The rose-tinted glasses are finally off, and you slowly start taking stock of what is fantasy and what is real as you adapt to marital adjustment and the newness of being married. Adjustment in marriage is a lifelong enterprise that begins just after the wedding. There will be loud fights, broken cups and bruised egos for days. A newly married couple is the coming together of two imperfect people from different backgrounds and life experiences who are getting to know each other amidst spending most of their waking hours together....

Question: Are women hardwired to seek validation from men? Related reading: 10 ways to shower appreciation on your husband Related reading: Am suffocated in my marital home Interesting thoughts, wouldn’t you agree? We’d like to hear from you. Please leave your comment below, and if you’re interested, you can join our FB group here!

You loathe the idea of waking up early and heading to a gym. Even the prospect of walking sounds way too boring. But you still want to get in shape, sans any effort. Here is a trick to get in shape in the most fun-loving way. Have loads of sex to melt layers of fats just like that. Don’t look dumbfounded; there is research that states that you burn calories as you hanky-panky around....

The above conversation came from Reddit and I found it simple and easy to understand. Yes, the new dating jargon that Gen-Zers use is tricky, but then their relationships are also far more nuanced than the previous generations’. It’s easy to get confused between casual dating, dating exclusively, and a committed relationship, especially since different people can interpret and define these terms differently. The deal with labels is they are not universally understood and may change depending on where you are and what your dynamic is like....

What I want to say is that a male’s and female’s mind works differently from one another. Specifically when it comes to incorporating thoughts and feelings. That’s what leads us to the question: What goes through a guy’s mind during No Contact? Decoding a male mind and his feelings can be a hard mission but not impossible. Just by the time you finish reading this article, you will be able to know how he feels during the NC....

It is almost as if being married or committed is akin to giving away your joys of life to someone else. The freedom-loving, spontaneous person who is not willing to be tied down for the fear of feeling restricted in a relationship has almost become a pop-culture cliché (think the lovely ladies of Sex and the City and the Bold Type, Bridget Jones, and the like). Similarly, the image of unhappily married, squabbling couples who yearn to find freedom in a relationship has also gained a lot of traction over the last couple of decades....

The LGBT Body Image Problem As a teenager I would wonder how every morning my father after his bath could so comfortably come out of the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around his waist. I found it very difficult to come out of the bathroom shirtless. I would either carry an extra towel or a T-shirt. For the longest time I couldn’t understand it. Only when I got into my first relationship with a man did I realize that I actually had to switch off the light before I could take my clothes off and make love....

For others, the inability to reconnect with their spouses and adjust to the new dynamics of the relationship sans the distractions of a busy life push people to end their marriages after 20, 30 years, or more. While it’s not exactly new, the divorce rate among couples over 50 has certainly gone up in recent years, inviting a lot of scrutiny and analysis. Today, we contribute our two cents to the discourse around couples parting ways after decades of shared lives....

There are so many questions about flirting. What are healthy flirting and unhealthy flirting? Are there different types of flirting? What are some healthy flirting lines one shouldn’t cross? It’s enough to make you want to retire to bed with a soothing hot water bottle and vow never to attempt to flirt again! Well, don’t retire just yet. We think flirting is an art and a science, but the joy of flirting really lies in knowing how to conduct yourself in a healthy, confident manner while not coming off as a creep....

A notorious myth surrounding arranged marriages is that ‘falling in love’ is very difficult and takes quite an amount of time. While the 21st century believes that a marriage should follow love, the reality is quite the opposite. Many people have been going the traditional way – getting married first and falling in love later. You may argue, two people who meet each other hardly a couple of times promise to stay together for seven life and death cycles....

That’s why the most difficult part, often, is trying to figure out if it is time to let go of a bad marriage or you’ve simply hit another rough patch that you must work through together. In the book Signs That It Is Over: A Self Help Guide To Know When Your Relationship Or Marriage Is Over And What To Do About It author Denise Brienne says, “Relationships ebb and flow and change, and sometimes those changes can feel like the end, when it’s really not....

How do you deal with daughters who blame their mothers for everything? First, we will discuss why daughters blame their mothers. Then we will provide tips how to deal with mother blaming. Nobody leaves childhood unscathed, and it’s normal for adult children to blame their mothers for how they raised them. Maybe you sometimes blame your own mother for some of your baggage or issues. All daughters have the right to feel how they feel....

A relationship with a narcissist is like a tornado- a whirlwind of abuse, mind twists, blame, criticism and disapproval. It leaves you feeling like you are walking on eggshells. The person you fell in love with was a fraud- you saw only the mask that they wore. Now that you have realized he (or she; I will continue to use “he” to simplify things) is a narcissist, you also realize that he is a liar with no conscience and that he loves only himself....

How to get your ex boyfriend back when he broke up with you? True, ex-equations are complicated. Sometimes, you are so angry he split with you and sometimes you rue over the loss and wish that he comes back into your life. But getting your ex-boyfriend back in your life may look like an unconquerable mountain. Even if you love him, the painful breakup, irreconcilable differences, ego clashes and hard-to-bear rejection might make you feel that it’s the end of a relationship....

Our societal norms aren’t based on realistic expectations, they’re based on unrealistic morals and constructs that clash harshly with vulnerable human nature. He’s a guy, a man, a human being after all. Of course, he’ll have his insecure moments, and of course, he can feel unsafe and insecure within a relationship. This is especially so if he’s been hurt in the past, if he’s new to relationships, or if the relationship with him is in its initial stages....

Let’s be honest. If the narcissist is good at one thing, it’s making you feel terrible about yourself. And while revenge might not be the best look, giving them a taste of their own medicine feels empowering. After all, why should they get to call all the shots when it comes to establishing power and control? Let’s get into everything you need to know about how to make a narcissist miserable....

Moreover, with social media, there are so many ways of flirting with a guy online that you can use to your advantage. So if you’re worried about how to get a boy to like you, breathe easy. The anxiety can be crushing, we know, but with a few simple tips and tricks, you can ace this game. 8 Ways To Attract And Get A Boy To Like You How to woo a man, you ask?...

How long has this been going on? You told me it was just casual friendship and I believed you. I am a fool! How many times did you f*** her? Five, ten…more? I need to know the exact number! Is she very good in bed? Where did the two of you even meet? A random hotel? At Vivek’s place? Did you ever bring her here? Did you use our bed?...

A rise in infidelity and extramarital affairs is the undeniable reality of the times we live in. There is research to back up the perception that both men and women today stray outside the sanctity of marriage in pursuit of emotional or sexual gratification, or both. When a married man is in a relationship with a married woman, what are odds of such an alliance becoming more than a clandestine affair?...

I was new to the company. We became friends, shared moments, work, pleasure, pain and a whole lot of travelling together. It was nice to meet him and know him better and closer. AND then I found out that he was married. As told to Shivi Goyal My Affair With A Married Man I became close to him; we shared a great bond and pulled off into a very close and friendly relationship (maybe a little more than friendship)....