Dating Relationship Advice

A standard is a level of quality, something that is accepted as a norm, and generally used as a basis for judgment. An expectation is a strong belief that something is going to happen in the future, or a feeling that someone or something is going to achieve something.

If you ever talk over each other, if your discussions have a tendency to turn into arguments or if you feel you are not being heard, then the talking stick is an excellent way to communicate and can save enormous amounts of time, energy and heartache within your relationship.

A common problem that married couples encounter is what I call the "blame game." By the blame game, I am referring to fights in which each spouse insists on being right and that the other is wrong.

For all of us still showing up to marriage class (some of us more prepared than others) taking tests, failing quizzes, learning new things or bored with the same old material, remember that as sure as the sun will set on this day, life is guaranteed to change.

The reasons we fall in love may be a mystery, but the reasons we stay in love are far less elusive. That is why this New Year's, I propose making a few resolutions about what we look for in a romantic relationship.

If you've found yourself exploited in relationships before, how much were you responsible for it? Because apparently there is such a thing as wearing an 'exploit me' sign on your back.

My husband is from New Delhi, which has given me a pretty good perspective on the desirability of the people from the world's largest democracy -- and how to woo them.

Ladies: in the spirit of understanding men and perhaps causing them less needless pain, here are some behaviors that are guaranteed to irritate the living crap out of men.