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“But he’s my best friend!” How many times have you heard these words come out of your significant other’s mouth, only to roll your eyes deeply? Seriously, give me a break. I don’t believe a man and a woman can be purely platonic friends. One of the two, if not …

What drives you towards someone with a passion so intense that it’s blinding? What can be so passionate that it can control your every move, your every thought, even your every step? What kind of connection is so controlling that the only word to describe the sensation is bittersweet? Is …

  With Valentine’s Day just passing, breaking so many hearts as it always does, it is time to look at something called a situationship. Situationships are fake relationships that leave the people in them comfortable, yet someone is always unhappy. A situationship happens when one person conforms to acting as …

There is this place in time, right before a relationship, when a man starts to really like the girl he’s dating. He wants to see her all the time, take up all of her time and be around her when ever possible. This is the making or breaking point of …

Value is something that we should carry around like we do our identity. Actually, value should be a necessary part of our identity. By valuing ourselves, no matter how many butterflies this other person instantly brings out in us, we are able to draw the necessary boundaries that are essential …

As the new year approaches, so do new goals and new aspirations. Every year is another chance to be a better refined you, to learn from your mistakes, and get a fresh start. We celebrate that fresh start in a variety of ways, but the most common is with a …

How important is monogamy? A simple question yet the answer is anything but. In a society where infidelity is so wildly popular it seems this has become the societal norm. The sanctity of marriage has become stained because of scripted series such as Scandal. Although the epidemic of “side chicks” …

Wouldn’t it be nice if we lived in a world in which people told you exactly how they felt? Wouldn’t it be amazing to be with someone who was openly forward about their intentions and what they’re looking for? Sometimes, there are people who practice this, but most times people …

Do you notice that the age of marriage is slowly but surely rising? After watching a video that summed up the economy and its influence in marriage, it reaffirmed the power of women for me. Women hold the key to the one thing that men will do anything for, sex. …

        As women, we’re told that we are not to be the aggressor when it comes to dating. We are advised to be the sex that should sit back and let men take the wheel, because other wise we are basically taking their manly hood from them. …

After going through trauma, your body becomes sensitized the fact that the trauma could happen again, in other words, your body is ready for the instance in which you might find yourself in that predicament again. When it comes to issues of the heart, the heart shuts down and protects …

Ahhh. The run in with the emotionally unavailable never ceases to amaze me. When explained to those who have never had the pleasure of that wonderful run in, (not) they’re baffled at the confusion and the lengths the EU will go to simply because of their ignorance and therefore lack …

Despite the popular belief that it is inevitable to mix business with pleasure, the truth of the matter is it isn’t.  Individuals control what happens with them in the field that they are in.  Whether you dance for a professional team, handle corporate business, are act as the liaison between …

What is love? What is a healthy relationship? Many of us stay in relationships out of pure comfort or because we feel as though starting over would be impossible and dread the idea of jumping back into the dating pool. Dating is difficult as it is, and when you’re in …

I am always writing about the do’s and dont’s of dating, of all the things that you should watch out for when selecting a mate. I wanted to write something which would pull at the heart strings. I wanted to reach out to those who are in love and realize …

Lets talk about the dreamer. By dreamer I mean the man who feeds you dreams that he has no intention of fufilling. For example, you make a date, you’re ready and you take all the time possible to prep for this date. There are two types of cowards in this …

When is it justifiable to cross the line after a relationship has ceased to exist? Is it fair for one person to try and force the other to stay in a relationship that the other person just doesn’t want to be in anymore? What extent would you go to to …

As we get older and the world continues to evolve, change is inevitable. Many people, both men and women are found to be single parents. I can’t lie, I have always said that there is no way in hell that I would date a man with children. Maybe I’m selfish, …

When it comes to starting a relationship, we all tend to believe that we are perfect and lack the commonality that we all share, baggage. Everyone carries some sort of baggage with them and we tend to forget that and judge people by the baggage that they do have. There …

Okay, let’s all face the facts that it JUST might be a little possible that our emotions take over rationality when it comes to dating a man that you might really be interested in. You might be doing things out of your norm that you are shocked even when you …