Good & Healthy Relationship Advice & Tips

Bankers and brokers are the most likely to stray and cheat on their partners, an eye-opening survey has revealed.

The coming and going of people is as natural in life as the tides. There are those we meet who never leave. Other relationships gently dissolve while some erupt and leave us stymied in the ash like those people from Pompeii.

How familiar are you with this scenario: You meet someone, you click, your relationship is going smoothly, and then, suddenly, it isn't? You can't quite put your finger on it, but things just seem off.

Asking someone whom you are attracted to for something private such as a phone number can be nervous at first, as rejection is just around the corner. 

We all wish we knew the secrets behind strong, lasting relationships. Whether we’re hurting after a break up or fuming over an argument, we often struggle to figure out what’s truly missing in our romantic lives. 

There are many subjects of conversation in this world that can pitch husband against wife and family member against family member. These ranges from politics to education, child-bearing, finances, in-laws issues; and whether or not the wall should be done in wallpaper, or painted in a particular colour in order for the wall to be a background.

You need to prepare well for a date if you wish to make a good first impression. You need to look good. 

Whether you’re on your first date or have been seeing a person for a few weeks or longer, the beginning stages of a dating relationship can be very delicate and tenuous. 

There is time for everything under the sun; a time to fall in love and a time to marry. The first caution when you decide to choose a life partner is that marriage is not a profession or a contract which you can change at will.  

Sometimes the men we love are not the men who love us. Unrequited love can be painful. The good news is that instead of wasting months or years pinning after a man who isn’t in love with you, there are giveaway signs he isn’t into you. Here is a look into some of them;

1. You are searching for the signs – The most glaring sign that the man you love doesn’t love you back is when you find yourself searching for signs that he does love you. If a man is in love with you, you will not need to look for evidence of the same.

Any good relationship is built on honesty, but honestly, sometimes there are moments when a little white lie is more effective than the truth. Obviously, you shouldn't be fibbing left and right, but believe it or not, every so often, a small but well-intended lie is the very thing your relationship needs. Here are some of those moments.

Love is strange. It is the commonest word in the world and in the Bible. We think we feel it and yet no one knows exactly what love is. It is like electricity; even though we see it at work, we really do not know what it is.

It still hurts. We're always told to protect ourselves from getting hurt. 

If you are in a relationship with a guy who means the world to you, you probably want to make sure that he stays in love with you -- for good. 

Mila Kunis says the beginning of her relationship with husband Ashton Kutcher was pulled straight from the movies – their own movies, in fact. 

Kunis, 32, opened up about how her relationship with Kutcher turned romantic after years of being just friends while appearing on The Howard Stern Show, Tuesday. 

Christian Rudder, author of Dataclysm and a founder of OkCupid, dives into the numbers and surfaces with some revelations on love, sex, race and culture.

Big Data: the friend you met at a bar after your usual two drinks, plus one. You leaned in, listening more intently than usual. “Digital footprint.” “Information Age.” You nodded and smiled, even though you didn’t understand. “Change the world.” “The future.” You were impressed—and even if you weren’t, you faked it well.

Women who are single are used to being independent. They find joy in the things they accomplish alone. Dating independent people like this comes with its own unique set of challenges. 

There was a touching story of an American woman who died and her body sent to a funeral home. Her three dogs that had never gone out of town were able to find their way several kilometers away and stayed at the funeral home for days without food, apparently waiting to take their ‘madam’ home.