Jesse Palmer and all the others from “The Bachelor” should rename the show “The Bachelor Breakup”. Jesse Palmer of the bachelor fame has announced, following in the foot steps of his bachelor predecessors, that he and Jessica Bowlin are going their separate ways. Jesse said he and Jessica shared a “incredible romantic journey”…

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Guys are constantly worried about the 'friend zone'. Learn the truth - the friend zone doesn't exist. There is only attraction and the lack thereof. Women (most, not all) don't say they just want to be friends because they're afraid of screwing up the relationship. They say it because it's a good excuse and think that it

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Ladies, have you ever wondered why your man sometimes just draws a distance from you and lock himself up emotionally? He does not want to spend time with you, is easily distracted and when you ask “Honey, are you alright? Is something bothering you?” He simply says “No, everything is fine.”

However, all the signs tells you that something i

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A list of 100 resources related to improving quality of life. Focuses on a wide range of personal development topics, including: career, worklife balance, networking and communications, business, relationships, couples, friendship, dating, family, marriage, personal finance, debts, frugality, savings & investing, money in relationships.

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Anyone in an interracial relationship must deal with the usual difficulties relationships bring, plus negative opinion from society in general. Meaning that people you don't even know and have never met will often have an opinion (usually negative)

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The Carnival of Family Life ~~ Christmas Edition is live! Come check out all the WONDERFUL entries this week. There is a wide variety covering an expansive breadth of topics. Come check out the many posts included and leave a comment at the author's site letting them know how much you enjoyed their contribution! Next week the Carnival will

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David Levy made predictions that by 2050 marriages with robots could already be happening. What sounds like science fiction isn’t so far fetched, one just has to take a look at current divorce rates! Ding, you wouldn’t divorce a robot would you?

I can very well see human-robot partnerships happening, maybe not as soon as Levy thinks but co

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So many women out there are convinced that every man in the world is an absolute jerk. They believe they're doomed to be with jerks forever and that all men are complete assholes who don't care about anyone but themselves. I don't think this is true. In fact, I'm positive that men don't sit there and plot various ways of hurting us time

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Are you looking forward to the holiday season? Or dreading it because, among other reasons, you are going to have to spend all or part of the season with your relatives? Hopeful Spirit examines this classic American dilemma and offers a unique perspective and coping mechanism guaranteed to truly make this "the most wonderful time of the ye

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Jenn H of Mixed Metaphor.net presents "The Letter (Part One)." This is the first of a multi-part short story about love lost. Jenn wrote the story in response to the Writers Island prompt for this week, "the letter." Fiction writers who enjoy using writing prompts to stimulate creativity should check out Writers Island as a different p

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The New Year's party has begun at Mixed Metaphor.net with the New Year Edition of the Carnival of Family Life! There are MANY wonderful articles included in this edition, so stop by, have some champagne & read some great writing from a wide variety of authors!

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This is an all-time favorite discussion topic. If money can buy happiness, how much would it cost?

Of course, there’s a lot of things that money can’t buy. Saying money can buy happiness does sound superficial. Perhaps to some, money and happiness are two concepts that should not even be talked about together. Well, that’s exactly contrary

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It's about time for multi-media marriage preparation. Most guys don't like to read. Guys love this marriage preparation. for one thing, it's free! And, it's got video. And, it's an at-home, do-it-yourself marriage preparation course. No sharing

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Why do women not appreciate nice guys? Guys who give them the world - gifts, money, attention? Why do they always end up with jerks? The thing is, you CAN be a nice guy and be successful with women - but you have to be nice for the RIGHT reasons and be able to display high social value and -lead- at the same time. This post is a look into why

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Jenn H of Mixed Metaphor.net presents "The Letter (Part Three)." This is the third installment of a multi-part short story about love lost. Jenn wrote the story in response to the Sunday Scribblings prompt for this week, "walk." Writers who enjoy using writing prompts to stimulate creativity should check out Sunday Scribbligns as a differ

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Loving means sharing.. EVERYTHING.Or is it really? Are there still lines that should remain uncrossed? The bathroom door, perhaps?But then again, it all depends on the couples. Some can share and eventually compromise and make changes to each other’s bathroom habits. In the end, either you stuck to one bathroom or built another one, if you re

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It is healthy for us to set boundaries in relationships. Whether or not we decide to expand those boundaries later on is up to each individual. Boundaries help us to keep ourselves in check to make sure that we don’t stray away from our values for any one person. Change is not a bad thing, but it is better to change consciously and voluntaril

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