Regardless of how attached you are to your main man, it’s a good thing for both of you to spend some time apart.  Even if you love him more than life itself and think that every event is better with him there, it is a positive event for you and for your family and friends to spend time without him.
In the last year both my brother and sister got married.  Now that they are no longer single it is a rare occasion that my parents and I get to spend time with them without their new spouses.  Although I love …read more

Even if you’re not in a long distance relationship, the relationship that you and your significant other have with the phone is very important.  With text messaging and cell phones making it easy to be in contact every second of the day, oftentimes couples find themselves frequently fighting about issues surrounding phonecalls and messages.
If you are in a trusting relationship, then there is no need for excessive use of the phone to keep in contact.  Unanswered phonecalls and delayed responses to text messages can cause unnecessary stress, doubt, and worry.  It’s possible that your significant other actually loves talking to …read more

With every man that is serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, there are many loving and supportive family members and friends that are struggling to deal with this challenging and painful situation.  I can’t offer too much advice to those that are serving, but I do think that it’s extremely important to offer support to the loved ones who are fighting their own battle to stay strong at home.
I have some experience with military relationships, so I would like to start reaching out to women who have loved ones in the military and are looking for answers.  It is an extremely …read more

What lengths would you go to in an effort to discover whether your boyfriend or girlfriend was cheating? 
Michael Strahan, former football great for the New York Giants, was recently discovered to have put a tracking device on the vehicle of his girlfriend, Nicole Murphy, former wife of Eddie Murphy. The reason for the tracking device?  Apparently Strahan didn’t appreciate the amount of time Nicole was spending with Demetrius Spencer, a record executive.
The tracking device remained a secret until Nicole Murphy took her vehicle in for servicing. The service techs found it under the dash, which flushed Michael Strahan out. I …read more

I guess I’m one of those people who are addicted to social networking sites. And recently, the subject of my so-called addiction is Facebook. We keep a profile on these sites for a variety of reasons and, personally, I’m there for friends and networking. But remember when I told you guys about casual references and self branding? If yes, then you already know that social networking sites are a few of the ways to meet new people who can turn out to be date prospects.
Facebook’s popularity rests on the versatility of the whole community application. They took social networking to …read more

It’s always good to sit down and count your blessings. Also, it’s best if you spend time pondering on the key ideas on which your definition of a relationship is founded upon. For couples, esp for ones who have been together for so long that it’s seems to have become like a routine and no longer feel special, it’s good to assess your own reasons why you’re with someone and not particularly the one you’re with.
I’m sure some may think that it’s taking away the romance out of it but if you really think about it, it would actually bring …read more

It got me thinking — having experienced being left to wonder on the whereabouts of a former partner, er, to say the least — just how much one person can keep personal affairs, er, private. Is it even a common practice? You, as the other half of a whole, are allowed to NOT disclose certain things you consider too personal to share — even to your partner.
I don’t want to sound like the clingy girlfriend here but hear me out on a theory.
I do sometimes prefer that I know where my man is. Two reasons: one, just to know …read more