The search for true love can be both an exciting and challenging journey. Relationships are an integral aspect of our lives, and they have the potential to make us very happy and carry us through hard times. But they can also be the cause of hard times. Use the power of nine mindset shifts to …
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Have you ever noticed that the more intimately you know someone, the more their quirks and habits can set you on edge? Whether it’s their laissez-faire attitude towards tidiness or their knack for leaving doors ajar, those idiosyncrasies can turn into sticking points. And it’s not just about the quirks; life sometimes throws unexpected curveballs …
Do you ever find yourself entangled in a web of negative thoughts about your partner? Little things, like their messiness, their loudness, or their handling of finances, can get under your skin. It’s only natural that as we build a life together, irritations arise, and negative thoughts come knocking at the door. Negative thoughts breed …
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I teach a course this semester at Cornell on Intimate Relationships: Liking, Loving, and Interpersonal Attraction. Recently, I asked my class for ways to make someone get interested in you who has not shown much interest. 10 Ways to Make Someone Get Interested in you Here are the tips my class has for you, with …
It probably won’t come as a surprise to you that there are many factors that play a role in the success of intimate relationships. One factor that people perhaps do not consider as often as other factors is our thinking styles. Compatibility in thinking styles plays a major role in the success of your relationships! …
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It’s impossible to know what your partner really feels for you. And yet, many of us grind ourselves up trying to figure out the “true” feelings of our partner. Since you can’t know for sure what your significant other is thinking or feeling, what can you do to figure out if your relationship is on …
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Whether you’re meeting with someone new or you’ve been with your partner for a long time, you will likely question at some point whether they’re truly trustworthy. Can you trust your partner? We all have our pretensions. But some people go beyond normal pretensions and portray themselves as someone they are not. They may masquerade …
I was once talking with a friend who was (and still is!) an expert on love. He told me a story that stuck with me. He had been married for many years to the same woman. They had a good and in some ways what he thought was a great relationship. Then one night they …
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Are you a victim of couple envy? Are you checking out the Facebook pages of your friends and acquaintances and involuntarily find yourself making comparisons between your life and theirs? When watching movies or reading books, do you sometimes find that your own life and relationship somehow seem to drag behind what they should be? …
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Are you feeling uncertain about the state of your relationship? Should you try to save it, or are you better off just calling it quits? Your decision-making gets even more complicated when you consider children, shared financial assets, debts, as well as your lives, which have been intricately linked over a long period of time …
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