RELATIONSHIP TIPS

• Love, Sex, and Relationship Stuff
  Sixteen ideas for sexual delight from the world's greatest sex therapist.read more
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• Maximize Your Chances of Picking a Satisfying Partner
  How do you know when you've found the right person for you? Use rational choice theory to help you decide!read more
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• When Love Is Lost
  If we spend our days always speaking kindly to those whom we love, perhaps we can get through life with fewer regrets and find a place in our heart that helps us to reboundread more
  - 12 Sep 12, 6:27am -
• Living With a Close Friend: What Happened to Our Friendship?
  I was very excited about our new living arrangement and assumed that it would only strengthen our friendship. However, living with this friend seems to have had the opposite effect.read more
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• The Anima/Animus Archetype and Romantic Chemistry
  Chemistry has long been thought of as the recognition of your other half, and as psychologist Carl Jung saw it, this recognition was prompted by the archetype of the anima (what draws a man to women) or animus (what draws a woman to men). Potential l…
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• 9/11, Eleven Years Later
  How the events that unfolded that day eleven years ago shaped how Americans parent is worth reflecting on, along with remembrance.read more
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• Is Sex on the First Date a Bad Idea?
  Social standards about proper sexual behavior differ from time to time and place to place.read more
  - 11 Sep 12, 3:33pm -
• Am I Under His Spell?
  Pathological love relationships are exhausting and take their toll on your body through stress, diet, loss of sleep, and worry.read more
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• The Health Benefits Of Finding Your Tribe
  Lissa Rankin cites studies regarding the health benefits of finding your tribe.read more
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• She's Only Doing It 'Cause I Asked Her To
  Changing sexual patterns is tough. Accepting change is tougher. We want to know two things about our partner’s about-face: Is it from their heart? Will it last?read more
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ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS

• NewWhat Makes the Rain so Mesmerizing?

  

  It’s raining out now, the raindrops race down my window, the wind whisks the branches of the nearby
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• NewA Kiss
  If you kissed me would the stars melt into the sky? Would your arms be the ones that hold me ’
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 13, 12:30pm -
• NewShe's a good woman....

  

  but as ornery as a tree stump.
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 13, 12:28pm -
• NewStand in Line
  Stand in line Catalogue Listed Number crunching One to ten million Enlisted. Blanket rights Hope and
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 13, 12:27pm -
• 'Got to Experience that Gulliver's Travel :)
  Can we not be like Gulliver in the vastness of this life? He lied, put them in such a state of
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 13, 12:21pm -
• Friends in Time of Drama

  

  They say that in tough times you know who your true friends are. But what if during tough times our
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• Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade
  Super Mario Saves Peach Seth’s cartoon take on Super Mario’s hardships in his quest to s
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 13, 12:17pm -
• Chains
  I get over Tick tock You get me! Flipperty flop Plop Gutter Heart? Nah! No flutter. Cage. Suffer. St
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• 3 poems by Sam Barbee
  Con-Sensual In the future I will forgive my uncelebrated self for offense I am yet to do: un-touch h
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 13, 12:04pm -
• Money: The great relationship wrecker
  When Heidi Hess was 18-years-old, she married a currency trader. He was almost 10 years older and ha
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 13, 12:00pm -

RELATIONSHIP FOR REAL MEN

FINDING LOVE

• Why We Fear our Deepest Gifts
  Self-improvement is often no more than self-criticism in an alluring outfit. Our culture focuses obsessively on the endless allure of improvement, but there’s a much more thrilling area of inquiry: What parts of ourselves are aching for expression,…
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• Three Myths That Keep Us From Finding Love
  Beneath the glitz of much dating advice lies a cynical reverence for the power of packaging and promotion: “Women, be a vixen. Men, learn to seduce. Everyone keep your partner guessing. Lose weight. Be confident. Get out there more.” At the end o…
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• How to Develop Sexual and Romantic Attraction to People Who Are Good for You
  Sexual attraction can't be forced. Most of us have learned that the hard way. What we haven't been taught is that sexual attractions can be educated. Even if you're relentlessly attracted to bad-boys, bad girls, or to unavailable people, you can stil…
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• Five Keys To Developing Your Deepest Gifts
  Core Gifts are the most tender places inside us. They lie at the very heart of our creativity and our love. If we open to them, they guide us inexorably to what matters most to us. To ignore them is to commit an act of quiet violence against ourselve…
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• Deeper Dating: The Three Steps That Lead to Love
  A message for all single people: The way we search for love usually determines the kind of love we find. Our culture assails us with romanticized images of love, yet encourages us to play dehumanizing games in order to find it. The three steps I desc…
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• An Interview With Marianne Williamson: The Essential Steps To Finding Love
  I’m honored to have Marianne Williamson share her wise insights about the path to romantic love. Marianne is one of America’s most beloved spiritual teachers, and the New York Times bestselling author of numerous spiritual classics. In this inter…
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• Two Tools For Changing Your Life That Don't Require Willpower
  If you're looking for more happiness and greater intimacy in the year ahead, here are two of the most valuable tools I know. Don't be deceived by the comfort and pleasure they bring; these are direct paths to profound life-change. Try them out, and e…
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• The Secret Story Behind Your Romantic Attractions
  Almost all of us create a personal "myth of lost love" to explain why love has hurt us in the past. Unexamined, this powerful myth leads to painful relationships with people who aren't good for us. Decoded, it illuminates our most tender, authentic s…
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• How Even A Flawed Spiritual Practice Can Lead You to Love
  This short practice is a life-enhancing tool for finding love. It liberates waves of buried passion, and channels that passion to change the course of our intimacy lives. There’s no rigid meditation recipe to follow. All you need is your longing fo…
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• How Your Greatest Insecurities Reveal Your Deepest Gifts
  In my decades of practice as a psychotherapist, this is the insight that has inspired me most: Our deepest wounds surround our greatest gifts.I've found that the very qualities we're most ashamed of, the ones we keep trying to reshape or hide, are…
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• The Brave Shortcut To Love
  No matter what you've been told, no matter what you've feared to be true, the search for love is essentially neither a race against time nor a hunt for a needle in the haystack. It's a journey toward intimacy, and we shape that journey by the roads w…
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• The Single Person's Thought Leader Series: Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.
  I'm delighted to introduce the Single Person's Thought Leader Series, in which I will interview some of the most exciting thinkers in psychology, science, spirituality and other fields, each with something vital to say about the search for love. I be…
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HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP YOU WANT

• A Man Is Never The Problem
  1. A Man Is Never “The Problem” We’re all on our paths, everything is unfolding “as it’s supposed to…” – and wherever a man is on his path is not the issue. At every moment, you have an opportunity to be open to what’s next for you.…
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• Sex For Sex’s Sake – Is That Okay With You?
  Here’s a great letter about sex from Anna: “Dear Sirens (and Rori, of course) – reading this great post, I feel I finally need to ask for help! I’ve been thinking about this thing over and over in my mind, I’ve discussed and analyzed it wit…
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• When To Call, Text Or Email Back – And When You’re Being “Cold” Instead Of “Warm”
  Here’s a great question from Ellen about “words”: Hi Rori I came up with a thought lately. It would be interesting to hear also your thoughts on the impact of friends and advice on relationships we get. How to handle other people’s opinions a…
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• How Circular Dating Works!
  Here’s a great comment from Marilyn in response to a comment by Liquid Light about specific men as Circular Dates and Circular Dating generally (referred to by “Sirens” here as “CDs” and “CDing”) – and it’s so universal, and so a Ho…
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• Amp Up Your Sexy With Men (Avoid These 3 Missteps)
  Danielle Dowling is on of my great Interviewees – and I LOVE how she writes – she gave me this as a guest post – and if you’d like to read more from her, go to: http://danielle-dowling.com/ by Danielle Dowling So what is it about the woman th…
  - 16 days ago, 2 May 13, 2:14pm -
• Get Your Man Back
  I just put this “cheat sheet” from all my programs together! If you want (or if you know a woman who wants…) to get your man back, and want quick instructions – just take a look here: http://www.havetherelationshipyouwant.com/m/get-your-man-b…
  - 18 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 8:00am -
• The Answer And The Solution Is Always Inside YOU
  Here’s a great situation and question to work with from “Crippled By Hurt”: The Question: “I too found the love of my life and ruined it. He moved in too fast, right out of another relationship. He was going to find an apartment but everythin…
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• Put Your Love Badge On!
  I absolutely love this comment, and just wanted to make sure everyone saw it: “…just sent my power speech via message after a couple of attempts to tee up a time to talk face to face failed. Basically said how I felt, what I wanted in a relations…
  - 26 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 2:36pm -
• When It’s Only A Fantasy But It Still Feels Real
  Here’s a powerful – and powerfully upsetting – letter from Warrior Girl. I’ve been about as tough as I’ve ever been. I know Warrior would appreciate any of your comments and help with this – including if you don’t agree with me… “Ro…
  - 30 days ago, 18 Apr 13, 2:25pm -
• How EFT Works – Try It Out!
  If you’ve ever wondered how EFT works (I’ve included it in one of my programs, teach it to clients and use it personally) – check it out here: (I’m not recommending this “summit,” or that you buy anything or go further listening to any of…
  - 33 days ago, 15 Apr 13, 2:06pm -

ROMANTIC IDEAS BLOG

• Emily Gibson, MY lovee forever
  1. Leave little love notes or piles of candy when you visit each other. Stash them away where your honey will be sure to find them, whether in the car,
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• DREAMS COME TRUE ... KOURTNEY HOPE OLIVE
  I love you every day,how exciting that god gave me you ... a sweet little girl 8-pds/3 ounces , that was just so beautiful . it felt like i could hold
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• My Everlasting Love for You
  I could go on all day and all night about how much you mean to me but I'll contain myself. I will, however, give you a few tidbits about you that
  - 93 days ago, 14 Feb 13, 6:38pm -
• More Than Words
  Jessica, I knew I loved you from the first day i met you back in high school. I wish so much that I wasn't so insecure and had talked to you a lot sooner
  - 93 days ago, 14 Feb 13, 6:37pm -
• Feliz aniversario al Hombre que cambio mi vida!
  Un día llegaste a mi vida sin anunciarte, te esperaba en silencio, sin saber que te esperaba, tan grande fue el efecto de tu presencia en mi existencia
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• For the MAN of my LIFE...
  MAGED, I LOVE YOU... I want to thank GOD for giving me the chance to spend my life with you and I wanna thank you for loving me so much, I can't ask
  - 93 days ago, 14 Feb 13, 6:28pm -
• HAPPY VALENTINES DAY
  I wanted to surprise you with something creative but i dont know how creative this is lol. I hope today ends up being a wonderful day for the both of us.
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• to the only person to truly know me!
  It's crazy how i still remember the first day i met you...i knew no matter what i was going to be the guy to make you mine! I can't believe how confident
  - 93 days ago, 14 Feb 13, 6:27pm -
• The most amazing girlfriend in the world
  On April 1, 2011, I didn't realize what I was getting myself into, something so incredibly amazing, it’s almost unthinkable. That date has changed my life
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• To the man I love, cherish,and adore ABS
  I thank Jesus everyday for all the wonderful and beautiful things he has given me but most of all you... I will love you forever I will cherish you forever
  - 93 days ago, 14 Feb 13, 6:26pm -
• I just had to make you believe too
  For the world to see.... Ever since we first met I always knew it would happen. I just had to convince you of the same. Sure it took almost 20 years and
  - 93 days ago, 14 Feb 13, 6:25pm -
• The Love Of My Life
  Ivonne, Baby, My World, My Everything, My Heart. If only I knew where to start on what to say to you or about you. You have truly stolen my heart. I
  - 93 days ago, 14 Feb 13, 6:24pm -

LOVE BLOG FOR WOMEN

• Top 10 Things Every Single Gal Must Experience
  The other day my girlfriend called up to regale me with yet another of her single and fabulous stories. This one involved cocktails, a hot tub and a couple of sexy strangers. It reminded me of my own single days, and for that matter my own pair of se…
  - 73 days ago, 6 Mar 13, 8:00am -
• The Relationship Middle Ground: Where Is This Going?
  Between dating and a full-blown relationship, there’s always an awkward period where you’re not sure how to act. Should you answer his phone, buy him a gift? We help you decide.
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• Do the Holidays Equal Relationship Doom?
  Yes, it's that time of year again. Thanksgiving kicks off the annual relationship freeze which lasts through the New Year. Much like government wage freezes that leave DMV workers and other civil servants with salaries stuck in 1973, the annual datin…
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JAGUDA: RELATIONSHIP

• When is a Little too Much?

  

  I have been thinking about this almost all day. I realize that i might be probably worrying over nothing and simply over-reacting but truth is, i can’t even stand this! So i want to ask you, in Relationships how little is little enough for a mistak…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 10:40am -
• 8 Ways You’re Turning Your Woman Off In Bed

  

  Gentlemen! I know you’re probably thinking you don’t do these things I’m about to list out but before you say that with confidence go through them and be sure. Sometimes you men are so used to doing these things and getting away with it that yo…
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• I Will Do Anything For Love (But I Wont Do That!); But What’s That?

  

  Love is strong! Very strong a lot of times. But what we call love a lot of times might not be love but just a deep emotion of infatuation or dependency. Regardless we can all agree that ‘Love’ is a very weird thing and can bring out things in us…
  - 7 days ago, 11 May 13, 11:23am -
• To Love OR Not To Love; Love & Sickle Cell Disease

  

  I watched a movie once where a man got tired of the financial burden and psychological effect that the recurrent crisis of his sickle-celled son consistently caused him and his family that he planned with his doctor to terminate his son’s life (God…
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• Use Technology To Widen Your Social Circle

  

  Technology is often blamed for encouraging us all to retreat into our own virtual domains, but in fact the internet is helping people to form new friendships. Read on to learn how you can create a social circle with a few clicks. Nobody could have pr…
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• Why Am I In The Friend Zone? Here’s Why…

  

  You see a woman you like, not the friendly kind of like but the ‘hello-i-want-to-share-my-life-with-you‘ kind of like. You approach this woman and everything appears to be going smooth, one thing leads to another, stuff you can not control and gb…
  - 19 days ago, 29 Apr 13, 12:21pm -
• Video: BattaBox Takes The Question To The Streets! Are Nigerians Faithful In Relationships?

  

  The issue of fidelity in Nigerian relationships is always up for debate. While it’s a well known fact that Nigerian men cheat a lot, Nigerian women are also getting a swipe at that statistic as some surveys have put Nigerian women as one of the mos…
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• Shhh! 10 Leading Lies Women Tell Men!

  

  We don’t mean to lie but we kinda have to, just to keep the peace. Yes, we females are far from perfect. I’m really sorry ladies; I guess I feel I owe it to them. So here are the top 10 lies woman tell men. Once again, I’m really sorry ladies.…
  - 26 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 12:31pm -
• She’s Faking It! Here’s How You Can Tell

  

  So you as a guy just got done with a heavy weight “wrestling” match in the bedroom, and are feeling like King Kong cos the whole time you girl was shouting and screaming and calling you “Daddy”, and telling you “not to stop”. After X minu…
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• Is It Really Wrong To Marry For The Money?

  

  I am really not sure how the standard English dictionary or any other kind of dictionary defines the term, ‘marriage’, in fact, I don’t care. I just like 2 perceive marriage as more than an institution…as some sort of calling, not necessarily…
  - 31 days ago, 17 Apr 13, 11:13am -
• What To Do When She Tells You She Does Not Love You Back

  

  Have you ever known a girl you felt is the right woman for you? Everything seems perfect, except for one thing, she does not feel the same way you do and she wastes no time in telling it to you? well, I would be letting you know how to handle this ki…
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• Naija Runs Girl Is Back With New Video: How to catch an oyinbo man

  

  Nigeria runs girl is back and she’s here this time to teach you how to catch your very own Oyinbo man – the epitome of Runs Girl success. Watch and share your thought
  - 58 days ago, 21 Mar 13, 9:17pm -
• How to look like a Princess on your Wedding Day!

  

  The first rule of Bridal Makeup is “Keep it matte and simple”. You really cannot do so much damage if you have this rule stuck in your head, engraved in your heart and stick by it on your Wedding day. The worst thing you can do to yourself as reg…
  - 61 days ago, 18 Mar 13, 6:56pm -
• Does Love Fluctuate?

  

  Love, the golden word that binds all and heals all. Love, just a bit of it would make the world a better place. Love, that sweet poison which makes us do crazy meaningless things. Ever seen a full grown man breakdown in public and shed oceans of tear…
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• I have had 16 Sexual partners in 2years. When is it too much?

  

    The question for today.. How many sexual partners in a period of time is too much? For girls and guys alike. During a documentary filming in Angola, a young 21 year old girl reportedly said she started having sex at 19 and has had 16 sexual partne…
  - 77 days ago, 2 Mar 13, 6:18pm -
• It Ends Tonight (Part 3)

  

  People have spoken about fate but I have chosen not to believe it or even talk about it. However, today, fate is the only reason why I am sitting in the office of the wife of the man who made me lose everything. They say you keep your friends close a…
  - 85 days ago, 22 Feb 13, 3:17pm -
• There is No Shame in Being Unwed

  

  In Nigeria there is a stigma that comes from being unwed. Especially when you reach a certain age. Especially when you are a female. When these two instances happen to coincide you are usually deemed a lost cause, you become the subject of many a pra…
  - 87 days ago, 20 Feb 13, 3:15pm -
• I Hate Sex!

  

  From Jumobi, Ilorin Nigeria My first sexual encounter was with a fellow girl. No, i am not a Lesbian, contrary to what you might think as you read this. I was 14 years old, what did i know? I let her kiss me. Then i let her fondle my breasts. I fondl…
  - 95 days ago, 12 Feb 13, 8:46pm -
• Why Being A Side Chick Is Better For You….

  

  What???!!?? Are you being serious? How is being a side chick better for you? What type of garbage am I reading? Bear with me please. In no way am I condoning being a side chick, but there are plenty of woman out there who are side chicks, probably mo…
  - 96 days ago, 11 Feb 13, 5:47am -
• M.I Abaga is in Love! Read Rap Star M.I’s Sweet “Love Letter” to the Former Miss World

  

  My Dearest Agbani Darego, Will you be my valentine? Do give this the utmost consideration. If you will be my valentine, let me say that I am, first, of all men most privileged, and second, about to engage in heavy research about what being someone’…
  - 99 days ago, 8 Feb 13, 11:46pm -