Posted by Naissur on November 19, 2012 14:17 0 Comments
Tags: gifts, men's gifts, women's gifts, gift ideas, holiday shopping
Categories: Dating and Relationships

Do you rely on men or women’s gift guides when shopping for the holidays? You might want to rethink that strategy. While gender-specific guides can be useful, not all men like ties or tools, and not all women find candles and lotion appealing. As a recent post on Reddit shows, generic gender gifts often miss the mark.

Stereotypical gifts for men include boxers, tools, watches, and cologne. However, not all men want or need these items.

“People tend to get guys power tools and cologne and boxer shorts and whatnot,” writes one male user. “But I want the same shit you were getting me when I was 15. Video games, movies, comic books, and toys. I want to rip open a present and see a Mars Attacks set of cards staring back up at me. That would be the best Christmas ever.”

Women also receive their share of stereotypical gifts, though some find “men’s” gifts much more appealing. 

“Men get electronics and interesting books and fancy liquor,” writes a frustrated female user. “Women get stinky candles and perfume, over and over and over.”

So what should you get instead? It depends on the person. Pay attention to their interests and hobbies, and try to find a relevant item you’ll think they enjoy. Think over past conversations and try to remember if they mentioned wanting or needing anything. You could also approach mutual friends or acquaintances for ideas or simply ask the person directly. Don’t just assume they’ll like a particularly item simply because they’re a man or woman.

The key to great gift giving is to put a little thought into a gift, rather than simply relying on a generic guide. Good luck!

Posted by Naissur on April 5, 2012 12:38 0 Comments
Tags: counseling, online counseling, online relationship counseling, online marriage counseling, marriage counseling, therapist
Categories: Dating and Relationships

Are you and your partner having problems? Need the advice of a relationship counselor but can’t find time to head to the nearest therapist? Perhaps it’s time to take your marital woes online. Believe it or not, there are a number of counselors who can offer assistance at the click of a mouse.

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Posted by GoldMedal on January 12, 2012 16:14 0 Comments
Tags: sex change, husband and wife now wife and wife, gay marriage, lesbian marriage, identity crisis
Categories: Dating and Relationships

Barry knew he was different at a very early age. While he would play football with the boys, he felt more compelled to play hopscotch with the girls. Desperate to fit in with the fellas, he started dating women and eventually married Anne after feeling an instant connection. "Despite my identity crisis, I was totally attracted to Anne," he said.

However, all those years of keeping his secret was killing him, so he confessed that he would wear Anne's clothes when she wasn't home and she was furious. "The first time I saw [him] wearing a dress I started hacking at it with scissors," she said. However, in time, Anne realized she still loved Barry and supported him through his sex change.

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Posted by GoldMedal on December 29, 2011 15:28 0 Comments
Tags: internet dating, online dating, looking for love online, dating advice, web dating, new year dating
Categories: Dating and Relationships

 

Are you still hestitant to join the online dating revolution? So many singles are finding compatible partners this way and this week just happens to be the busiest time for it! The upcoming new year entices people to make big changes in their lives. With more people searching for love online right now, your chances of finding a match are high.

Here are a few beginner tips for starting your search.

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Posted by Naissur on September 14, 2011 14:52 0 Comments
Tags: cheaters, infidelity, cheating, dating and relationships
Categories: Dating and Relationships

A partner’s infidelity is enough to anger any man or woman, but according to a new study cheating upsets men and women for different reasons. 

“Relative to women, men are more distressed by sexual infidelity, and women are more upset over emotional infidelity, relative to men," said study author Barry X. Kuhle, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Scranton.

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Posted by Naissur on August 26, 2011 12:54 0 Comments
Tags: trophy wives, joan collins, the world according to joan collins, trophy wife, rich men young women
Categories: Dating and Relationships

Having been married 5 times, Joan Collins knows a thing or two about failed relationships. In her upcoming book, The World According to Joan Collins, the 78-year-old actress and author offers single women a piece of friendly advice – avoid rich men at all costs!

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Posted by Naissur on August 11, 2011 10:43 0 Comments
Tags: partner inbetweenness, bromances, male friendships, male bonding, dating and relationships
Categories: Dating and Relationships

While most people will agree that it’s a good idea to befriend a partner’s pals, there is such a thing as becoming too friendly. According to a new study, a woman who is closer to a man’s friends than he is risks emasculating her partner and harming the couple’s sex life.

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Posted by GoldMedal on July 26, 2011 15:38 0 Comments
Tags: romance novels, romantic fiction, twilight, relationship advice, susan quilliam
Categories: Books | Dating and Relationships

If you're one who likes your hot and heavy Harlequin novels, relationship experts say they may be interfering with your love life.

Are people really letting fiction infringe on reality? I did just read a story about a woman who was so obsessed with the Twilight series that she told her husband, "I don't want to have sex until Bella does." The poor guy had to wait eight months until the fourth installment came out.

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Posted by GoldMedal on July 20, 2011 15:42 0 Comments
Tags: robo-robb, soulbot2, [untitled], independent music, music videos, love songs
Categories: Dating and Relationships

Lovers, artists, sci-fi enthusiasts, feminists and fanatics of independent music are the audience for "[untitled]", a story about falling in and out of love, an interracial romance and a social statement about the oppression of women.

The song was featured on Robo-Robb's album SOULBOT2 which was released this past February. However, the music video was just recently finished, after 100 hours on set over a span of 10 months. Watch it below!

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Posted by Naissur on July 18, 2011 14:17 0 Comments
Tags: marriage, marriage study, weight and marriage
Categories: Dating and Relationships

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Does weight really matter when it comes to marital satisfaction? A new study suggests that it does, but not in the way some might think.   

In an effort to examine how body mass index (BMI) affects the “trajectory of marital satisfaction,” researchers followed 169 newlywed couples under the age of 35 for a total of four years. So, what did researchers discover? 

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