what is working for you and your partner? i got married the first time because i was raised catholic and that’s what you were supposed to do. you are absolutely not going to be gaga over each other every single day for the rest of your lives, and all this ‘happily ever after’ bullshit is just setting people up for failure. we all know that guy (or girl) who dropped out of school, sold their car, and spent the money …

here are 30 ways to be the best girlfriend to your boyfriend and enjoy a stronger, happier, and lasting relationship with him. if you don’t want him to do the same, be that girlfriend who won’t give him any reason to break his trust. your boyfriend also needs to know and feel that his efforts are being appreciated. one of the best things you can do as a girlfriend is to listen to him to know what he wants so …

there are many temptations to organize our life around the experience of earlier trauma. of course, any trusted adult feasibly could provide “the talk” to boys of an appropriate age, but research shows that for boys with a father in the home, this conversation is typically facilitated by the father [2]. researchers fear that this insecurity about their ability to communicate with their son about sex will naturally limit the amount of information and guidance that the father provides. but …

the national domestic violence hotline reports that “nearly half of all women and men in the united states have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime.” during this season so focused on love, it’s also important to recognize when love is no longer healthy and when it’s time to walk away from a relationship. if you understand what healthy love looks like, it’s easier to recognize the signs that you’re experiencing unhealthy love. healthy love allows you …

how you need to feel: fixing a broken marriage means wanting to fix a broken marriage, and you are never going to truly want it if you aren’t in love with the idea of molding the relationship back into the best version of itself. but leaving the past behind doesn’t erase it; it just turns it into a weight that you and your spouse have to deal with for the rest of your lives. while it doesn’t really dig deep …