Find out why you should not contact your ex after a break up and ways to help you conquer the urge to do so.

A thirty-year-old with a child is much more likely to work out a relationship than a twenty-year-old looking for an adventure. Don’t dismiss women with children. She may be a diamond in the rough.

When we are children we do not yet have an identity. We learn about who we are through the mirroring that we get from our parents. It is called mirroring to describe the ability of good parents to gently hold up an imaginary mirror in front of the child until they learn to see themselves clearly without harsh judgments. If we do not get enough realistic mirroring during the years we live with them, we remain pretty clueless about who we really are.

A relationship tends to become boring if you start losing the intimacy and passion. You need to enjoy being together in an intimate way. Make your intimate time together special. Surprise your mate with a candle night dinner, soft music, a bottle of wine and a variety of passionate things for your lover to be together.

Eating a heavy meal at night is a romance killer. With a full belly, and all available spare blood down there trying to deal with it, how could one expect to be the model of passion with all that going on. What is left is TV and sleep. So romantic!

According to MSN Money (Sept. 2005), not counting Higher Education, which can mount to $150,000, and not counting private schools and hospital bills, a child costs $135K ($40K/year, income) ; $185K($40-70K/year income); and $270K (70K+/year, income). Children 15-17 years old are more expensive. Expensive? Mamma mia!

One person is head-over-heels in love, but the other is unsure. Neither wants to break up. But the relationship doesn't seem to move forward either. Why does this happen? What can be done? Learn how to deal with an ambivalent partner.

Apparently the world's most notorious playboy was a casualty of women who preyed on his generosity, says the author of a new book on Casanova. Truth revealed here...

These action steps are clear, concise and easy to understand and implement. Unfortunately, in the hustle and bustle of life, we are on automatic and often forget the steps necessary to create and maintain healthy relationships.

If you're looking for an easy, fun way to add a bit of spice back into your relationship, consider flirting! It's very likely that you flirted a lot at the beginning of your relationship, as you first got to know one another, and for a while thereafter. Flirting is a very basic human action.

Is your relationship over? Learn how to get through it so you can get to the other side. Remember, what you tell yourself is everything. Learn how to change your thoughts and you'll change your life; just give yourself some time.

Perhaps the reason it is so difficult for people to find a long-term, meaningful and satisfying relationship is that we are asking for things that we cannot even give to ourselves.

Do you love to snuggle on the sofa with your loved one? Do you plan your time around this romantic time to cuddle and snuggle together? Do you sometimes wish your recliner would disappear when your loved one chooses it instead of you?

Love on the wires

My first-hand experience with long-distance, cross-continental, Internet love! (It ain't pretty, but I survived).

Discover what you don't know about the experiences you have had in your past relationships. Get clear on what you would like to experience and attract the love of your life in the process.

You are in love and your beloveds birthday is coming soon. Imagine the explosion of feelings. Already in romance, a person loses all his sanity. Combine that with birthday of the beloved and you will get a perfect madcap.

I’m sure that since the last article, you have had your mind racing with possibilities for your foray into roleplaying. So let’s talk through everything that you need to pull off the perfect act.

Should you stay with your partner or leave them? Is all the pain you suffer in your relationship worth it for the good times you have together? Will it really be worth all the pain of leaving them or is it better to stay and stick it out?

Everyone dreaded report card day in school and if you are dreading making your own relationship report card, then you need to buckle down and study! When you rank all of the aspects of your relationship with your spouse, you want (and need!) to score in the high nineties for an A+.

This brief article explores ways to more effectively communicate in your intimate relationship. Relationships tend to be our greatest source of joy or our greatest source of pain. How effectively we communicate typically makes the difference.

This Holiday Season, instead of fighting the unsettling feelings,sink into them. Remember that all transitions have wonderful moments and scary moments, and that by staying connected to your feelings, you can navigate yourself to a more fulfilling and authentic New Year.

Here is a short quiz to help pinpoint those aspects of your behavior that challenge your attraction to others; PLEASE, ANSWER THIS SHORT QUIZ SINCERELY: 1. Did one of your best relationships fizzled and ended unexpectedly this year, against your wishes? Still you don't understand what happened? 2. Have had the feeling that people avoided you or tried to leave you aside at work? 3. Very much loved people began reacting with anger and barking at you, out of the blue? 4. Feeling more isolated than before and having difficulties making new friends?

Have you ever felt lonely in your relationship? Read on to discover what to do when that lonely feeling hits.