Distrust has always been a bug eating at the human soul. Previous relationships wherein we have been burned and our hearts broken, provide for us ample evidence that all people cannot be trusted. However how about those who are trustworthy? Do they deserve to be mistreated and made to feel guilty until proven innocent because of the bad actions of somebody else?

Learn to recognize the various types of relationships and when relationships start to break down. Understand the warning signs associated with an abusive relationship, controlling relationships, as well as many relationship myths. Find out what is the fundamental key to the long term strength of any type of relationship.

Dating has proven to be a good way to meet new friends, romances or even one's soulmate.

Is your spouse too controlling? Are you too passive? Or are the roles reversed? Control issues refer to who’s in control, who’s in charge, or who’s getting their way. Significant control issues are always harmful to a relationship. Here are ten reasons you need to be concerned if you have unresolved control problems in your marriage.

Give me a few hours by myself, let me alone, shut out all interruptions, and I can bring myself down to my work. I take my pen in hand. I write a few thoughts. I see the future. And realise my responsibility. The more I think of the duty placed on me, the graver since my responsibility. Every idea has weight. I can see the effect of days ahead.

According to MSN Money (Sept. 2005), not counting Higher Education, which can mount to $150,000, and not counting private schools and hospital bills, a child costs $135K ($40K/year, income) ; $185K($40-70K/year income); and $270K (70K+/year, income). Children 15-17 years old are more expensive. Expensive? Mamma mia!

Most Russian women seeking husbands abroad are honest in their intentions. There are a few barracudas out there who are willing to take advantage of your sincerity. Use your common sense.

How do you approach a woman without risking a big “go away”? It is easier than many men would think.

Bad management has so many, and far reaching consequences. Jenny woke tired. Her business was growing and the hours she was putting in demanded more and more of her time. She raised her head from the pillow, stumbled out of her now empty bed, and went to the kitchen. Still half asleep she put the kettle on for her morning cuppa and slowly walked to the bathroom. There on the floor were yesterday's clothes. She'd barely had the energy to slip from her work gear and climb into the bath to sip her chardonnay before bed, let alone pack her clothes away tidily.

When you were dating you carved out time for each other, no matter the pressures of everyday life. You could not fall in love without that time together. This begs the question; don’t you think to sustain that love that you must also make time for one another even now?

There's no denying that maintaining a relationship is a lot of work. Almost fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce, and many wonder how people can maintain their relationships over their entire lives.

Have you ever felt like spying on your spouse's computer? Spying on what your spouse does on their PC is not necessarily an indication of obsessive jealousy because there are occasions when it becomes impossible to ignore the signs that your spouse is up to no good on the computer

Okay, you have had a few hard times, but every one of those times, you've been able to work things out, so why not this time? Did he really love you? Is there someone else?

Don’t wait until your relationship is totally dead to try to reawaken the passion. It takes a sincere effort to be aware of the passion starting to fade and being willing to do something about it.

No relationship is equal give and take. In every relationship, both the partners make adjustments to make the relationship a success. Both give up many choices in life and try to contribute for the continuation of the relationship.

Sometimes when a relationship breaks down, you finally realise that the 'lovely person' you've been breaking your heart over, actually pulled you down. Why your loss can be your gain.

After ending another long relationship, the author realized he was responsible for all his failed relationships. On top of that he found he was not as intellegent as he once thought. He has a plan to make things better.

Flirting has been glamorized in recent times. The internet especially has created an entertaining and flourishing version of it. A flirt is portrayed as having great fun. Is that really the case? Is flirting worth the cost?

Friendship and love. Both are so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic friendship possible between persons of opposite sex? Let us try and understand.

Do you love or do you lust?

Do you find 'decent' men boring and 'creeps' exciting? Then you're among the majority. But, as you've learned, creeps make for disastrous relationships. So why are you attracted to them? The short answer is that although you live in the 21st century, your basic biology and psychology are still Stone Age. So you (unconsciously) look for a 'tough guy' to protect you and your children from the sabre-toothed tigers. This article -- based on my four decades as a psychotherapist and 25 years of marriage to a wonderful woman -- will show you how to choose the right man.

A regular sharing of the day's activities can help partners feel that they are truly participating in each other's lives during the large portion of the time we spend away from our significant others.