Good & Healthy Relationship Advice & Tips

1. Everything she does is cute and adorable, but do not tell her she's cute or adorable. She wants to be a sexy goddess, not "cute." This means she wants you to make her feel like she's Gisele even though she's tiny.

2. Also "tiny" is not a cute pet name. Call her babe, baby, bae — whatever. But do not call her tiny or shorty for that matter (unless you've cleared it with her and she's down with that nickname).

3. Please don't ask to pick her up. She isn't a puppy or a baby. She wants to know you respect her. If she wants you to pick her up, she'll most likely run and jump on you like she's reenacting a scene from The Notebook.

4. She doesn't discriminate against shorter guys, but she has her eye on tall men. What? She wants to give her kids a shot at being tall one day, and in her dreams, her 5-foot-2 self + your 6-foot-3 self = a 5-foot-9 daughter/son.

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Relationships, like every human endeavour, are fraught with challenges, but when tackled in accordance with biblical principles, the challenges turn blissful.

The Christian Woman: Secrets to Enjoying your Marriage, is thus a material to equip the married and single woman with time-tested biblical principles for happy relationships.

The consequences of missed opportunities are not easy to handle. Some people easily deal with their disappointments while others carry them for long periods or even for life. Many people struggle to recover when they fail to seize their defining moments. They often find it very difficult to bounce back and move on with their lives. Psalm 137:1 summarises three of the most common things people do when faced with disappointments and frustrations arising from missed opportunities. It reads, “By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.”

Men are not always the best communicators. Although saying “I love you” is always a nice gesture, it’s the things you do for your partner that speak volumes more than just the words themselves.

Actions speak louder than words, but the Daily Mail reported there is supposedly a formula for wedded relationship bliss that includes telling your partner you love them 10 times a week and going on at least three dates a month, according to a detailed study of 1,000 married Americans by global market researchers at OnePoll.com.

The survey also revealed that three surprise romantic gestures and 10 meaningful conversations each month are also key in the equation to a harmonious relationship.

About a month ago, there was a story on our airwaves about a rich man who had sacked his wife. And the reason?  Well, when his wife informed him that she was contesting for a parliamentary seat, he rejected the idea claiming that in Ghana, a woman has to be loose to make it in politics.

His wife, however, went ahead and contested the seat. She lost but her husband saw this as an act of insubordination and left her. Was she right and was he right?

Your bridesmaids -- your best friends, sorority sisters, biological sisters and those who you couldn't imagine your wedding day without. You might have even pictured your bridesmaids as part of the wedding long before you even knew the groom. These girls mean the world to you and they are thrilled to be an honored guest on your special day.

According to WeddingWire and ABC News, the average cost of being a bridesmaid ranges between $1,500 - $1,800 for the travel, dress, shoes, hair, makeup and gifts that are common expenses for almost all bridesmaids. To help your girls feel like it is money well spent, it's imperative that you treat them well and show appreciation for their commitment to you.

Love is one of the most profound emotions known to human beings. For some, romantic relationships are the most meaningful element in their lives, providing a source of fulfillment outside of ourselves. But the ability to have a healthy, loving relationship is not all innate. Failed relationships happen, and most of us have to work consciously to master the skills necessary to make them flourish.

The good news is that with effort and perseverance, you can learn what you need to know to make your relationship last.

When you`re depressed it may seem impossible to keep relationship going. When you feel terrible it becomes a real challenge to support your partner and let him support you as well.

However you shouldn`t isolate yourself during the tough times because if you can`t deal with poor emotional state on your own, your boyfriend and other people who love you can help you handle it.

‘It’s not the end. It’s the beginning,’ Stephenie Meyer once said. Oftentimes, many couples start feeling like everything becomes boring and usual. There are several ways to cope with this problem: break up, find a lover or rebuild a relationship. If you know that you really love each other, the third option is probably the best for you.

Sidney Quatey, weds Nancy Abrokwah Boateng. See some of the pictures below and see the rest on our photos page. 

Reddit user Tennessee lamb asked the website's users, "What turns you off a girl?" and the Reddit community had some opinions. I've gathered the top answers and listed them in below, in order of popularity.

Word of caution: this is from Reddit, so please take it all with a grain of salt, and more importantly, just be yourself. 

1. She better be dead. This is a horrible thing to wish upon someone, but admit it, you've thought it when someone didn't text you back. There are only a handful of reasons that excuse you from being a shitty person, and all of them involve personal tragedy. Being dead is a pretty good reason to not shoot back an "lmao" text.

2. Don't send a follow-up text ... don't send a follow-up text ... don't send a follow-up text. This becomes a mantra. You don't want to be that person who just starts trying to stretch the conversation out by sending sparse half-sentences every few hours until your chat history is just a one-sided timestamp graveyard.

I saw a picture on social media recently. The groom was throwing his bouquet after the wedding and all the bachelors had taken to their heels! Indeed, men fear marriage more than death. Chai!

If a ‘typical’ bachelor should list the three things he fears most, it probably would be first, marriage. The second might be a repeat of the first. And… the third might be a repeat of the second! 

But… is it marriage that the typical bachelor indeed fears? I guess not. I think it is the plush party of a wedding society supposedly expects him to throw. It is that self-imposed pomp and pageantry he probably fears. In other words, men (particularly bachelors) fear weddings more than death. 

If your romantic relationship is in trouble and you always want your partner to initiate reconciliation after a conflict, please read on. Researchers have found that when conflict occurs in romantic relationships, the negative emotional climate that results hinders a person’s ability to recognise their partner’s attempts to reach out to them.

However, talking things out with your partner can undo much of the damage, the findings showed. ‘When conflict occurred, it influenced the way persons rated their partner’s general efforts to work on their relationship,’ said study co-author Brian Ogolsky, professor at the University of Illinois in the US. Read more about How social media is affecting your relationships and sex life

 We meet lovers in various circumstances.  Some meet through wrong calls, the Internet, recommendations, gratitude for kind acts and physical attraction.

Circumstances that lead us into marriage however are usually classified into two. One is called love; where partners meet, date and fall in love. The other is arranged, where partners hardly know themselves.

In Ghana the craze is ‘photo’ marriage.  Some people see a picture in the newspaper or on the Internet and fall in love with the picture.

In some cases a man abroad needs a wife and informs his relatives at home. There are photo exchanges and a deal is reached.

 There was one such marriage in my village.  The competition was fierce and almost led to an inter-family conflict.  A fair, tall, young and beautiful girl won only to be met at the airport by an old, short, dark and bald man. 

 Obtaining the hard-to-get girl is a romantic concept used time and again in movies and novels all around the world. Believe it or not, it is possible to get a date with a girl who's hard-to-get.

Men just have to be aware of how the female mind works and be respectful when approaching women.

 By using a few key strategies to your advantage, you will increase your chances of getting to know her.

 Whether he's a long-time guy pal or a new dating prospect, he may be a player.

Traditionally, players are guys who juggle several different women at once while often keeping them in the dark about one another.

It's not always easy to spot one of these men, but there are telltale signs a guy is a player.

Look for the clues, and compare him to other men in your life.

I call him the “love of my life “and he is my best friend. We talk and chat about everything and anything. We do have our moments of quarrels, misunderstandings and arguments which I call “the marriage fights” but trust me, he is my love.

I can confidently say that because I married my friend and I have decided to stay married and enjoy each day of the marriage as if I just started the journey. Every day I learn new things about being married and I believe my partner does too and I make an effort to become a better companion.