There is a growing trend of couples who are choosing to have an open relation or marriage. In an open relationship the couple agrees to allow both partners the freedom to have sexual encounters with other people.
Statistics say that between 40% and 60% of married people will cheat on their spouse. Research suggesting that humans are not the monogamous creatures that we like to think we are. We are only mostly monogamous. Despite what you may want to believe or what you think is moral it is naturally hard wired in us to want to occasionally have sex with someone other than our primary partner.
Read more: Could An Open Relationship Be The Answer To Infidelity?
You are in a new relationship..YESSSS!!! The butterflies are fluttering around in your stomach and you can't get enough of your partner. You haven't yet noticed the other person's flaws and it's as if the sun rises and sets with this new love in your life. Unfortunately, for most the honeymoon phase doesn't last forever. The newness eventually wears off as reality sets in. The good news is that with the right mindset and attitude, you can keep the magic in your relationship.
Read more: Maintain a Good Love Life
"My boyfriend wants to take a break. Help!" You can almost hear the panic that is inevitably going to be in a woman's voice when she says that. We're smart creatures. We know exactly what it means when our man tells us he wants a break, space, time, distance or any combination of them. It means he wants a break from you. It's a way to sugarcoat the fact that he's not happy and wants out. Unless you do something drastic now, that man is not going to be your boyfriend for long.
Read more: My Boyfriend Wants to Take a Break!
As I get older, the friends I had from way back have now found their own lives, and we just don't seem to have much in common anymore. Unfortunately, those friendships felt like I was running a never ending race or playing a game of HORSE with people who knew nothing about basketball. I find myself drifting to people who are like me and have similar expectations as I.
Read more: Competition Among Friends
One of my closet friends just got engaged recently and while I was very happy for her, it scared me. When I was younger, I never really day-dreamed about getting married like most little girls and even as I got older the idea of marriage was always that, an idea. It never seemed like it was relevant to my life and therefore just something that would happen in the "future" or when I was "older".
Read more: Things That Scare Me About Marriage
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