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Marriage & Relationships

Keep calm and carry on: What to avoid fighting about

December is a stressful month. If you've found yourself fighting more amid all that holiday chaos, you’re not alone. But there are...

Couple Time & Romance

Survival tips for a holiday weekend with your boyfriend's family

It’s not always easy to spend the holidays with your guy’s family, especially if you don’t know them very well. If the prospect of a...

Dating

Help! I hate my boyfriend's taste in gifts

Not every guy is going to be great at picking out gifts. Some just seem to have a knack while others don’t have a clue. If your guy...

Marriage

Can't stand your in-laws? Try these techniques

Not everyone is blessed with the ideal in-laws. In some cases, you might even wish you could trade yours in entirely. If that sounds...

Couple Time & Romance

Free love: No-cost ways to show your guy you care

The holidays are supposed to be all about giving, but what if you don’t have the budget to splash out on expensive gifts? Rather...

Marriage & Relationships

Does your relationship need a digital detox?

In the age of constant cell phone use, iPad addiction and basically having some kind of screen strapped to our hands at all hours of...

Dating

3 Gift buying don'ts for new couples

Being part of a new couple is always exciting — add in the magic of the holiday season and it’s hard not to feel doubly smitten. But...

Couple Time & Romance

Solutions for nightmare Thanksgiving scenarios with his family

Holidays are supposed to be filled with fun, laughter and eating lots of great food. But sometimes, especially where blending...

Couple Time & Romance

Just the two of you: How to have a romantic Thanksgiving

If you and your partner don’t have Thanksgiving plans with a group, the holiday can actually be pretty romantic. Forget the stress...

Couple Time & Romance

5 Easy ways to make more time for each other

Finding quality couple time isn’t always easy and sometimes it can feel downright impossible to eke out even an evening to relax...

Marriage & Relationships

Food fight: Splitting Thanksgiving between his family and yours

One of the most frustrating things about being part of a couple during the holidays is figuring out how to divide your time. He...

Marriage & Relationships

Let it all out: Why fights can be good for your relationship

Most of us have been conditioned to think about fights as a negative part of being in a relationship, and that fighting means...

Marriage & Relationships

Hey guys, we hate it when you...

Does your guy have a bad habit you can’t stand? There are usually one or two things in every relationship that will drive a gal up...

Marriage & Relationships

3 Reasons you could benefit from going to bed angry

We’ve all heard the age old piece of relationship advice to never go to bed angry, but is staying awake to finish a fight really all...

Couple Time & Romance

Show him the love: Romantic gestures from you to him

Whether the romance seems to be wearing thin, or you’re still wrapped up in the magical “honeymoon” phase of your relationship,...

Marriage & Relationships

Lessons in love and arguments from the presidential debate

Is it necessarily a bad sign if you and your significant other don’t agree on politics? Not at all. To the contrary, disagreeing...

Marriage & Relationships

Guy talk meets girl talk: Communication mistakes you could be making

Communicating is easy, right? Not all the time and especially not when it comes to couples. Before you end up facing a communication...

Marriage & Relationships

How to start and end an argument the right way

Arguments are a fact of relationship life, but they don’t all have to end in tears, screaming matches or worse. Learning how to...

Marriage & Relationships

How to get your point across without nagging

Nagging is one of the biggest points of contention in many relationships. We all do it at some point or another, but the key is to...

Breakups

5 Outrageous ways to get over a breakup with food

When you've just been dumped, especially over the phone, email, a text message, or — heaven forbid — a Gchat message, searching for...

Couple Time & Romance

5 Fun hobbies to take up as a couple

Bored with your usual routine? Can’t stand another night of TV watching (or watching him play video games)? It’s time for a hobby....