Wednesday, January 14

RELATIONSHIPS

Is It A Good Idea For A Man To Only Confide In His Partner?
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Is It A Good Idea For A Man To Only Confide In His Partner?

If a man is single, he may find that there is no one is his life that he can share certain things with. This can relate to how he feels, the challenges that he is going through and the things that he has done that he is not too happy about, for instance. He can then have a big family and have a number of friends, but he won't open up to any of these people. As a result, this is likely to mean that he will end up carrying a lot of stuff. A Heavy Weight Carrying all this weight can make it hard for him to function at his best. It could end up having a negative impact on his mental and emotional health, making it difficult for him to truly serve others. A little while ago, however, he may have shared what was going on for him with his partner. Through opening up to this person, it would...
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Social Media’s Impact On Divorce
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Social Media’s Impact On Divorce

Social media has impacted our society in many good ways. Our lives have been made easier. Pretty much anything we want to know is quickly found at the end of a mouse click. We save time and effort by ordering products and planning travel online. We easily catch up with friends on numerous social media sites. But, there is also a down side.. Media and Relationships Research has found that these sites can have a negative impact on relationships and may even contribute to divorce. A spouse may spend so much time that they neglect family time and hurt relationships. The temptation is there to look up former girlfriends or boyfriends and connecting could trigger past feelings and/or start an affair. One recent study from the journal, Computers in Human Behavior, used information gathered from...
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My Real Experience Of Being A Sugar Baby
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My Real Experience Of Being A Sugar Baby

Whilst traveling, it is hard to save up money quickly. You want to see and do everything while you're in a country for a short time so you don't miss out. Being a sugar baby was the perfect way for me to avoid wasting all my time earning money while I lived in Australia. I saw a job advert on Craigslist to make money by dating older, successful men. The link took me to a sugar daddy site, which is for sugar daddies seeking younger, attractive partners to share their resources and time with,then I made a profile.It wasn't exactly a job as it had been advertised but it did still suggest that a sugar daddy would help me out financially. I'd never used online dating before but I was curious enough to give it a go. When making the profile I was honest about everything apart from my name. I wa...
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Love In The Time Of Algorithms: Would You Let Artificial Intelligence Choose Your Partner?
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Love In The Time Of Algorithms: Would You Let Artificial Intelligence Choose Your Partner?

It could be argued artificial intelligence (AI) is already the indispensable tool of the 21st century. From helping doctors diagnose and treat patients to rapidly advancing new drug discoveries, it’s our trusted partner in so many ways. Now it has found its way into the once exclusively-human domain of love and relationships. With AI-systems as matchmakers, in the coming decades it may become common to date a personalised avatar. This was explored in the 2014 movie “Her”, in which a writer living in near-future Los Angeles develops affection for an AI system. The sci-fi film won an Academy Award for depicting what seemed like a highly unconventional love story. In reality, we’ve already started down this road. Delving into the human psyche The online dating industrty is worth more tha...
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Get A Boyfriend – 5 Tell-Tale Signs You’re More Than Friends
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Get A Boyfriend – 5 Tell-Tale Signs You’re More Than Friends

Are you tired of being single and wish you could get a boyfriend? Is there someone you like but can't tell if you're more than friends? Most relationships are built on friendship, which entails trust and respect. You may be buddies now but somewhere along the way, your friendship develops into something more-something deeper and more romantic. Here are signs that will show you are more than friends: Obvious comments Suddenly your girlfriends start making obvious comments. Whenever you're with him there would be comments about how cute you look as a couple. They would say how compatible you seem to be and how much you are into each other. It makes sense: sometimes friends see romance blossoming before you do. Pet names All of a sudden you developed pet names for each other. It was un...
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Want A Satisfying Relationship? Don’t Present Yourself As A Sex Object
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Want A Satisfying Relationship? Don’t Present Yourself As A Sex Object

When Joan Holloway – the bombshell office worker on the show “Mad Men” – enters a room, she knows she looks good and is going to turn heads. Every morning, Joan meticulously does her makeup and hair and puts on a skintight dress. The men in her office take notice and are quick with the catcalls and sexual comments. Rather than becoming embarrassed or angry, for the most part Joan finds the attention invigorating. Her hourglass figure is a source of power that she wields intentionally. Male attention is welcome and men’s reactions seem largely innocuous. But her male co-workers’ reactions are objectifying and ultimately may not produce the empowerment Joan desires. Objectification occurs when one person treats another like a thing or commodity, ignoring his or her humanity and dignity. Ob...
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A Rational Checklist Is No Match For Emotions In Matters Of The Heart
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A Rational Checklist Is No Match For Emotions In Matters Of The Heart

For many people, there are few things more rewarding than crossing an item off a checklist. But what if the checklist is about your dream partner? And what if the checklist is wrong? Your cold, hard list is no match for hot emotions. Glenn Carstens-Peters/Unsplash, CC BY “Relationshopping” is when you hunt for the perfect partner as if people were products. Online dating, now used by almost 40 percent of Americans who are “single and looking,” might be normalizing this tendency. Often aided by search filters, potential daters seek the perfect combination of attributes rather than focusing on the experience of being with a person. Relationshopping might work if people knew themselves well, but research indicates the contrary. In recent years, psychologists, economists and neuroscientists ...
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Have You Found ‘The One’? How Mindsets About Destiny Affect Our Romantic Relationships
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Have You Found ‘The One’? How Mindsets About Destiny Affect Our Romantic Relationships

If you listen to any number of love songs, dating “experts”, or plunge head first into a romance novel, you’re likely to think it’s in our destiny to find that special someone – your soul-mate. But how do you know if you’ve found “the one”? Will the birds sing? Will you see fireworks or a shooting star? And for those who are yet to find “the one”, should you keep searching, or is it a misguided quest? Research into the science of relationships spanning the last two decades shows maintaining a “destiny” mindset – that we are all meant to find that ideal person who completes us in every way – can be problematic for our love lives. Destiny mindsets affect how we evaluate romantic partners, as well as how we maintain lasting relationships. For some, this mindset can even include a mental ...
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MUST READ: Knowing When To End A Relationship
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MUST READ: Knowing When To End A Relationship

Relationships can enrich our lives, but they can also cause damage. Whether it's a friend, family member, or significant other, any relationship comes with its share of challenges. And more often than not, putting in the effort to resolve relational issues can and does result in a healthier bond. But there are those relationships that, no matter the amount of work and goodwill put into them, will never bring a return on your time or heart investment. These relationships are toxic, and they need to be ended in order for you to heal and move on. 3 Signs the Relationship Needs to End For Example, Are there are More Negative Interactions Than Positive Ones? Every relationship has its good interactions and its not-so-good ones. But there are those relationships that seem like every interact...
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Love In The Time Of Millennials And Generation Z: Hook-Ups, Pansexuals And Holy Connection
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Love In The Time Of Millennials And Generation Z: Hook-Ups, Pansexuals And Holy Connection

“That Love is all there is,” wrote Emily Dickinson, Is all we know of Love; It is enough, the freight should be Proportioned to the groove. Does what we know of love still apply to Australian relationships today – particularly among millennials and Generation Z, whose partnerships and dating behaviours are charting new territories? Review: Heartland: What is the future of modern love? by Jennifer Pinkerton (Allen & Unwin). Online dating, hook-ups, increased access to porn. Chastity movements. Romantic partners across (or regardless of) gender orientations. Polyamory and a still-prevalent belief in monogamy. It’s all part of the modern landscape. Many committed relationships strain and break under the burden of meeting the hopes and dreams of what we imagine to be love. Are th...
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