Physical intimacy, emotional intimacy, intellectual intimacy, experiential intimacy and spiritual intimacy are all portals to feel closer and connected to your partner. Holding hands with your partner feels more intimate while admiring a sunset. Imagine doing that post an arduous hike to the clifftop. This could be followed by a long discussion about how the giant mountains and mighty nature made you feel emotions of peaceful surrender. You see, physical intimacy of holding hands, or kissing under the stars, or making love back home, feels stronger when it is compounded with other intimacies....

Dear ma’am, I am a 24-year-old engineer. I passed out from my college last year and joined a private company. I enjoyed my job and my workplace. I met him there and we were from the same department. I liked him because he always supported and guided me. He was my senior and nine years older than me. But I was reluctant to go ahead with a relationship with him for two reasons....

I was in such a position once, searching and searching for possible reasons he texts me every day… Then I found so many things on the internet that showed me indirect ways to ask him about his intentions. I practiced them at the time, I found them “quite helpful”. Well, now? I find them absurd! I’ll tell you exactly why. We get so many instructions on how to behave in relationships, that it has become this sort of a pattern already – lots of people doing the same things about one another....

His life seemed like a dream come true Ankit was a young ambitious boy of 24 when he came to the big bad city of Mumbai. He had just completed his MBA degree and gotten a job during the campus recruitment. He was now part of a big financial conglomerate and had started climbing the corporate ladder. The newfound independence and glittering life of the city was exciting for this small-town boy and he loved every minute of it....

I never turn to those articles for help because my guy is, well, a little different. Being with him has, however, made me adept at deciphering how a man shows love without saying it. While different couples have different ways of expressing love and admiration for each other, our way of expressing it is very silent, very subtle. This is why all those little things adopt larger meanings for me....

Being a better father and person has become my primary goal in life now, all thanks to what my child has taught and given me. Without her, I would hardly be the person that I am today. How Fatherhood Changed My Life for the Better Anyone who tells you that life didn’t change much after parenthood is either a passive parent or an indifferent partner. Parenthood is like an OS upgrade....

How dating a narcissist changes you? Dating a narcissist primarily changes in you two ways. The first change is negative. You might be emotionally exhausted, confused, and insecure. You may feel entirely traumatized and afraid to trust anyone ever again. Some people stay stuck in this phase for several months or years. In severe cases, the aftermath can last a lifetime. The second change, however, is more positive. After dating a narcissist (and healing from the inevitable narcissistic abuse), you may feel more empowered....

Long-distance Relationship And Masturbation Let’s start by chucking all those rumours about touching oneself that we had been fed by the friends. Hear us out. Masturbating won’t take your eyesight away or fill your face with pimples – it will save your relationship instead. The need for intimacy grows with the time you spend away from your partner, and while sex is only one expression of intimacy, you know how bad the craving is....

When the “I dos” are exchanged, nobody anticipates that they might one day be plagued by financial problems. The reality is, however, that money relationship problems might just end up making the couple sleep in different rooms, cursing each other under their breath. What seemed destined to be a ‘happily ever after’ suddenly turns into a ticking time bomb, all because finances were never discussed. Discussing finances before marriage or even having a constructive conversation early on in the relationship can save you both from a slew of money problems in your relationship....

Text her too much, and she may feel that you’re coming off too strong. Don’t text her enough, and she may view it as a sign of lack of interest. It can be hard to find a balance between seeming too desperate and too aloof, which is why wondering ‘How often should I text her?’ is no surprise. This already delicate equation is made more precarious by the fact that guys’ perspectives on texting can be radically different from girls’....

How to Annoy a Passive-Aggressive Person? Nothing gets on my nerves like a passive-aggressive person. At least when someone is outright aggressive, they either let their frustrations out and get over whatever feelings they were going through, or they’re so belligerent that you have reasonable cause to sever the relationship and never see them again. When someone gets passive-aggressive, you can’t be sure it’s even happening. Maybe they’re having an off day, or they don’t realize how offensive their actions are....

However, after having spent much time together, it is difficult for two people to just leave everything behind. There is not a single opinion or a vanilla answer to how to detach from someone. The response to this difficult question is laborious. However, we will start unspooling our options – I will help you untangle the mystery of how to emotionally detach from someone. What Is Detachment In Relationships? There are several ways to define detachment in relationships....

Even in the technological era of emailing and texting, the handwritten love letter has still kept its relevance, and knowing how to craft a spectacular ending is particularly important. You can end a love letter by telling your partner how grateful you are for them, letting them know you don’t have the words to express your love for them, or thanking them for being such a beautiful person. A well-written love letter can improve your relationship drastically....

There are different procedures for filing for divorce, depending on the type of divorce it is. In case of a mutual divorce case, the process is simple, and quicker. However, if the divorce is contested, one may be up for a long drawn-out process. In India, the rules of getting a divorce are connected to religion. For couples who are Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists, divorce laws are guided by the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955....

Different reasons and circumstances might lead you to this situation. Life progresses in this way. The lack of love, compassion or even you aren’t always elements that fuel the breakup. Now you might have ruined a relationship. In the stages of the breakup, you will experience freedom, anxiety, and loneliness. To rebuild the relationship with someone who you might have hurt you need to earn their trust again. You can do it by admitting your flaws and mistakes first....

When it comes to falling prey to scammers who pose as prospective love interests to leech money off someone, most people think that something so bizarre could never happen to them. That they’re too smart to fall for a con like that. Think again, because as per the US Federal Trade Commission, people reportedly lost over $200 million to romance scammers in the year 2019 alone. Dizzying to think about isn’t it?...

A study states that 30% of the relationships continued (even for years) after the rejection of a proposal. So let’s make sure you know how to politely tell someone you’re not interested when they propose to you. When you love someone but are not ready to take a step further, the best thing you can do is reject a proposal nicely in order to ensure the continued health of the relationship....

As a result, you’re sending excessive texts to him to grab his attention and to try to validate your presence in his life. A lot of us have been there and done that. And we somehow know the cure to this obsession. To stop texting him obsessively, you have to find other activities to keep yourself engaged while giving yourself a break to figure out your emotions. Here are 6 ways you can stop texting a guy obsessively:...

How To Tell Your Partner You Need Space Now there’s no guide book about what not to say when your loved one is upset, you can still make sure that whatever you do end up saying, is said with politeness and warmth. It’s not so much about what you say but the way you say it that forms the major part of the communication. It’s best to heal a relationship crisis by giving some space....

Affair With A Younger Man I am attracted to a younger man and I cannot stay away from him. I keep thinking if plunging into an affair with him would be the worst thing to do. But let me tell you my life story first before we talk about my affair with a younger man. (As told to Irewati Nag) I married Sriram about nine years ago. I was 23 then....