And I stopped and thought about how these traditions come and stay. About how generations of children have celebrated religious heritages with bar/bat mitzvahs and christenings and baptism parties; about how American girls have Sweet Sixteen’s and how Latin girls have Quince’s. About weddings. And how these events occur just once in a lifetime. Once or twice in a family.

It seems that in our society it has come to be expected that women will get together and criticize their husbands and boyfriends and men will get together and put down their wives and girlfriends. Everyone has to have a few sarcastic comments to fling at their partner, especially when there is an audience around to laugh at their expense. We tend to tear down the very person we claim to love. I think it has become so common in our society that sometimes people don’t even realize they are doing it.

Relationship problems can distroy and great relationship quickly. If your skills aren't bigger then the problem and you don't have a communication tool box to tap into - you can lose a relationship that is still full of love.

This may come as a surprise to you. I took a while to figure this one out as well. Men like pornography.

In matters of love and sex, of course, as with many other things, men and women are not in the same page. Men need sex to give love; women need love to have sex.

'Live your life at the campfire' says Brandon Bays (The Journey), meaning that we don't need to wait years to deal with issues but rather deal with them right here in the now. Whenever you are ready to let go of stored emotions, empty out all the past pain and come to a place where complete forgiveness is possible - let it happen! Your life will provide you with enough opportunities to learn, understand, and let go - WHEN you do each step is your choice.

There are many unconscious forces at work in every stage of a relationship that have the potential for undermining your best efforts to sustain love if you are not aware. Being fully aware is difficult and controlling the outcome is impossible. In this article we'll look at brain development as a biological force that might be at play when you are making relationship choices.

I have been observing couples and their conversations recently and I have made an interesting discovery, one I am sure that applies to you and your partner. If it doesn't your relationship is truly one in a million. I haven't given this tendency a name yet but hopefully by the end of this article I will have figured something out that is reflective and insightful.

To discover that a spouse has committed adultery is a serious crisis to a marriage. This article is a conversation with the betrayed, and offers insight and support in getting through the pain of the initial trauma.

This is an example of an ad that could be placed in the Companions Wanted section. Do you understand what it means? How much do you know about this person from this ad? This person may have saved themselves a lot of money by placing such a short ad, but how many responses do you think they will get?

Many men in relationships might find themselves in situations similar to that of Kevin Spacey’s character Lester Burnham in American Beauty. Somewhere along the way after meeting a woman who you thought made you happy, you ended up making sacrifice after sacrifice. Now, you live day to day numb to reality because you have allowed it to take so much. Your only hope in life is for it all too just end and the sooner the better.

Friendship is life's sweetest gift

Why are our relationships such a challenge? By their very nature, relationships always push us toward duality, toward the opposites. They take us into both the light of our souls and the darkness of our subconscious. They force us to look at the light and experience the shadows.

The perfect kiss will help lock you in with the man or woman of your dreams and will put you down in his / her memory banks forever! But, how do you achieve the perfect kiss? Each person has different feelings about the way they like to be kissed. A general rule for the first kiss is to be soft and brush his / her lips gently, without thrusting your tongue into your partner's mouth as if you were playing tonsil hockey.

Whether you are picking up a bouquet of Roses for a graduation, or an anniversary you need to make sure you are picking the right color of rose for your loved one. Rose colors have different meanings.

Do you live from your head or your Heart? This artcile suggests that living from your Heart is the only way to live a truly authentic life and lasting, intimate relationships, and the only way to have truly fulfilling relationships.

Developed from the 10 Steps to Success in Love and Marriage, this article shares the understanding needed to end the pain of divorce and domestic violence. The reader is empowered to separate fact from fiction.

My first-hand experience with long-distance, cross-continental, Internet love! (It ain't pretty, but I survived).

How often have you wanted to change someone's behaviour ... and found yourself nagging, pleading, shouting, or just plain giving up, because nothing you do seems to work? There ARE ways you can influence them, whether they want to change or not ...

Very often people get involved in a vicious and often endless seeming circle of interpersonal frustration. Our reactions need not be of the same negative content. Instead of paying back likewise, we can choose to react in positive ways by adhering to the golden rule of 'doing unto others as we would wish them to do unto us.' And so we can break the vicious circle.

Singles – be patient, God will send you that one special gift – that is as beautiful within as without. Couples – strive diligently to keep that special gift, your spouse, special.

When a husband and wife give gifts to one another in a spirit of friendship it creates between them feelings of comradery, affection and closeness. Cheerful giving attracts, and selfishness repels. When husband brings his wife a thoughtful birthday gift, it is the receiver that has to be happy about the gift, not the giver.

Being alone involves only physical separation. Being lonely includes spiritual and psychological separation, or isolation.