Anyone that says you should always sit down and quietly discuss your concerns with your partner is either emotionally dead, physically dead, eternally single or an American psychologist. For those of us that are alive and kicking arguments do happen in relationships, however it is necessary to understand the rules of arguing. A constructive shouting [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 10, 2008
We all hear the horror stories of young women forced into loveless arranged marriages by their families and unfortunately this does happen but that is only one aspect of arranged marriage, albeit a very unpleasant aspect. When I came to the Middle East almost 3 years ago, with my 40 year old independent career women [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 8, 2008
Ladies you know when we are having a girly day out and meet someone we know and say “you’ve had your hair cut, it makes you look 10 years younger” we can actually mean what we are saying or we can mean “bloody hell woman you look like an old hag”?! We know the difference [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 6, 2008
Today I rejected a profile for my website because it stated the man was “happily married” but looking for a fun girl for an affair and my site doesn’t cater for adultery. However it got me thinking about the issue of affairs and what makes people think they are ok. I couldn’t help but wonder [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 28, 2008
After my last post I wanted to make it clear that I do not follow the view that men are cheating scumbags and women are angelic victims. For a start cheating men are having an affair with a woman, be they married or single. Where is the sisterhood, why would a woman ever consider doing [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 26, 2008
Back in Jan 2007 Curt Smith wrote an article called Can cheating be healthy for a relationship? and he was not wrong when he opened with the sentence “Let me guess; you did a double take when you read the title of this article, right?” The article has attracted 284 comments, with the latest being [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 22, 2008
Cheating partners tend to have certain habits in common, so here are 7 signs that may be an indication your partner is cheating on you. Bank robbers do not plan a robbery with the intention of being caught, they assume they are more intelligent than those in jail and that they will get away with [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 5, 2008
Dealing with irrational jealousy can be a destructive process, particularly in a newly formed relationship. Jealousy is a natural human emotion and one we often cannot control. A debate regarding this subject is currently going on in my sites forum about the difference between healthy and unhealthy levels of jealousy. Jealousy is called the green [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 17, 2008
Online dating is the subject of this blog but it is easy to be so focussed on the dating aspect that we miss the opportunity to make friends along the way. I often hear people say ‘I have enough friends’ – pardon? How can anyone have enough genuine and caring friends? I recently lost a [...]
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Monday, June 23, 2008
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