Recent data says that 3 million married Americans are in a long distance relationship and over half of U.S. College students are in one (that’s 13 million people total). Personally I know several couples that are in long-term long distance relationships both successful and not. A study of both long distance and close proximity couples…
Category: Relationships
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The Reason Your Relationship(s) Ended
People are always on the hunt for the one magical ingredient that turns a regular relationship into “the one”. There are thousands of blog posts on what to look for in a relationship, in a potential partner and in yourself. Networks make billions of dollars on reality tv shows that follow broken relationships. There are…
The Biggest Mistake You Make During an Argument
When you get into a heated argument with your significant other, you have two options: internalize and walk away or communicate the real issue. Involving other people in your relationship is like bringing them all with when you go on dates or hit up the bedroom. Creepy, right? I get it, sometimes you just want…
Top 5 Places for Sexy Lingerie
It’s hard to buy sexy lingerie these days without going somewhere and trying things on. Not our favorite thing to do. Instead we have our go-to places for lingerie and we order online. This removes the awkward “trying undies on in a public place” element. You want to be sexy and wear sexy clothes! You just…
Get Out of That Gray Area into a Labeled Relationship
The inevitable gray area. Every relationship has this phase: where you both know you like each other but neither one wants to step forward to define the relationship because that might push your potential partner away. You spend hours, days, even weeks stressing about what they are thinking or how their feeling in this relationship….
Top 7 Ideas To Make Your Bedroom Romantic
With spring cleaning comes a desire for a refresh of your existing interior decorating. We have put together the top 7 ideas to make your bedroom more romantic. Romantic Bedroom Idea #1) A Mantle Above Your Headboard This is perfect for leaning pictures, artfully lining up candles and arranging romantic decor. It’s also incredibly simple…
The One Factor No One Considers in a Relationship
Location is everything. Not just in regards to where you are in a relationship with someone, but where you are physically located. On a relative scale if you are living together or close to one another this puts different challenges and advantages towards your relationship. If you are living together and the space was previously…
The Biggest Thing Missing From Your Relationship
There’s one thing that most people don’t factor in to their relationship: comfort. It sounds almost silly, what does comfort have to do with with sex, love and a relationship. Everything, honey, everything. So many people tell me the the trials and tribulations of their relationship and almost 90% of the time is traces back…
Cheaters Gonna Cheat : Players Gonna Play
There’s that age old adage that goes “Once a cheater always a cheater”. All you one-time, multiple-time offenders out there are screaming in outrage (“Not true!”). But the cold hard truth is that cheating seems to be repetitive. We hang our hats on the hope that our cheater will fall into the small percentage of…
Confessions of a Breakup-aholic
I dated my ex-boyfriend for about 8 months, a year if you count the 4 months of being strung along in a “I want you” – “I don’t want you” phase, for which I’m mostly to blame. Any self-respecting woman would have cut the strings right away, but it’s hard to let go of your…