We Expect Each Other to "Mind Read" our Needs
Wouldn’t it be nice if your partner just knew what you needed all the time? If at precisely the right moment he would just be there with the perfect compliment or item or whatever without you even asking? Dream on. Even the most communicative of couples are unable to completely anticipate each other’s needs. Continue reading
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
When it comes to jealousy, not all forms are created equal. In fact, there are definitely extremes. And while sometimes a little jealousy can make a relationship stronger, too much can lead to its imminent implosion. Continue reading
Mystery of the Single Futon
I’m in the bedding department of the hulking Tokyu department store, or depaato in Japanese, which sits above the even more hulking Shibuya train starion in central Tokyo. Imagine Bloomingdale’s set atop Grand Central Station. Continue reading
About Love – Energy & Love
Energy and love are a lot alike. Continue reading
About Love – Healthy & Unhealthy Love
Love is an energy that can be used in a positive, healthy manner or a negative, unhealthy manner. Continue reading
About Love – The Love Exercise
If you and your partner would like to experience each other’s love on a deeper level, give the following love exercise a try. Continue reading
A Prayer of Thanksgiving
Be thankful for your relationships. All of them. Continue reading
Breakfast—the Meal of Champions
The alarm rings, but you’re not quite ready to get up. Continue reading
By-Words for Marriage
Dennis and Vicki Covington have had an unconventional and chaotic marriage. Continue reading
Car Repair Without A Man In The House
There are some things that men just seem to do better than women – keeping mechanical things running comes immediately to mind. Continue reading
Fighting Fair – Do You Know How?
Do disagreements and conflicts turn into angry confrontations that hurt you and your partner? Continue reading
Forgiveness… What’s It For?
“If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive.” – Mother Theresa Continue reading
For Women Only
A few years ago, a poll in the National Enquirer found that the majority of women would rather go out to dinner than have sex. Continue reading
Friends & Lovers
I am learning to see my love partner without distortion; to value her as highly as I value myself; to give without expecting anything in return; to commit myself fully to her welfare. Continue reading
Friends or ex-Lovers
It is opening night of the new hit movie Cruel Intentions. Continue reading