Relationships are often fun and thrilling at the beginning. When the attraction and passion are so strong, it is easy to think that it will always be this way. Feeling giddy and getting “butterflies” are regular things at the earliest stages, but relationships don’t stay at this phase for too long. As partners share experiences…
Who says that you cannot have a great adventure if you are single? Well, nobody probably says that single people have always had the most amazingly interesting stories. If you think about it closely, the mere idea of going on a blind date is already adventurous enough, and it can certainly turn into an amazing…
Attraction is not something anyone can define or explain in words. Finding someone attractive is just a feeling that exists within us, kind of an instinct. In some cases, the person can almost seem familiar in a sense. Science is not having luck explaining the phenomenon, nor can they determine what makes someone fall in…
You feel really close to your female friends — but when’s the last time you had a real heart to heart? In the midst of all the gossip and venting, it can be tough to have a natural conversation about your childhood or plans for the future. If you’re looking to deepen your female friendships,…
Nine months after we got married, Sean and I sold our condo and drove to Utah -- where we knew no one -- and bought a house. We found a church and jobs and started to make friends, but we'd left behind all of our family and the friends we'd grown up with. Neither of…
The following post is from Jennifer, a lifelong educator: When you haven’t seen your kids all day, it’s important to arrive home in a good mood so you can more easily reconnect with your family. The way you feel when you walk in the door can help you set a positive tone that carries into the evening, thus…
The following post is from Jennifer, a lifelong educator: Did you ever hear your parents fight when you were growing up? Most of us did at some point. It didn’t happen often at my house, but an exchange of angry words sent me running to my room. I couldn’t define all of the emotions back…
The following post is from Christina of Northern Cheapskate: I'm a bit of a technology junkie. Whenever I get a spare moment, I'm checking my e-mail, reading other blogs, looking at Facebook, or writing blog posts. We've got a ridiculous amount of gadgets, too - iPods, iPhone, desktop computer, laptops, iPad, Kindle, a Wii...it seems like…
I'm not sure if it's because we got married so young or just because my ears only heard the negatives, but I heard so many times that marriage is hard, that it takes so much work and that love is a choice that sometimes the pitter-patter of my heart when my husband walks into the…
The following post is from Lisa of Working Naked: When I started my first two businesses in college — a singing telegram business and a survival kit business — I didn’t ask anyone for advice. I was young, and I knew all there was to know about everything (or so I thought), and I wouldn’t…