Want to spice up your romantic relationship? No need to spend money on long-stem roses or expensive dinners. Instead, spend time — not just with each other but with some really good friends. Recent research in the journal Personal Relationships shows that dating couples who hang out with couple-friends wind up feeling closer to each…
Online dating has become a pretty popular choice for people searching for that special someone. Dating websites all boast about their chosen techniques as the best means of getting connected with that perfect someone. Recently, a new dating website has popped up that is pairing couples based on their idea of what a first date…
When you hear the word “wedding,” you probably think of excitement, joy, and laughter. While weddings are certainly a time of celebration filled with all of these, they are also challenging. Weddings are stressful at times and can lead to what I call the “wedding bell blues.” Often people get caught up in the actual…
More and more often I hear people say they are concerned about finding a spouse. It as though they imagine an expiration date printed on their foreheads announcing to the world that, if not selected soon, they will be tossed in the trash like a half-used carton of eggs. People everywhere seem to be in…
Before marriage, couples often find their relationship to be somewhat trouble-free. You will hear couples say how they rarely encounter issues, but when they do, they handle them with relative ease. Flash forward to after the wedding day, and suddenly the same couple is saying how they argue all the time over everything. They cannot…
