a transactional relationship is an interesting term. a transactional relationship is when couples treat marriage as a business deal. what is a transactional relationship in the first place, and why are new-age love guru’s trying to demonize the relationship millions of old couples had without divorcing. couples in transactional relationships give and take, but they care about getting more than what they bargained for. a true partnership is one unit. true couples don’t care what they give to their partners; …

our office of equity, diversity, and inclusion works to create an inclusive environment that values diversity in academic medicine. read about the world of psychiatric research, education, and patient care—and see what’s happening here at columbia pyschiatry. relationship attachment styles are a hot topic these days, thanks in large part to the research of amir levine, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at columbia university. people with anxious attachment styles tend to be insecure about their relationships, fear abandonment, and often seek …

the term is typically used in historical scholarship, and describes a very close relationship between people of the same sex during a period of history when there was not a social category of homosexuality as there is today. he notes also that the writer c. s. lewis, despite not being a proponent of a homosexual interpretation, found the sonnets’ language “too lover-like for ordinary male friendship” and declared himself unable to find any comparable language used between friends in 16th-century …

having a list of romantic things to do handy will ensure that you can always have ideas for shaking things up and creating memories with your partner. cuddle up in the back of your car with your partner and watch a movie out in a little more privacy than you would in a movie theater. spending time in the kitchen with your partner can be really romantic, and then you can sit down to eat a candlelight dinner that you …

they can be anything from the thing your fifth-grade sister has in between classes with the boy at the next locker over and the intense sexual experience you’re having with the guy you met on tinder. anyone can own a number, have a few experiences and call it a romance. anyone can meet someone new, test the waters and introduce someone to his or her parents. not everyone can have a partnership. relationships are those meaningful experiences you have with …