you have to conclude your sexual adventure without getting arrested. Why should you have outdoor sex? In your lifetime, you must have come across several sex experts who must have given you steamy sexual tips, from how to make your partner scream with pleasure to antics that would help you keep the bedroom sex playful and irresistible. And all of those tips would work as long as you are within the secured walls....
‘I love you’ – the most complex phrase for the simplest emotion among humankind. You tend to love every person you build an attachment with but the expression or recognition of it does not come easy in the romantic sphere. There are many ways people say I love you without saying I love you. You cannot really put a finger on one because every person holds different unconscious love signals....
Even though dating IRL does have its own charm, Zoom virtual date ideas are no less. No more getting stuck in traffic, no more waiting for hours for a table at a restaurant, these Zoom dinner date ideas are unique, practical and so much more fun than regular ones. These fun Zoom date ideas are a godsend for couples in a long-distance relationship. Missing your bae during the quarantine period?...
If the current tactics you’re employing revolve around asking your soulmate’s friends if they’ve said anything about you to them, you definitely need to read this article word for word. It’s time you leave their friends alone. They’ve been sworn to secrecy by your soulmate anyway. As you may already believe, incredible things will happen when you meet your soulmate. If you can figure out when they’re thinking about you, you can be certain that the connection is real....
And a spouse plays a major part in making your home feel like one. Keeping the spark alive is far more important than you might think. As Mignon McLaughlin said, “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” Expressing love is as important as experiencing it. The beauty of a marriage lies in the details; the little things that partners do for each other to keep it romantic....
Everyone says long-distance relationships are challenging, and one of the key reasons behind it is that running out of things to talk about is very common. Couples often ponder over what they can say to fill the time that they spend together, wondering if any long-distance conversation topics exist beyond the everyday questions of “Did you eat?” If you are one of these couples, we’re here to help you save your cherished bond with some pretty awesome ideas for some long-distance relationships conversation topics....
For a woman to have a domestic partnership with a man is something that turns heads and makes the elderly go all ‘whaaaaa’. However, women in a live-in relationship set an example. 1. Complete trust If a woman moves in with her partner, it shows her complete faith in her man and that she is ready to take this relationship really, really, really seriously. Live-in relationship means the women have developed grounds of trust with their partner....
While walking down an aisle and saying ‘I do’ is the most magical time of one’s life, it is also equally important to finalize some of the practical aspects of a new marriage before a wedding. We give you a lowdown on things you should do before a wedding to have a happy married life that covers all the essential legal and social bases. 6 Things Couples Should Talk About Before Marriage While contemplating marriage is a matter of the heart, it’s also important that you involve your head and prepare yourself for it beforehand so you ease into life after marriage....
The causes of conflict in a marriage are influenced by how each couple operates. One thing that remains common is that all couples fight – even the obnoxious friends you have who always claim otherwise (we’re on to you, Marty and Linda). In fact, we’d even go as far as to say that arguing in a marriage is healthy. You get to know what’s a dealbreaker and what’s not, and just how much your spouse hates shoes in the living room....
We explore the answers to these questions from the prism of psychology. Psychology might not always be based on hard numbers and strong figures but it states greater truths than data sets ever will. It is common knowledge that people in a relationship notice positive as well as negative changes in themselves over the years. Most of the time, these are more positive than negative, especially in functional, well-rounded relationships....
At the same time, there already is a lot of pressure to carry on with life because of which most of us don’t take the time to acknowledge and process the change taking place in our mind and body. But the fact remains that post-breakup the ‘normal’ of your life gets disrupted. And your body sinks into a stress-recovery mode. The first step towards handling this problem, like any other, is to embrace its existence and deal with it head-on....
Well, the definition differs from person to person, but I think we can all agree that respect is reflected in the way partners treat each other on a daily basis. It is the foundation for a strong bond between romantic partners. Without it, the relationship might just cease to exist. A relationship should be a partnership of equals. In a healthy relationship, partners do not have authority over each other....
You always wish for a long-lasting bond with your spouse. Even when everything starts to fall apart, you think of all the ways to save a marriage from divorce. According to the latest Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults, 86% of more than a thousand 18 to 29-year-old Americans expect their marriages to last a lifetime. Does your husband want that too? To find out if he’s as invested as you are, and that you can still save a marriage on the brink of divorce, we reached out to Ridhi Golechha (M....
