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Marriage Therapy: 8 Signs You Should See a Marriage Counselor - Dave Turo-Shields- Are You Ready to Be a Sugar Baby? - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2024 from Amy LawWith the development of New Coronary Pneumonia, do you still worry about your rent, tuition and living expenses? Finding a good job has become the dream of many people, but you have to take care of your life and economic depression, Young girl, what is your competitive advantage? Becoming a ...
Views: 912 - I Don't Know If I'm Ready To End My Marriage: Tips And Advice That Might Help - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2020 from Leslie CaneI sometimes hear from people who just aren't sure if they are truly ready to walk away from their spouse and their marriage. Sometimes, they themselves are the ones who initiated the separation, divorce, or thoughts of giving up. Other times, they are responding to (and are at the mercy of) a ...
Views: 497 - My Husband Hasn't Talked About The Divorce In Months. Does This Mean I'm In The Clear? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2020 from Leslie CaneI speak with wives who know that their husband wants a divorce because he has either told them of his intentions directly or filed divorce papers. Sometimes though, the panic that they feel about this (especially when they don't want a divorce) gets a reprieve because the husband one day just ...
Views: 546 - Mother Wounds: Can A Man’s Relationships With Women Improve If He Heals His Mother Wounds? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2020 from Oliver JR CooperIf a man was to think about what his relationships have been like with women over the years, he may find that they have generally been good. On the other hand, he may find that this has been a challenging area of his life. This could be an area of his life that been full of conflict for as ...
Views: 528 - How Do I Give My Husband What He Needs To Save Our Marriage? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2020 from Leslie CaneMany wives who feel as if their marriage is in trouble suspect that they aren't giving their husband what he needs to feel completely happy in the marriage. Sometimes, these unsatisfied husbands will tell their wives exactly why they are so unhappy with complaints like: “I just don't feel like ...
Views: 561 - My Separated Husband Says He's Hurt Me Too Much To Come Home. What Now? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2020 from Leslie CaneI sometimes hear from wives whose husband is telling them that he isn't ready to come home or commit to the marriage because he fears that he's done something that has hurt her or his marriage too much. I might hear: “my husband left home about six weeks ago. He admitted to having an affair ...
Views: 502 - We’re Trying To Save Our Marriage, But Things Feel Forced - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2020 from Leslie CaneI sometimes hear from people who are trying to save their marriages, but who aren't sure if things are going as well as they had hoped. Many people tell me that things feel very awkward or “forced” and they are worried that this means that they are just not going to make it. A wife might say, ...
Views: 388 - My Separated Husband Says If He Comes Home Now, It Will Only Be Out Of Guilt - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2020 from Leslie CaneI hear from wives who are trying everything in their power to get their husbands to come back home. And some of the husbands will give the wives every reason under the sun why he can't come home. Sometimes, these reasons sound a lot like excuses and the wife can begin to wonder if he will ever ...
Views: 607 - For How Long Should I Hold On To My Marriage If My Separated Husband Has Feelings For Someone Else? - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2020 from Leslie CaneI sometimes hear from wives who are well aware that their marriage is only hanging by a thread. Many feel as if they are barely hanging on. Sometimes, it's pretty clear that the husband's heart isn't fully in it, although perhaps he has made a commitment to you and your marriage. Sometimes, ...
Views: 439 - My Husband Will Not Even Talk About Saving Our Marriage. And He Won't Listen Either - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2020 from Leslie CaneI often hear from wives who want to know how to broach the conversation about saving their marriage. And, they want to make sure that when they are having this discussion, their husband is agreeable to what they are saying. No one wants to feel as though they're speaking to a brick wall. Some ...
Views: 430 - My Husband Says He Wants To See Where Our Relationship Leads As Friends - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2020 from Leslie CaneOne thing that frustrates many wives who are newly separated or taking a husband initiated "break" from their marriage is the husband's lack of clarity about how things are going to work. The wife often wishes that he could be specific about how things are going to unfold in the days and weeks ...
Views: 445 - My Husband Says Our Marriage Is Not What He Wants Anymore And Insists He Won't Change His Mind. What Now? - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2020 from Leslie CaneKnowing the couple I'm about to describe as I already do, I can pretty much picture the scene in my mind. And since I myself went through the same scene in what seems like another lifetime ago, I've felt what I know that the wife is feeling right now. I can literally not only see what probably ...
Views: 556 - Can My Marriage Be Saved When My Husband Wants A Separation? - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2020 from Leslie CaneI often hear from panicked wives whose husbands have just or recently told them that he wants a separation. For many wives, the "s word" is often akin to proclaiming that the marriage is most definitely over, at least in her eyes. Many people associate a separation with an eventual divorce and ...
Views: 439 - My Husband Says He's Leaving Me "To Think." What In The World Does He Need To Think About? - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2020 from Leslie CaneI sometimes hear from wives whose husband has left them "because he needs some time to think." That's pretty much the extent of what he tells the wife. Rarely does he go a little deeper and offer up an explanation as to just what "thinking" actually means. Understandably, the wives are not ...
Views: 466 - Can My Marriage Be Saved When My Husband Wants A Separation? - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2020 from Leslie CaneI often hear from panicked wives whose husbands have just or recently told them that he wants a separation. For many wives, the "s word" is often akin to proclaiming that the marriage is most definitely over, at least in her eyes. Many people associate a separation with an eventual divorce and ...
Views: 480 - Is It Just A Cop-Out When Your Husband Says He Loves You But Is Not "In Love" With You? - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2020 from Leslie CaneI often hear from wives who have been fed the "I love you but I'm not in love with you" line that many husbands will give when they aren't sure if they want to be married anymore. This is a very common topic that comes up time and time again. Many of the wives have trouble understanding what ...
Views: 484 - 6 RULES LEARNED FROM HARRY AND MEGHAN ON SETTING BOUNDARIES - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2020 from James Mapes“Boundaries define us. They define what is me and what is not me. A boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins, leading me to a sense of ownership. Knowing what I am to own and take responsibility for gives me freedom.” – Henry Cloud, American author Do you set boundaries ...
Views: 859 - I Wasn't A Good Wife In The Past, But I've Changed. How Can I Get My Husband Back? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2020 from Leslie CaneMany of the wives who contact me about finding a way to save their marriages realize that they had some part in the marital collapse. I often hear comments like: "we grew apart," or "we didn't make an effort to stay connected." Another example is "things just changed between us and the spark ...
Views: 602 - Should I Try To Make My Husband Feel Guilty For Wanting A Divorce? How? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2020 from Leslie CaneI often hear from wives who are scrambling to come up with the best course of action after their husband tells them that he wants a divorce. Many of them are looking for a way to make their husbands either regret the decision to divorce or to see that it is the wrong decision in the first ...
Views: 478 - I Want To Make My Marriage Work, But I'm Not Sure If It's Possible Anymore. - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2020 from Leslie CaneMany wives who contact me are going through some serious turmoil within their marriage. Some are just beginning a separation and some have even been served with divorce papers. Others just know that their marriage is in serious trouble. Despite all of the drama going on their lives, many of ...
Views: 518 - Having Trouble Making or Keeping a Relationship? 4 Professionals to Consult - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2020 from Meghan BelnapSomeone once said that 90 percent of your joy or misery comes from the person that you marry. This means that you need to choose the right person and find ways to resolve any disagreements or problems that won’t damage their relationship. Fortunately, there are professionals who can help people ...
Views: 653 - READY FOR POSITIVENESS YET? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2020 from Emma ViglucciAfter large numbers of deaths in NY/NJ, the outbreak seems to be slowing down and the curve flattening a bit in this area. Yay! This is just the beginning of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Hey, I’ll take ANY good news. Focusing on the good is Good… What insights have you gotten ...
Views: 570 - What Does It Feel Like To Be A Sugar Baby? - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2020 from Jessica LawDo you try to live your best life, without drama? Do you want to meet someone active, enjoys the outdoors and has a great sense of humor? Are you seeking an open-minded arrangement? Do you want to change your current life embarrassment eagerly? Being a sugar baby can change all of these. Do you ...
Views: 823 - Easy Tips To Prevent Your Husband From Divorcing You - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2020 from Leslie CaneMost of the people who contact me are willing to do just about anything to save their marriage and prevent a divorce. Sometimes, their spouse doesn't want a divorce either, but this isn't always the case. The situation that I most often see is that one spouse is considering a divorce, while the ...
Views: 519 - I Just Don't Feel That My Husband Loves Me - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2020 from Leslie CaneI recently heard from a wife who felt strongly that her husband no longer loved her. For the past couple of years, she had noticed a shift in her marriage. He no longer lit up when he looked at her. He no longer listened intently when she talked. He no longer spontaneously touched her or showed ...
Views: 504 - Dr. Romance: 3 Ways to Ruin Your Relationship - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2020 from Tina TessinaEspecially during trying times like isolation, relationships can be devastated by simple, thoughtless things. Bad behavior will ruin your marriage faster than any temptation from the outside. Dr. Romance points out the worst mistakes to make in a marriage. Dr. Romance's 3 ways to ...
Views: 753(1 vote) - I Want My Husband Even More Now That He's Left Me. Is This Normal? - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2020 from Leslie CaneI recently heard from a wife who wasn't sure why she felt the way that she did. Her husband of five years had decided that he wasn't happy being married and he felt that he should explore life on his own to see if it would make him happier. He didn't give the wife much warning about this. He ...
Views: 477 - I'd Do Anything To Get My Husband To Stay. What Can I Do? - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2020 from Leslie CaneI sometimes hear from wives who are desperate for some sort of plan to make their husbands stay with them. Often, the husband has suggested a break, separation, or divorce. This is usually the last thing that the wives who write to me want. A wife might say, in part: "I would do absolutely ...
Views: 463 - My Separated Husband Is Nice To Everyone Except Me. Why? - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2020 from Leslie CaneMany separated wives notice a transformation in their separated husband. They can't deny that he's actually a more pleasant person than he was before the separation. This would almost seem like a positive transformation - if the wife herself could enjoy it. You see, often the wife can't help but ...
Views: 683 - How to Have Meaningful Conversations With Your Separated Spouse - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2020 from Leslie CaneWhen you are reluctantly separated and want to save your marriage, you often intuitively know that communication is vitally important. Saving your marriage means that you are going to eventually need to overcome what drove you apart in the first place and then re-create the intimacy that will ...
Views: 567 - How Do I Convince My Separated Husband To Communicate With Me? - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2020 from Leslie CaneMany wives are very upset during their marital separation because their worst fear is literally coming true. Although their husband may have reassured them that they would stay in constant contact, once the separation begins, he can go silent. Many of the wives intuitively realize the inherent ...
Views: 612 - Father Wounds: Will A Woman Come Into Contact With Men That Remind Her Of Her Father? - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2020 from Oliver JR CooperIf a woman was to talk about what her father was like when she was growing up, she may say that he was very loving and supportive or she could say the complete opposite. Having said that, she may say something in between; saying something that is neither positive nor negative. However, as she ...
Views: 810 - FOCUS ON BUILDING STAMINA AND RESILIENCE - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2020 from Emma ViglucciAs the saga of Covid-19 continues and the outbreak is expected to peak in our area this coming week, now is the time to generate as much mental strength and fortitude as we can muster. It is not easy witnessing so much illness and death. Other parts of the country are trailing behind us, so ...
Views: 624 - Why is So Hard to Meet a Sugar Daddy? - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2020 from Jessica LawCurrently, more and more young women are looking for a sugar daddy to earn big money. However, it's not always easy to meet a sugar daddy and there are 5 prominent reasons for that. Let's take a look! 1. Sugar daddies require a lot in return for their money. Sugar daddies often want ...
Views: 1022 - Dear Dr. Romance: I would be honored and privileged if I could end up marrying her. - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I recently read your article "The Challenges of Blended Families" focused on interfaith couples and their impact on raising children. I wanted to reach out to you as a last resort to saving my relationship. My girlfriend and i have been together for three ...
Views: 806(1 vote) - Adult Video Games Can Lead To Poor Relations With Family And Friends - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2020 from Mike MedsenAnother investigation interfaces youthful grown-ups' utilization of computer games to less fortunate associations with loved ones – and the understudy co-creator communicates disillusionment at his own discoveries. Brigham Young University student Alex Jensen and his workforce guide, Laura ...
Views: 804 - How to Keep in Touch with Your Sugar Daddy or Baby Since Quarantine? - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2020 from Jessica LawA special pneumonia epidemic disrupted our entire lives, and the entire country and even the world is in a tense state. With the gradual control of the epidemic in China, the number of infected people in Europe and the United States is increasing exponentially. We have no other way than to ...
Views: 898(1 vote) - Get the sympathy gifts you want - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2020 from Marina PalThe death of a loved one can cause serious emotional turmoil and upheaval in a person’s life. If someone close to you has recently lost a loved one, you may be at a loss for how to express your sympathy for them. Any combination of words you come up with may sound weak and insufficient. It ...
Views: 552 - PAIN IS INEVITABLE, SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2020 from Emma ViglucciBecause things are challenging it doesn’t mean we have to lose our s*t. This is the most important aspect of managing the current crisis. That is, to manage how we choose to process information and how we choose to look at the facts. How well are we able to separate the facts from the stories we ...
Views: 604 - Intimacy: Can Childhood Trauma Set Someone Up To Have A Fear Of Intimacy? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2020 from Oliver JR CooperNowadays, it is not uncommon for the term ‘fear of intimacy’ to be thrown around. In general, it is more likely that someone will use this term to describe another person than to describe themselves. One reason for this is that it is usually easier for someone to spot this in other than it is ...
Views: 662 - Dr. Romance on Guidelines for Relating with Love - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2020 from Tina TessinaIf you're lucky enough to be living with someone else while you're isolating to avoid this virus, you may be having some difficulty with being alone together for more time than you're used to. The following guidelines will help you get along better and perhaps even improve your ...
Views: 738(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I'm a single mother suffering in depression and stress - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm a single mother suffering in depression and stress. I met my ex husband online, we fall in love and got married. He was a Middle Eastern guy. We had a daughter, the marriage didn't last long and we got a divorce. I was aggressive, I used to break things, yell at ...
Views: 847(1 vote) - Top 6 Dating and Relationship Challenges You Can Overcome - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2020 from Alex ReddleHere's an analogy about relationships: they can be like cars. Most of the time, a successful partnership will progress at a steady rate, sometimes reaching exciting top speeds, at other times cruising gently. But along the way, there will be hazards, ranging from potholes nudging the vehicle off ...
Views: 778 - Where to Find Your Sugar Baby? - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2020 from Jessica LawIn your spare time, are you considering whether you need a sugar baby to enrich your life? It is not a responsibility, but some company. And you have enough to pay for all her expenses. When you need her, she will appear. But you don't know where to find such cute sugar baby. Are they ...
Views: 933(1 vote) - 5 INSIGHTS FOR YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2020 from Emma ViglucciYep, it’s official. We, NYS, have received the “Major Disaster Declaration”. These are tough times. How are you making out as this crisis continues to ravage our area and the world? It is imperative that we are extremely proactive in helping not spread the virus and that we are extremely ...
Views: 720 - Dear Dr. Romance: I'm in my seventies and he's 25 years younger - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance I'm in my seventies, and he is 25 years younger.we met on a senior dating site almost two years ago, and have been living together for over a year. He and my daughter went to the same high school, and he says he was attracted to me then and always compared his other ...
Views: 965(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Should I stay in this relationship? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I had a really bad ending on my last relationship we were engaged. I moved into another relationship a month after he ended it. I was very lonely and my new relationship seemed perfect. Now I'm starting to get mixed emotions about my man. We have been together now 1 year. ...
Views: 762(1 vote) - Can someone love you and disrespect you at the same time? - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2020 from Dada BhagwanThis is generally the case! In every home, there is so much of love between people staying together; yet so frequently we get to see instances where one disrespects the other. For instance, a brother fights with his sister all day long and does not show any respect towards her. Yet, if a third ...
Views: 936 - What Should You Expect in the Month of March 2020? - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2020 from Tanisha Snipes-DixonThis month may feel like a nightmare for some of you in your love life as well as your personal life. Your failure to communicate is causing confusion and misunderstandings in your circle. You are juggling too many things exhausting all of your resources and it’s making you miserable. Some ...
Views: 874 - Dear Dr Romance: he said I was expecting too much from this relationship - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr.Romance: I can't get over this man, he is 61, I'm in my mid thirties, he is Europe and I'm in North America, we started corresponding and we stopped. I was suffering but time healed me after a year. This year we re started talking back, by Facebook, and when ...
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