Category: Advice
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Communication for Couples
Perhaps one of the most clichéd pieces of advice we ever hear is that successful relationships rely on good communication. And yet how many times do we fall out or get into problems because we don’t do enough to promote positive communication? Positive communication means taking an active and continued role in making sure that…
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Decoding Those Text Messages
If you’ve been dating for any length of time it’s a fair bet that you’ve had one or two texts along the way. While sometimes simple, you’re almost certainly going to have received a few that have had you scratching your head and needing to get your friends to help you decode them. Texts can…
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Are you a Webtrovert?
One of the fun things about dating online is the sheer variety of people that you encounter along the way. Some of them are odd, some of them are quirky. Some are wonderfully warm and some are just asking for a slap in the chops. One of the oddest combinations to have come to light…
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Can Casual Dating Lead To More?
A friend was recently talking about someone she’d met on-line a few months ago and how he’d made it clear that he didn’t have time to commit to a serious relationship for three reasons: he’d just started a new job, didn’t feel ready to settle and was also still new to the city. My friend,…
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Advice Women Shouldn’t Follow
Ask many women who they turn to for advice in love and life and you’ll usually hear them say they listen to their friends above all else. May we suggest that perhaps you should be a bit more selective about which of your friends you listen to. It can be very easy to forget how…
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Realising What You Have To Offer
One of the downsides of coming out of a long term relationship can be the temptation to take the blame and be overly critical of yourself. It can be very easy to think that there’s something wrong with you or assume that the end of a relationship means that you are no good at them.…
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Being A Great Date
Just as in a job interview, the first few minutes of a date are the most important when it comes to making the best impression possible. After that, I’ve heard people say the next thirty minutes are crucial for creating and building your emotional chemistry. It doesn’t sound like much, so you need to put…
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The Recycled Lover
It used to be that we only had to worry about a few basic stereotypes when we looked to the dating scene. We knew to watch out for the playboy-wannabe, the womanizer with a bed practically carved to fretwork with notches and the sleaze who seemed made of hair oil and can give you the…
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A Quick Chat About Sexual Health
We want everyone to have a great time, and one of the ways we want to encourage that is to ensure that everyone has the information they need to maintain their sexual health. A lot of people getting into the dating scene do worry about sexually transmitted infections – especially if they’ve been in a…
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Women’s Lib and Casual Dating
The phrase ‘Women’s Lib’ seems in some areas to be a bit of a polarising rallying cry. I’ve known both men and women treat it with suspicion, like some euphemism for a bad attitude or the cue for disruptive behaviour. At the same time, the minute I hear it mentioned in connection to dating and…
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Something for the Tourists – How to Date An Australian
We’re amazing, we know – and I’ve got a number of friends who’ve been dating people long distance or that have emigrated over here who have been sharing the ups and downs of dating people who just aren’t used to us. As a country, it’s fair to say we have a bit of a reputation…
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The Six Best Excuses To Back Out Of A Date
So now you’ve agreed to meet up, and seemed such a great idea – but you’ve got cold feet. It might be something they said, or just a nagging reluctance, or perhaps you forgot that your aunt is coming into town and you’re expected to be on your best behaviour. Here are some of the…
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The First Rule of Online Dating
I don’t know about you, but there seems to be something of an unspoken etiquette that has sprung up around online dating. At least, around how you behave when you’re on a date that you’ve arranged through an online dating site, rather than necessarily how you otherwise behave on and use an online dating site.…
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Dating For Baby Boomers
There are loads of reasons why people return to the dating scene in their 50s and 60s. Whether you’ve been married before or it just somehow never quite happened for you, you’re not alone and a lot easier to remedy that situation. This may be hard to believe though. Many people report that they are…
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Eight Tips For Improving Your Love Life
There’s no denying that we all think about sex and want more of it. It’s perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of. Sex feels good, increases our sense of self-worth and is good for our health. It boosts our immune systems and makes us happier. Years of surveys have showed us that while 83%…