Can you find love love without relationship or relationship without love? It all boils down to what you are looking for, or what you are ready to give. You have to be willing to nurture love. You have to be willing to nurture relationship. As the saying goes, do unto others as you'd like done unto you.

Birthdays are the occasions to show your love and affection. Plan out a candle night dinner, bake a cake, and buy a lovely outfit or a ring for your partner. Make it a true celebration to show your love and affection. Celebrating each others birthday gets you close.

Some men take advantage of the 'men-are-as-old-as-they-think; women-are-as-old-as-they-look' saying. They 'know' that looks to women are like shells to snails – they will go to great lengths to preserve their youth (at least for their 'prince charming'!).

A great relationship requires intimate moments. And those moments need your full attention and compassion. If something else is engrossing your mind, then your spouse will not get the attention they deserve. Your spouse deserves to be treated with kindness and forgiveness everyday, not just when you feel like it.

Maintaining intimacy in relationships can be difficult, but something worth striving for. Wtih these tips, you will be on your way to experiencing more closeness in your relationships.

There are numerous challenges, circumstances, people and issues that can have both a positive and negative impact on the quality of a relationship. Here are some of the common ones that can place external demands on a relationship thereby causing it to lose some of its intimacy, integrity, passion and even interest.

The real problem with bad relationships is not that we have them because, unfortunately, most people do. The real problem of bad relationships is the amount of time we remain in the relationship when we knew long ago that we should have left and the continuing amount of time we allow ourselves to be emotionally in prison for something that was not worthwhile to begin with. This is not isolated to just women or just men. If it is isolated to any specific group, it is human beings. We all deal with the same things, although at the time we feel like we are the only person in the world to feel the type of pain and emptiness that we feel. There are endless number of tips and techniques that people offer in dealing getting over relationships and I am sure there is a time and a place for them all. There is no one thing that will make it any easier, so I would say understanding that is the first step. Although there is not one quick and easy fix, there are things that I think work better than others.

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?

In today's hectic and fast-paced world, it can be easy to be caught up in the speed of daily living. It seems there is always some message coming at us from somewhere, whether it's the television, radio, computer, or billboards. A bit of quiet time spent with someone you love can be a great way to add some much-needed downtime and romance into your lives.

There you were, deeply involved in a relationship. It may have been stormy or you may have thought everything was running smoothly. Then it happened: Your significant other no longer wanted to be your significant other...

Find out which questions you should be asking during your roommate interviews. Simply follow 3 easy steps and you'll never have to worry again about being unsure which questions to ask.

Look deep into your soul, be completely honest with yourself and make an effort to recognize this: You are soley responsible for every relationship that went bad. Why? ...

Jealousy is one of the most human of all emotions, and each one of us has experienced it at one time or the other. Jealousy towards your spouse/partner, jealousy towards a sibling, jealousy towards a co-worker, these are but a few examples of this human emotion.

I get asked this alot. How to you be in a relationship with a narcissist at best is difficult. My honestly advice, is to stop. End that relationship, end it as soon as possible. I can't emphasize that no one needs to be in a relationship with a narcissist.

Here's what it means to be personally honest in a relationship.

I used to paint when I was young. I was a dancer. I loved hiking. I loved outdoor sports and so it goes on. I used to be is the common theme. I have forgotten about all that, because my partner does not like that?

What is good-mate-itis? Good-mate-itis is a disease that we get when we are well- nurtured, well-supported, and very content within our relationships. We feel little or no challenge to make things better, and we feel it can’t get any worse. We begin to take each other for granted. We “know” our mate will always be there, so we fall into a deep sleep. We are on automatic. BEWARE! This is the time when love falls apart. It falls apart when we get good-mate-itis

How do you know when you’re in love? This article takes a look at the processes we humans go through (and put other potential mates through!) in order to find ‘the one’. The funny and inspirational (mis)guide.

Breaking up is hard to do

Here is a short quiz to help pinpoint those aspects of your behavior that challenge your attraction to others; PLEASE, ANSWER THIS SHORT QUIZ SINCERELY: 1. Did one of your best relationships fizzled and ended unexpectedly this year, against your wishes? Still you don't understand what happened? 2. Have had the feeling that people avoided you or tried to leave you aside at work? 3. Very much loved people began reacting with anger and barking at you, out of the blue? 4. Feeling more isolated than before and having difficulties making new friends?

What memories do you celebrate in your relationship? Read on to discover the importance of celebrating memories and tips for how to do it.

To fully receive the love you desire, don’t act out some fiction of how you think it's supposed to be. If you do you'll just be swept away by the fake drama of your imaginings, and you'll lose any possibility for real intimacy. The heart and soul of real romance is all about being who you are -- really are -- in the moment.

Bars and hotels were remarkably smart when they created the happy hour. Reduced prices on drinks and free hors d'oevres quickly filled up tables that formerly sat empty during the late afternoon doldrums.But the food and drinks are only window dressing for the real pull of happy hour - the chance to unwind from the day,put work behind us, and slowly and comfortably ease back into the world outside our daily grind. Rather than spend this time with work associates, create your own wind-down celebration at home.