Do your parents forbid or restrict you from going on “dates”? – Marissa, Fraser, Octavia, and James (MALTA)
Not necessarily, it depends on our understanding of the term; however, going out in public places (such as coffee shops, tennis courts, etc.) is not forbidden. Nevertheless, if it passes the traditional, religious, and manner boundary, it’s for sure forbidden.
Most of the parents here in Palestine forbid their children from dating. Because of the traditions and religious beliefs, dating is something wrong. My family allows us to date in a limited way. They forbid us from dating people that we don’t know and that are older than us by many years. They also take the social classes, traditions and beliefs into consideration and are always trying to convince us to date from our school. After all, dating here in Palestine takes different forms from other places and countries, because of our traditions and beliefs.
You cannot believe how many times this question was brought up. I always skip it, and don’t answer it. I think that my parents trust me enough to allow me to go on dates. When you have a relation of trust with your parents, everything is possible. It does not matter where you live. For example, I am sure that there are some kids in Malta that are not allowed to go one dates.
My parents do not get involved in my personal life as long as it's going well and with no troubles. They don’t forbid me from going on dates as long as I am not facing problems or causing them. Personally, I don’t prefer going on dates, and I think it’s is for older people who are looking for serious commitment. I don’t like this idea for young people like us. Most people will disagree with me but this is my opinion. I think that some of the parents do not like the idea of dating at this young age, and I totally support them.
Many years ago women couldn’t choose whom to marry; they used to be forced to marry whomever their family chose. These days a woman enters her own relationship and decides the best for herself. No one can force her to do anything. Of course, there are a few families in villages who are still forcing their daughters to marry particular men, but this habit is disappearing.
When I asked my mum this question I expected that she would say, yes, but she shocked me when she said, no. I asked her why she will not give permission to go on dates. She said that first, that is not from our tradition. Then she thinks that I am still a young guy so I can’t separate between truth or wrong things until I finish high school. She said that because I will be old enough to know the truth from the wrong. For me, I think that is not fair because I am 15 years old and I know the truth so I should go .
No, my parents don’t forbid me from going on dates. I usually am allowed to go during weekends when I don’t have school the second day. On the other hand, I should have my limits. I should act and behave according to our tradition and customs.
My parents don’t forbid me from going on dates because they believe that I have to do this to chose the right person that I want to continue my life with. Of course, they don't forbid, but there's a limit because I have to respect Palestinian traditions. They allow me to choose the right person but, as I said, within a limit that respects our traditions.
Dating is something usual that happens here everyday. Almost all the youths can go on group dates or single dates. Many teens here have a boyfriend or a girlfriend. Many of them are from different religions. My parents do not forbid me on doing that, but some parents do. For group dates, I go with many friends from my class or from outside the school.
My parents never forbid me from going on dates. However, if I go out, they’re always afraid and nervous about the girl I’m going out with—whether she is nice and from a good family, or if she’s disrespectful, or doesn’t have a good reputation. About myself, I will be nervous if I’m going on dates—maybe the girl will bring someone with her to investigate me or something. That’s what me and my parents hate to see—that the girl doesn’t trust me or something. But as I said, my parents do not forbid me from going on dates.
This is really an interesting question to ask. My parents don’t forbid me from going out on dates as long as the person I am dating is a good guy. As for me, I prefer to make friends as much as possible rather than committing myself to one person. Moreover, it is easy to make friends but it is hard to keep them, so that’s what I am concentrating on right now.
No they don’t. In fact, they encourage me to date. That’s because my parents are very intellectual people. In other words, they are very opened minded.
If I’m lucky and when I’m lucky to get a date, I hope that I will get my parents’ approval. I never got lucky enough, so that discussion didn’t take place yet. Fortunately, I live in a progressive environment where going on a date will not be a problem (I think).
Actually, it’s not about me, it’s about the other half. I never had the opportunity to examine up close the kind of society I live in and whether it’ll be alright for any two to go out and have fun.
No, my parents don’t forbid me from going on "dates," but it depends on who the person is. Does he come from a good family and is he a good guy? These kinds of qualities my parents would look at in the guy I date. They allow me, normally, to date whoever I think is good for me. So, don’t think that we have no freedom or that our parents are too strict. We are the same as you. We do the same things, date, go out, etc...
My parents are not involved in my personal life. I had many girlfriends and my parents didn’t prevent me from seeing them. They ask me about my dates in order to make sure nothing wrong happened. In our society, dating doesn’t happen much between people. Most Palestinians don’t like it, but I find the idea great for our age.
Can you choose whom you want to marry? – Valerio, Nina, and Bianca (MALTA)
The entire world thinks that in our tradition a man can’t marry the woman he wants, but this was due to immaturity since. Nowadays he or she can choose the one he or she wants to marry as in any other country.
In the past, it was very different from today. People’s beliefs became more moderate twenty years ago. However, in some villages, they still follow the old-fashioned way, which is to pick a wife for your son or relative. In cities such as Ramallah, it became different; people now can freely choose whom to marry.
I think the decision of who you want to marry is fully up to you. I think that people have the right to choose who they want to marry and spend the rest of their lives with. My culture, religion, and family do not forbid me against choosing the person I marry, as long as she fits into the criteria; I am just joking. However, these factors do contribute toward helping me, or anyone, in making the decision.
In Palestine, you cannot always choose your wife or your husband, because some people make their children marry people that they choose for them thinking that it’s for their sake. Or they will make them marry their cousin and that is the worst, if you don’t like your cousin and your cousin doesn’t like you. So why should they have to marry each other, it doesn’t make since. On the other hand, there are many parents that understand their children’s feelings and they don’t put their nose in anything that they do not have to. And I think that this is what must happen in all of the families in Palestine.
Most people in Palestine can choose whom to marry. In some villages, their parents choose for them. Boys and girls are separated because girls go to girls’ school only, and boys go to boys’ school only. But in town, girls and boys meet in schools and in clubs, so they can find the person they want to marry. But even in villages girls/ boys can refuse to marry someone. Girls can refuse only; boys can choose and/or refuse.
There are many different thoughts and traditions that people follow, and each person follows his traditions, but in general the answer is yes, because no one can live with another person that his mom or dad picked for him. I think in our time, each one has his own way in living, and can choose anything he's convinced of, and he can choose whom he's going to marry and love. But sometimes some people think differently, and they think they should make the decision instead of their children. This is a very small percentage of people, and this way was followed and acceptable since long ago, but now, I don't think so.
For me I can choose whoever I won't to marry, but of course he must be a good man that my parents would like. Love is something that I was raised on. My parents always tell me for the future that I can marry when I get to know a good person who loves me and I love him (the right one) and when I'm old enough and we both have the ability to create a good loving home and have all the basic things to create a family. Then I should marry him and have a good life. These kinds of parents are not that popular in Palestine because many people are less open-minded and get rid of their daughters to people who are either wealthy or have a good social influence without thinking about their daughters or son's future life.
Open-minded and well-educated people in Palestine allow their children to marry the one they choose. I live in a city and come from an open-minded background; hence my family will surely not interfere with choices I make concerning marriage. However, some other people here in Palestine arrange marriages for their children. Villagers are more conservative people, and their young men and women have only little interaction, hence most marriages are arranged. The Palestinian community consists mainly of Moslems and Christians, and many families disagree about mixed marriages between the two religions. I personally don’t find mixed marriages a problem as long as the couple is suited together.
Our country was hard at this issue because parents would determine the woman that their son would live with for the rest of his life. Now they depend on their son to choose the woman that he wants. I can choose the woman whom I want to marry, but first have to have agreement from my parents before I marry her.
Palestine is not what it seems. Marriage here is largely composed of couples choosing each other and accepting their marriage. Couples can meet either by arranged meetings or just plain luck. When two families arrange a meeting, the man and woman may like each other or they may not. It’s up to them if they choose each other, the parents or people who arranged the meeting do nothing but arrange a meeting. By this, people in Palestine have the freedom to choose who to marry.
Of course I can choose who I want to marry. But there are some “old fashion” people who marry people they do not know. But this tradition is disappearing. Even though Islam allows choosing who a person can marry “that fact was known at least 1300 years before.” However, for an unknown reason, people cannot choose who to marry anymore and that’s very wrong. A person should decide who to share the rest of his\her life with, as our religion (Islam) says. Most people in Palestine today, can choose who they want to marry. It’s a very usual thing for everybody here.
Choosing the person whom to marry is the main right that everyone should have. In the past, Palestinian parents used to choose for their children whom to marry. They used to choose for men the girls they would marry. Usually these girls are from their relatives. In the past, families used to not take the bride’s opinion. If her parents decided to accept the man, then she should accept him as well. Nowadays, things have changed so much. Now, whether you are a man or a woman, you can decide whom to marry freely. People here can even date each other, in order to be sure whom to marry.
Yes, I can choose freely who I want to marry, but this is not how all marriages go in Palestine. There are parts of the society who can’t choose who they want to marry. Instead, their parents choose for them. These kinds of marriages are called arranged marriages. They happen because one family will want interest from another family or for other reasons. In my point of view these marriages are not good marriages. Most of these marriages do not last long because the wife and husband meet for the first time at the wedding.
In our recent culture we can marry whomever we want. However, there is still a percentage of the Palestinian population who are forced to marry whom their parents demand. To this day it’s still going on. I have a cousin who got married two years ago at the age of 17. Her parents forced her to.
In Palestine I have no problem marrying any woman I want. The culture, the religion, and the law do not stop any one from marrying the woman he wants. If two people wanted to marry each other in my country they'll have no problem because love can't be denied to any person.
Marriages arranged by parents are now very old fashioned. Still, a minority of people in Palestine deal with it. Luckily, I live with my modern family in a somewhat modern society. I’m free to do what I want. For sure, I’ll choose whom I want to marry. That’s, of course, after I finish college. Maybe I’ll meet him in college, who knows!?
How do you feel about polygamy? Is it legal? Does your religion accept it? – Valerio, Nina, and Bianca (MALTA)
In my opinion, polygamy should not be acceptable to everybody no matter what the religion is. I am a Christian, and my religion does not permit polygamy. Islam permits four wives for every single Moslem. That is unfair for women in any society. I consider it cheating on your wife and “women abuse.” In Palestine it is legal, but is it ethical? I believe that the law that permits more than one wife should be changed and changed immediately.
Two or three weeks ago, I watched a show about polygamy that was very interesting. They showed an interview with a man who has two wives, and another interview with his two wives, and they were all asked how polygamy is. They answered negatively, saying that they were so sad and upset from this life. So I think that polygamy is a very bad habit in the Palestinian community, and it has to change. Maybe it’s legal in our community, but you shouldn’t do it for your life, your health and your economic conditions.
I think polygamy is wrong because a man isn’t able to meet the needs of two families. Polygamy is legal and it is allowable in our religion, as the prophet Mohammed was married to more than two women. And polygamy is common in the Arabic society.
Polygamy can be good sometimes, because there are women who can’t get pregnant because of health problems, so the man can marry someone else so he can have kids. Islam’s viewpoint on polygamy is that any man can marry 4 girls, but he should treat them all equally. Polygamy isn’t allowed for girls because, if she is pregnant, it’s hard to determine who his father is. These days we can know who is his father by a D.N.A test. For Christian people, it’s not allowed according to their religion. Polygamy is legal for Muslims and illegal for Christians. That’s because all the laws that have something to do with marriage are not passed by the government but according to religion.
Polygamy is fine for some cases. In my opinion, if someone is living with his wife and he can't understand her, or she doesn't like him and doesn't respect him, or do her job at home like any other lady, I think the husband should search for another way to see his life, and live a better life. He should choose or marry another woman with whom he thinks he will live comfortably and they will understand each other. Also, he should forget the first woman. However, if the first wife does everything for him and his life is going good with her, that would be another thing. Maybe a man is living so well, and having a comfortable life with his wife and, at the same time, he loves another woman. He should marry her, but if he still gives his first wife her rights, and doesn't ignore her, he should be equal with both. In our religion, Islam, it's legal and our religion accepts it and doesn’t disagree with this point. We can marry a maximum of 4.
Polygamy is legal in all the Arab countries because the Islamic religion allows every Muslim man to marry four women in his life. Polygamy is something that is not fair for women at all. Polygamy is bad because whenever a man is sick of his wife he can marry another one and that may break his wife's heart and also break up a whole family that he has built. Polygamy is something that really makes me sick because marriage is based on love and respect. Whenever a man marries another woman this means that he is playing on his wife, and he either doesn't love her or she doesn’t complete his sexual needs anymore. This meaning breaks the respect that that couple once had and also breaks the love bonds between them. I think that whenever a person marries another woman he is giving a message that women are nothing and he can do what ever he wants.
I personally feel that polygamy is a serious issue that is not only an abuse of women, but a poison to the whole society. Islam teaches that polygamy is allowed under certain circumstances. I strongly disapprove of this, even tough I am myself a Muslim. However the Christian Palestinian community does not believe in polygamy and does not allow it. Even though polygamy is legal, it is not at all widely spread. Nowadays, people are becoming more open-minded and educated, and polygamy is becoming less and less popular.
In my opinion, polygamy is a very bad habit that is accepted because Prophet Mohammad married more than one wife. At that time, Moslems used to do everything the prophet did, so it became legal. These days it’s unacceptable and considered as an abuse for women and for their dignity and worth. It gives the woman the feeling of being unaccepted and unloved and worthless. Now very few men are still ongoing with this habit.
I feel that polygamy is wrong because it is a marriage that builds on the desires of the man and feeds his desires at the expense of his wife. In our country this kind of marriage is legal and you can have more than one wife if you want. However, in my religion, Christianity, it is not legal to marry more than one woman and it is not legal to divorce your wife. If you do this you will not give women the rights they deserve in life. You take away her rights to marry and have a happy life in her marriage with her husband and her children.
Polygamy is not common among us Christians. Polygamy, in my opinion, is stupid. A man or woman should be committed to only one person, not to nine. Polygamy also creates problems and increases divorce, so why does someone want to marry so many women? As if one is not enough. My religion forbids polygamy and restricts divorce. Christianity sees no need for multiple marriages. As a result, marriages become more successful. By simply forbidding polygamy, it erases the idea of divorce from couples’ minds. If people know polygamy is allowed, they will not tire themselves to make their relationship work, so they will just marry another.
I don’t feel that there’s something wrong about polygamy. The important thing in it is that the man should treat his wives equally. This is where the problems occur. If a man does not treat his wives equally problems start to appear. That’s polygamy’s problem. Polygamy is legal here because it doesn’t make large community problems. Islam accepts polygamy because that helps to make many bonds and relationships between people. Of course, it has many conditions to make it acceptable for Islam. The most important condition is that the man should be equal with all of his wives.
In our country, Islam is the common religion between people. Islam allows men to marry more than one woman. However, in our country, few men marry more than woman. I think that there's nothing wrong with polygamy. If a man marries two women, and both of them are happy, then there is nothing wrong with that. If every man who marries two women gives them love, two separate homes, and takes care of them, then there is nothing wrong with that.
In my point of view I feel that polygamy is a bad thing with no positive side affects. I am Christian. Polygamy, for me, is not legal—my religion doesn’t accept it. If I was a Moslem, like most Palestinians are, although my religion will accept it, I would not marry more than one wife although it is legal. Not all the people think that way. Almost all the Moslems I know do not think polygamy is a good thing, but in some parts of society you can find men with 2, 3 or even 4 wives.
Polygamy is a thing that some people think is a natural thing. I feel bad about this thing and about people who have these thoughts. In polygamy women are the weak side in most of the cases. The bad thing is that it is legal. My religion also accepts it, but just in some cases, if the person has an excuse. But most of the men get married again without an excuse because our religion accepts it. They forget that it's allowed only in some cases. I wish that they will realize the main reasons for it.
I think that polygamy is not good, but it’s legal in my religion. It is not good because you can’t control your life. However, there are reasons to marry more than one wife, like if your first wife can’t have children. Then, you can marry another wife. My religion accepts polygamy, but only for certain reasons.
Islam, my religion, allows polygamy. It allows men to have more than one wife—four wives, actually. It is allowed under one condition: that the man should be fair to his 4 wives and treat them equally. If he can’t or won’t do this, he should marry only one. Thank god cases of polygamy are rare in my society. I feel pretty much disgusted by it and I hate the man who does it. It’s just not right!


Leanne Cuddington, MA
Somatic Counselling Psychology
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC
individual and couples counselling
therapy: trauma; somatic therapy: anxiety, depression, stress, relationships
marriage, grief, addictions
"Improving relationships with
ourselves and others for
positive choice and change."
Treatment for Couples
"Too often, what couples do not see is that most fights are really protests over emotional disconnection. Underneath all the distress, partners are desperate to know: Are you there for me? Do you need me? Do you rely on me?" -- Sue Johnson
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sorry teacher I can’t do my homework because I don’t fucking give a shit
Madonna is 54 and her boyfriend is 25
Jennifer Lopez is 43 and her boyfriend is 25
Mariah Carey is 43 and her husband is 32
If you’re not dating anyone, don’t worry about it.
Maybe he wasn’t born yet…


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Arab women who are singles are today able to arrange their own dates to meet men via dating sites. As long as it’s discrete and it follows precise rules.
In the majority of Arab countries Arab women look rather after their own reputation as to their own wishes. In the conservative Arab countries virginity is still a mark of honor and the majority of Arab women like to keep their virginity until marriage.
Arab girls and women in some countries including the Maghreb countries adopt a more free approach in behaving with less hypocrisy and in going tier own way. This doesn’t mean that it’s done without respect and dignity.
The Arab community abroad particularly when located in the Western countries enjoys more freedom when it comes to dating, however even if Arab men and women are allowed to choose their partners, parents will be still involved in the process of choice in many cases.
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I’ll just keep texting you nice things, hoping you don’t make me regret falling for someone again
Let me indulge in your perspective
I’m a disgusting waste of a human being :-))))))
OH! AREN’T WE ALL!!! MUAHAHA!
Opening this Friday, March 7th at Bunnycutlet Gallery in Brooklyn, New York is the two person show “The Devil’s Garden" which features work by artist Anthony Freda. You can check out an extended preview of Freda’s work below:
falling in love with the idea that you’re falling in love with me


Tom is the most insufferable. I still have no idea how both of them were in a relationship with him. They should have just castrated him and dumped the body in a river or something.
Yeah I have really harsh opinions about Tom. He is a total asshole. And also, why the fuck is he always like “I’m not like my parents I want to avoid them all the time” but then he’s always taking Daria out to these rich-ass fucking restaurants and events? Fuck him.


Like most Americans, we celebrated father's day today. Since I am married to a man who is one of the most amazing fathers I know, I thought he should have a crown, and spent the afternoon making one to honor him.
His crown includes many of the things he loves .... camping and fishing pictures, and sheet music to celebrate his love of singing and playing the trombone ... the dapper man in the top hat reminds me of men singing barbershop quartet style, which he did for years ... I couldn't find pictures of antique running shoes ..., but the picture of the man with his kids definitely feels like the kind of father he is.
Thanks to Graphics Fairy for the great pictures!
See what a good sport he is? He even wore it for the whole evening!
Here he is shown with many of his children, their spouses and his grandchildren, who gathered to honor this wonderful man in his role of father!
I am just grateful that he is also the man that asked me to be his wife!


I thought I’d do a little something different for Valentine’s Day this year.
To be honest, I have some issues with this “holiday”, and the pressure it puts on couples and singles….and I started reflecting on the not-so-distant past when myself and several of my best girlfriends were all single at the same time. We saw a lot more of each other then, and while I admittedly miss that, I am so happy that they have all found a special someone to spend their time with. But I think we really cherished certain aspects of being single as well, and we definitely all grew in different ways during that period of time – including some very valuable self-awareness.
So…I’d like to celebrate the singles this Valentine’s Day, and give away a Classic Boudoir Session to a single woman who you think deserves a little something special. (Remember – you are nominating someone else – not yourself!)
Tell me who, and why, (I love stories!) at firstname.lastname@example.org, and I’ll choose the lucky winner on Valentine’s Day!


Thanks for sending these.
There aren't words to express how blessed I feel that Tuu Weh and I found each
other. Can't thank you enough for the part you played in finding her, caring for
her, and bringing us together.
I've attached a couple shots of Tuu Weh and me the first week she arrived.


Jared Oliphint comments on the implications of denying biological sex differences:
Perhaps the most intense implications will come from within the LGBT community itself. The “T” has removed the visible gender distinctions from the “LGB.” A physically heterosexual couple can identify as a lesbian couple. A gay couple can identify as a heterosexual couple, with all the rights to a traditional marriage (but later identify as a same-sex married couple if they wish). Don’t let the initial absurdity of the idea fool you just because the idea is new; few may be pondering these implications at this point, but that doesn’t make them invalid.


I won’t give up on the things that I know will be worth it til the end.
“When these things happen I react not as a president, but as a parent.”
I have this friend of mine, he’s very close to my heart. I miss him.
‘Til we meet again, J. :D


my heart is a horrifying cold dark bottomless pit and i don’t even know how i got this way
I don’t care for the people and things I used to care for,
Wasteful. That’s how I feel.
everyone i ever loved hurt me, so love doesn’t live here no more
Screw those guys who said they wouldn’t hurt me, I’m happy with or without you, cause you niggas aren’t worth it.
I feel like God has a huge plan for me.
The fact that I’ve been single for 9 months now is crazy to me! I have never been single for this long, so serious.
I used to have guys throwing themselves at me, hitting me up, texting me, chilling with me. I used to go through boyfriends like it was nothing. I didn’t care for the relationships as much as I thought I did. I didn’t love any of those guys.
But now that I’m actually ready to be SERIOUS about someone and have a real relationship, is when I’m single and have literally no guys trying to talk to me..
I find it odd.
I guess since I actually have in mind what I want in a guy if I was to be serious with him, no guys are worth it right now. God has a special person waiting for me, and he has yet to come my way.
I’ll wait. I’m young.
This is so relevant to my life.
lost almost 20 followers ,
sorry for not having internet.
Do I have any followers from Toronto or the GTA?
lost ten followers, because I haven’t been on here a lot.
Sorry for having a life, (:
Michael Jackson marathon going on right now,
I wish I didn’t need anyone who didn’t need me.
I wish I didn’t give a fuck about anyone or anything.
I wish I didn’t let people get close to me and I wish I’d never get my own feelings involved.
I wish I didn’t let people get to me.
I wish I didn’t need to be talking to a male to be content.


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Pairs usually sleep back with each other, while the ones who are more likely to sleep with each other are happy. However, even happier are those who sleep closer to each other.
The sleeping position reveals how strong and happy your relationship is, the researchers at the University of Hertfordshire have found in a study of 1,100 people.
More than half of the couples sleeping with each other are happy, but 74 percent of them sleep backward, while the happiest are those couples which are touched by the back or sleeping embrace.
Couples often sleep back with each other, one-third of them are back in the same direction, while only 4 percent sleep backward, Telegraph reports.
About 34 percent of couples sleep very close to each other and are affected, while almost 12 percent of them distance from each other just 2.5 centimeters. Among those who embrace are happy those couples sleeping with each other back.
Almost 94 percent who are touched during sleep are happy and satisfied with their relationship, while 68 percent think that they sleep in a position they have no contact with in their sleeping position.
Previous research has found that people who sleep in the fetal position are undecided, and have a tendency to just criticize.
Sleeping on the back is related to honest and confident people, while those who sleep in the abdomen are perfectionists.
People who sleep with half-knees are ready for reconciliation and compromise. / Telegraph /


At UNITY we understand that relationships are a process of negotiation and often present challenges that can be difficult to move beyond. At our centre in Brisbane’s Northside, we offer relationship and marriage counselling to help you meet and transcend the challenges you and your significant other face.
Our staff of experienced counsellors can provide non-judgmental assistance and advice to couples facing a range of relationship issues. Our Brisbane marriage and relationship counselling service can provide help for partners who wish to reconcile after an infidelity or breakdown has distanced them from one another. We focus on helping couples understand the nature of the relationship they share and assist them in acknowledging and effectively managing a multitude of different issues which might be destabilizing their relationship. Above all we strive to ensure that couples walk away from our counselling experience with renewed and strengthened bonds, as well as strategies to help them meet future challenges.
We also offer specialist counselling for couples who are suffering from domestic violence or abuse. At our Northside Brisbane relationship and marriage counselling service, we focuses on healing the trauma of abuse, exploring the underlying reasons for it and most importantly, providing strategies to change behaviour patterns and ultimately eradicate violence or abuse from the relationship.
We are one of the premier providers of marriage and relationship counselling on Brisbane’s Northside. At UNITY you can be assured we will treat the problems of your marriage or relationship with the utmost trust and respect. If you would like to further enquire about UNITY’s range of marriage and relationship services, please don’t hesitate to contact us or alternatively complete the online enquiry form.


We have grown side by side; insignificant embryos to fetuses. Our backs face each other; we turn and swim inside the womb of our mother. We face each other and feel the presence of ourselves.
A close bond between three souls, two sisters and their mother. A close bond we will share until we lay still in the sand.
You are my other half, without you l am incomplete. I am like a ship without an anchor, drifting for hours on end to a destination unknown. Without you I am like a kite without an owner to guide and treasure it. My beautiful unborn sister, I am writing a letter to you.
From the point of our being conceived in concealment to our time spent together in our protective space- our mother’s womb, we have shared a relationship that many people envy and cannot comprehend its depth. A relationship from the beginning of our lives. There exist few relationships like ours. I am truly blessed my beautiful unborn sister.
At night you slept while I played and during the day I slept while you looked after me. Our bodies developed slowly over the months while we gathered memories for ourselves. You prepared me for our birth; you are certainly stronger than I.
I have been blessed by your existence in my life. We share blood, a womb and each other’s emotions, nothing and no one can divide us and our bond. I would never be strong enough to go through birth alone that is why you are here with me. My beautiful unborn sister, you are my provider of comfort.
I wish I could spend more time with you in our mother’s womb. The thought of leaving our nest breaks my heart; I don’t desire to leave our home.
My unborn sister, I have come to love you although I cannot see you. I have come to love our mother and her warm voice. I hear the voice of our father saying, “Twin girls!”
We are sisters; we are tied to each other because of the blood we share. My heart will always be tied to you; we sat and ate together in our mother’s womb, joyous meals. How could I ever forget you? It is unthinkable.
No words can express or describe our relationship. We feel an invisible rope pulling us together. A letter to my unborn sister who is my anchor, strength and comforter.


Creative direction and design for Southbank Centre’s Festival of Love, a celebration to mark the 2014 Same Sex Couple Act allowing same sex marriage.
HemingwayDesign led on the creative direction and design of the ‘What Love Is’ exhibition in Queen Elizabeth Hall. The focus of the exhibition installation were giant totems exploring seven different types of human love as given to us by the Greeks, including family love (storge), love of humanity (agape), sexual love (eros) and self-love (philantia). Each variety of love included illuminating quotes from philosopher Roman Krznaric, and videos from spiritual thinker Jiddu Krishnamurti talking about the relationship between love and loneliness.
The installation was completed by Lothar Götz with ‘I Have A Dream’ – a commission incorporating the seven colours of love in an acetate applied to the windows of Queen Elizabeth Hall.
HemingwayDesign also produced additional graphic and illustration for the festival map, and site wayfinding.


The real threat to the institution of marriage comes not from inclusiveness
in the tradition, but from the possibility of divorce. Let's protect marriage by
making it illegal to divorce. Come on! You made those vows "till death do us
part." If you're allowed to just end it when you feel like it, that cheapens the
vows for everyone else. It makes marriage a sham. Let's protect the sanctity of
marriage. End divorce for all straight couples now!


So the day finally came for the long awaited Makeover. Last week Thursday we met with Mpho, our winner, and Celebrity stylist, Nthato at a beauty salon in Sandton.
Unfortunately we were not on time for the before pics but below is what went down after we got there.
“Yoh guys I think when my husband sees me, he will want to marry me again!” Mpho’s words when she saw the final result.lol
*Please note that Mpho’s hair was relaxed at the makeover session. We respected her decision to have it relaxed and we think she looks great with her new cropped look! Woooza summer!*


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Whenever your girl dumps you, it could possibly crack your feelings. I’ve experienced the most victorious and blissful men spin out of control into sadness, discontent and loneliness which damages their wellbeing, their professions and their overall quality of life. With that in mind, separating with a partner may be a lifestyle changing experience. Nonetheless, you can make use of the separation to make your life better. In the next few paragraphs I’m intending to educate you just how to do that and get your ex girlfriend back in the process.
The primary blunder I see men make is planning to gain their lover over by means of reasoning. Men are very practical animals by nature. In pretty much any various areas, this can be their most beneficial strength. However, in the battlefield of romance, reasoning is not able to be practiced. Chicks develop resolutions using their emotions and thoughts, and not on logical considering. And so, if you want to get her back, you are unable to make an effort to persuade her exactly why the pair of you need to be together. You simply cannot seek to get her back by defeating her in discussion. You must get her soul over, not her thought process.
To accomplish this, you have to stimulate those emotions on her that she previously experienced for you personally when the two of you first fell in love. How is this possible? You need to be the equivalent guy that she originally fell deeply in love with. These days you’re not that person. You’re not the cheerful and interesting guy she first met. You’re an extremely dull, psychological, exasperated mess.
To be able to turn out to be that human being, you’ll want to take a rest out of the connection. Whilst this isn’t guidance you would like to pay attention to, it’s recommendation it is best to listen to. You must take a bit of time absent from your ex girl and refresh your energy. Invest some more time together with pals. Venture out, have a couple of beverages and just savor their company. Acquire a colleague or two and let them know everything you are encountering. Ensure that they have likewise experienced a separation so its possible to find out directly that you’ll be capable of endure it, just as they have.
When you first achieve this, you’ll have the possibility to get all the insanity out of your system and approach your ex girlfriend as the normal, rational, original version of you that she adored considerably. You’ll have a hundred times better chance at getting her back right after you are in such a situation.
I have listed some hints on how to get her back. For an entire understanding on how to get your ex back, ensure that you see Breakup Hub. It’s a location where breakup sufferers get together, talk about their breakups and find methods to gain their lifestyle together again.


Relationships are complicated, even at the best of times. If you’re in one, they can be hard work to maintain. And if you’re single, you have to navigate the minefield that is dating.
And it doesn’t help that we can’t resist comparing our love lives to those of people around us. If someone’s a serial dater and we’re settled down, we can be envious of the freedom. If someone’s settled down, we’re jealous of their commitment and stability. It’s a never-ending battle.
But time and again, people come to me wondering why their relationships always seem to fail. That the same things keep happening and they just can’t seem to meet the right person.
This is the first problem: when relationships fail, it’s easier to blame the other party. They weren’t the right person and now they’re gone and I need to find someone else.
But this way of thinking doesn’t address the fact that you are the common denominator in all your relationships. Sure, they might have been the wrong person for you, but maybe you also weren’t the best person for them. Even if the deterioration of the relationship was largely out of your control and there was poor behaviour on your partner’s part, there are still important lessons about yourself you can take from the experience. If you refuse to learn these lessons, you’ll absolutely keep repeating the same patterns over and over again.
You want a relationship for the wrong reasons
If you want a genuine, loving relationship that will stand the test of time, you need to be in the right headspace for it and open to what you will learn from the other person and about yourself. Otherwise, it’ll be like fitting a square peg through a round hole: it’s never going to work.
There are plenty of reasons for getting into relationships and these will largely vary depending on your individual circumstances. Perhaps you’re scared of being alone and jump into things too quickly, without properly getting to know the other person. Similarly, you might seek validation after a breakup and rush into something new before you’re ready. Or maybe you settle because trying to make things work with someone you’re not compatible with is easier than starting from scratch.
You’re repeating previous negative behaviours
This is a big one. Consciously or subconsciously, everything you’ve ever experienced in life and love will shape how you approach your relationships today. And, as a result, you can slip into toxic habits and repeat negative behaviours that doom your relationships from the start.
For example, perhaps you’re subconsciously seeking out people who aren’t good for you. You were once treated poorly by someone you loved. This then went on to establish a belief system that you don’t deserve to be loved. And now, when you approach new relationships, you subconsciously associate with people who you know will reinforce this theory and prove you right. It’s a similar case with trust issues: you need your partners to be untrustworthy to reinforce your belief that no one can be trusted.
This is just one example of how patterns can form. Even past experiences you’ve never given a second thought can go on to significantly impact your actions. If you frequently have the same experiences in your relationships, take the time to delve deeper, exploring where they might have stemmed from and the ways you let your past experiences manifest.
You have unrealistic expectations
We’ve all been guilty of this at one time or another. Blame films, books, fairy tales, or anything else. The ‘honeymoon phase’ ends and we’re quick to assume the relationship isn’t right for us anymore and it’s the other person that’s the problem.
But, like it or not, no relationship is going to be smooth sailing, nor will it be easy and lighthearted all day, every day for the rest of your lives. Perfectly healthy and ‘normal’ relationships experience ups and downs too. People grow, evolve, change, and your relationship has to adapt in order to keep up.
It’s about knowing the difference between a healthy relationship and a toxic one. Fights are normal, bickering is normal, going through rocky patches is normal. But so long as there is fundamental respect and care there, it doesn’t have to spell disaster.
All of this is to say that to approach your relationships in the best way, you need to take ownership of the active role you’re playing in them. While it’s easy to assume a relationship’s deterioration is entirely the other person’s fault, the common denominator in all your relationships is you, so it’s worth exploring the part you also might be playing and the ways you might be setting yourself up for failure.
Some of these things will be relatively obvious and easy to recognise; others you may struggle to pinpoint or be entirely unaware of. We love to not be at fault, which makes it hard to take responsibility for our own part in relationship struggles. And it takes time to build the self-awareness and unravel the defences, habits, and patterns we’ve put in place to avoid responsibility and potential pain. But by wanting to make a change, you get one step closer to turning over a new leaf and approaching relationships in a much healthier, more positive way.


This article is the last in our series on the Professional Growth Wheel™. This month we focus on the Relationship Development segment.
We have talked about strategically expanding your internal network, but today we focus on cultivating and deepening those relationships. We spend 1/3 of our life at work, so let’s make it productive and engaging. Strong relationships help you get stuff done – and enjoy yourself in the process.
To build strong work relationships, focus on:
- Be someone people can rely on. Honoring your commitments and meeting deadlines demonstrates you are trustworthy and a team player.
- Offer assistance to others when they need it, and show them you have their back.
- Respect and inclusion
Value what each person brings and recognize the benefits that diverse backgrounds, thoughts and perspectives provide to create a stronger and more innovative end-result.
- Ratchet up your Emotional Intelligence.
- Recognize your strengths and weaknesses,
- Recognize your emotions and the resulting impact you have on others.
- Also listen and learn how to handle the emotional needs of others.
- Create an open flow of communication to ensure everyone is up-to-date and has the information they need to contribute.
- When there are communication missteps, as there will be, address them quickly to avoid conflict.
- Communicate what you need from others, and ask/listen to what others need. This is especially true with cross-functional relationships, where goals may be different and even misaligned.
As a manager, building strong relationships with your employees is key to retaining them and eliciting high performance.
A Gallup poll found that a manager alone can account for up to 70% of a team’s engagement!
To build strong relationships with your direct reports, start by having regularly scheduled one-on-ones. This is a time not only to discuss deliverables, but also to get to know each of them personally. Understand who they are and what is important to them – family, travel, sports, whatever. Sharing what is important to you will also help to build that bond.
You want engaged employees – high engagement has been shown to drive customer satisfaction and increased profitability.
Gallup found that employee engagement increased nearly 50% when employees have close relationships at work.
Besides building your relationship with your employees, what can you do to ensure strong relationships among your employees?
- Provide opportunities for the team to get to know each other on a personal level.
Team building activities, volunteer days and an occasional meal together help to build strong connections.
- Be a role model and reinforce collaboration.
Help them know what good collaboration looks like and call it out when you see it.
The case for building solid working relationships is strong, both for your enjoyment and engagement and to drive results. But like everything else that is worthwhile, it takes time and attention. You need to be intentional and allocate time to do it.
I would like to leave you with this interesting poem (just an excerpt) by Amanda Gorman:
The Miracle of the Morning
“We’ll observe how the burdens brave by humankind / Are also the moments that make us humans kind / Let every dawn find us courageous, brought closer/ Heeding the light before the fight is over. / When this ends, we’ll smile sweetly, finally seeing / In testing times, we became the best of beings."
- Emerald Works (2021) Mindtools.com [Mobile App], Building Good Working Relationships
- Prossack, Ashira. “Four Ways to Build Stronger Workplace Relationships.” Forbes Blog. March 30, 2021


By Ruvimbo Vusango
It’s Sexual Health and Guidance (SHAG) week at the University which means there’s going to be a lot of talk about sex. This may make you a little uncomfortable for a variety of reasons, but learning to have healthy conversations about sex is an essential life tool. Sex is a natural aspect of human life that often plays a crucial part in relationships, so get yourself equipped with the right tools to get the conversation flowing.
The way we talk about sex is largely dependent not only on who we are as individuals but also where we come from and how we’ve been raised. Factors such as religion, cultural backgrounds, and unspoken societal norms can play a major part in how comfortable we feel when sex is brought up as a topic of conversation.
After canvassing the Callaghan campus, it was clear there were a lot of things students are unsure about when it comes to sex. Ultimately it seemed that we are all just doing the best we can with the knowledge we have. But what do we do when our lack of knowledge and comfort just isn’t cutting it, and how do we start a conversation with our sexual partners about our sex lives?
If talking about sex isn’t easy for you, you aren’t alone. Feeling nervous, shy, or uncomfortable speaking your mind in the bedroom is “overwhelmingly normal” says sexologist, Jayne McCartney. From imperfect sexual education systems in schools to the unrealistic teachings of porn, it’s no surprise that many people are not prepared to have a meaningful dialogue about sex.
But what do we do when our lack of knowledge and comfort just isn’t cutting it, and how do we start a conversation with our sexual partners about our sex lives?
The most important people we should be having these conversations with are our sexual partners and the first of these ongoing conversations needs to be about consent. In fact, Jayne says that if you haven’t had a conversation about consent with a potential sexual partner you should not have, or attempt to have sex with them.
However, despite the discomfort you may feel, Jayne stresses that these conversations are an essential part of destigmatising sex and developing healthier sexual practices in your life. “It [sex] forms a critical part of human health, and a healthy sexual relationship requires conversation.”
Talking to your partner about sex sounds like a no-brainer, but in reality, we all know this conversation can be one of the hardest to have. Without the right tools, having this conversation with a partner can be a vulnerable and even daunting experience. The reason for this is likely because you are both tiptoeing around each other emotions and egos, and as Jayne suggests your sexual partner is “someone who you probably really want to like you, or continue to like you.”
So how do we all get over the awkwardness and start to talk about sex in a healthy way? Jayne suggests that the first step is keeping people you trust in the loop and normalising healthy discussions around sex and sexual health in your friendship circle. “Talking with our friends about sex can be a way of checking in and making sure they’re okay”. So try opening up your conversations with friends whilst still respecting their personal sexual choices and expression, level of comfort and privacy. Ensuring that everyone in the discussion is comfortable with the topic being spoken about is key to ensuring that the conversations you’re having regarding sex are healthy and mutually consensual.
The first step is keeping people you trust in the loop and normalising healthy discussions around sex and sexual health in your friend circle.
Another important step is ensuring your communication is open, self-aware and non-violent. From telling a sexual partner about an STI, or asking to try a new position or switch up your sex life, it’s important to approach these topics with respect. Jayne says that except for the conversation around sexual consent – which should take place continuously during sexual encounters – it’s a good idea to put time aside to have conversations with partners about sexual challenges, concerns or needs. During sexual activity, people may be vulnerable, emotional or defensive which is not always the best setting for such conversations.
Non-violent Communication (NVC) is a technique that Jayne often recommends for conversations about sexuality and sexual expression between partners. She says that NVC allows us to “learn to hear our own deeper needs and those of others.” It’s important to use ‘I’ rather than ‘you’ statements, for example: “I feel x, y or z” rather than “You make me feel x, y or z”.
NVC involves using a simple four-step technique:
- Observation: State plainly what you have seen, heard or experienced that has brought about this conversation. An example would be saying something like, “I’ve noticed that sometimes when we are sexually intimate (observation)…”
- Feelings: Tell your partner how this behaviour you have stated makes you feel without blaming them. You may start this sentence by saying, “When this happens I feel …”
- Needs: Let your partner know, openly and honestly, what you desire or would like or need from this relationship. This could be something like, “I would like …”
- Requests: Ask your partner for the behaviour or actions you would like them to try in order to fulfil your desire or need. This could be, “Would you be willing to…?” This step should always be left open to negotiation and continued conversation. Your partner may discover that they feel unable to or unsure if they can support your needs, but at least they have the information needed to make that decision.
NVC provides a good base for building great communication but what holds it all up is self-awareness. In fact, self-awareness is the first key step in achieving good communication because understanding yourself, your needs and desires can free you to openly request these from a sexual partner. Jayne strongly proposes that people should get to know themselves first sexually before they partner with anybody, as this allows them to understand how they feel pleasure and in turn know what they need from a sexual partner to achieve this pleasure. She also recommends seeking the support of a counsellor, sex therapist or sexuality educator if sexuality or conversations about sex or interactions with a partner are creating a negative effect in your life.
People should get to know themselves first sexually before they partner with anybody, as this allows them to understand how they feel pleasure and in turn know what they need from a sexual partner to achieve this pleasure.
So if you’re feeling awkward about talking about sex, chances are that your sexual partner is too. Sex can be great for our health but it’s important that first of all your sex life is healthy – regardless of your sexual choices. There’s a lot going on this SHAG week at the University so why not take a break from binge-watching Sex Education on Netflix, and come ask an expert some questions to keep things juicy in the bedroom.
There are a range of support services at the University available to students regarding sexual health and safety. Click here for advice and information about sexual health, here for support around sexual harassment and safety, and here for counselling information. If you are an LGBTQI+ student who is in need of support visit this page for resource options.
Feature image via: Gender Photos – Vice


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One of the best feelings is knowing that you’re wanted. Knowing that someone wants to talk to you, wants to know how you’re doing, or wants to see you. Whether they pick up the phone to send you a quick text or stop by your house to catch up, someone or something reminded them of you specifically. It just feels really nice to know that you’ve been on someone’s mind and that they care enough to let you know that.
This kid is in pain
Crippling, agonising, enflamed,
curled up on the fucking floor, should be in the god damn hospital PAIN.
BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING SO FUCKING HARD TO SWIM
so he can be there for this little beauty
if this isn’t love
I don’t know what love is.


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So the first issue is simply dealing with the physical and emotional reactions and. It focuses on using the affair as a wake up call to make your marriage stronger in the end. The 9 best books about infidelity of 2020 verywell mind. Surviving an affair is not just a book about surviving the effects of extramarital affairs, but a road map to get your marriage back on track. Coping with infidelity 3 definition what exactly defines infidelity. Rebuilding intimacy following infidelity g e r a l d r. Surviving infidelity guidelines for those couples who have been afflicted by relationship betrayal people and relationships can and do heal from affairs. Working with your spouse might be the last thing you want to do right now, but its essential to your longterm recovery, whether or not your marriage survives.
How to survive an affair the infidelity recovery institute. Our programs are research based, combining a solid curriculum with the strength of collaborative support to provide solace and recovery for both couples and individuals. How to survive an emotional affair and keep your manhood. F i f e although the majority of adults in contemporary society seek out committed relationships that provide a sense of belonging and security, many couples have to face the devastating effects of infidelity. What follows is a 6step plan to survive your wifes emotional affair without losing yourself to desperation, guilt, anger and depression. Once the trust in a relationship has been broken, can it ever be healed.
Free marriage and infidelity ebooks infidelity healing. Surviving a relationship breakup top 20 strategies surviving a relationship breakup can be one of the most difficult things we ever do and on an emotional level can be one of the most painful processes in our lives. Surviving a relationship breakup top 20 strategies. While each infidelity situation is unique, there are some general principles you will find helpful in healing and moving on from such a painful and difficult crisis. In any committed relationship, there is an explicit or implicit commitment regarding intimacy. The contents page shows you which pages to print for each worksheet. All of our materials are created by clinical professionals, all of whom have personally. All phone calls, inperson conversations, and quick coffee breaks together must stop. These full articles will give you an example of what to expect from the full version of the recovery library. The old relationship discontinues and a new relationship begins. Love addiction workbook how to get over love withdrawal. Marriage problems need fixing, not ignoring i am a psychologist who specializes in marriage rescue for couples facing marital problems. Learning how to move on after infidelity means facing your feelings, listening to each other, and seeking couples therapy. Harley and chalmers help readers understand and survive every aspect of infidelity.
Infidelity is common, occurring in over half of all marriages. Mar 27, 2017 5 couples therapists share how your marriage can survive an affair. The infidelity crisis is fueled, in part, by the internet, where people slide down a slippery slope of secrecy, deceit and emotional connection they never intend to consummate with a physical meeting, reports the american association for marriage and family therapy. It offers helpful advice to make sure that the affair has ended and will remain finished as well as steps to repair the damaged marriage. One woman i saw had a longtime affair with a house husband, the father of a kid at her childs school. Aug 15, 2017 sally, an outdoor enthusiast, is happily married to her husband, sam, a computer buff. Surviving an affair gives you a concrete plan, exercises and check lists to help you identify what you are dealing with and how to best handle it so that you are both fulfilled in the end. And listen to his or her reactions without anger or blamethis is key for surviving infidelity. Losing a boyfriendgirlfriend or a husbandwife can feel. The book offers a structured, detailed, stepwise approach to rebuilding a marriage. Surviving domestic violence saving grace hotline 54897021 toll free in oregon 18665048992 this packet was created to help and inform domestic violence survivors, their friends and family.
In fact, the process of healing from an affair is a bit like healing from cancer. In fact, devastation is the word most often used to describe that rush of sickening, unreal feelings when you first learn your partner has had an affair. In this workbook, well explore the impact of virtual infidelity on couples and how. Surviving an emotional affair isnt something you do by the seat of your pants. Interestingly, feelings of hurt and betrayal can be equally intense on discovering that your partner has been having. Surviving infidelity couples therapists best practices by nadine m. The torn asunder workbook is built around daily twentyminute homework exercises, initiated by each spouse on alternating days for ten to fifteen weeks. Be ready to answer questions at any time, even months or years after the affair has ended. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the infidelity online workbook. Instead of nagging sam about not being outside with her, sally joined a weekly hiking club to meet her need to experience the great outdoors. Youll benefit from working through the workbook regardless. As a result, the answer to whether a marriage can be saved after infidelity must be determined on a. Surviving special occasions handling the affair partners intrusions relapses triggers for relapses coping with relapses how to take care of yourself reactivate fulfilling activities look out for your physical health look out for your mental health 7.
Mar, 2015 of all the difficult situations people face in relationships, betrayal may be the worst. Hasenecz in social work today in light of tiger woods recent admission that he cheated on wife elin nordegren with multiple women16, at last countsocial work today asked couples therapists to discuss best practices for social workers who counsel partners after. But most importantly, they help readers survive the ordeal by providing them with stepbystep guidance that minimizes suffering and offers. It will refer to any breaking of a promise to remain emotionally and sexually exclusive with a spouse. The affair is ignored and may continue or is repeated but nothing changes in the relationship. Fifteen steps to surviving an affair 1 fifteen steps to surviving an affair by saru00ec harrar and rita demaria, ph. Sally, an outdoor enthusiast, is happily married to her husband, sam, a computer buff. They describe the most common types of affairs, the reasons they begin and end, the best way to end them, and the best way to restore marriage after an affair. The person we count on the most is the one who has hurt us. Com 1 dealing with the physical and emotional reactions the discovery that your partner is having or has had an affair is almost always a shock. Stopping an affair and surviving infidelity goes beyond no dinner dates or sex. The infidelity can be like a foreign malignant invasion thats grown in the body of your relationship.
In this manual, affair will be used as a common term for infidelity, applied to a wide set of behaviors. Of course, causes of marital infidelity vary widely from couple to couple. Surviving withdrawal is a recovery workbook for love addicts, anxiously attached, and for those obsessed over an ex or have love addiction tendencies experiencing relationship withdrawal caused by a breakup, divorce, relationship loss. Is finding out your partner had an affair a nonnegotiable. The affair highlydeveloped and alex wound up in love with her. Surviving infidelity worksheet surviving infidelity.
At affair recovery, we help people heal from the pain of affairs and betrayal. An effective guide to rebuild your relationship after a cyberaffair. The book offers a structured, detailed, stepwise approach to rebuilding a. And, whether or not infidelity ends the relationship, it acts as powerful alarm system that often jolts a couple out of complacency and makes them realize what they stand to lose, or. Youll have the most success if you dont just do it all in one sitting. You can get enmeshed in an online affair before you. Before we examine what may lie in the future, lets look at where you are now.
By that definition, an affair will include a single. The discovery of an affair can sometimes be catastrophic. Very few relationships the marriage or the affair survive and the pain inflicted on. Repairing the couple and building goodwill repair 1. She used to be a maths teacher and she knows im getting a bit nervous about the maths exam.899 1391 155 873 1471 1180 396 969 130 614 494 910 606 194 726 1473 235 503 1013 1374 1326 1301 265 1460 801 133 1219 588 817 32 1602 1215 1030 96 577 415 1436 657 1039 770 376 926 575 168 900 365 1161 881


She left notes all over the house. Notes of regret, of recrimination and self-recrimination, of childhood memories.
One by one he found them, and began a deep file into which one day he would look again, only superficially noting her silent reflections on her life and theirs together.
Among these, a list of lovers, going back forty years.
Can I answer her notes to me? Would it make sense? Why didn’t she ask me directly, while alive?
How many of the notes were to me, how many to herself?
I never knew that love would continue to grow when she was no longer here – as some say does hair when we lie there, thoughtless, but thought of by those left behind.
We were lucky to have found each other. We worshiped each the other. Each of us had done things we were not proud of, but in loving each other it seemed that past misdeeds no longer mattered. We were living finally for someone we loved as much as we loved ourselves, if that makes any sense.
This was how I saw it. We were obsessed by the other, almost as though the other was oneself.
Only now do I understand that the above was true only for me. She had always loved like this. What’s more, she never stopped loving any of those she had once loved; whereas when I left a love behind me, for whatever reason, she was behind me, and I no more thought of here as a love, only as a woman on my way to finding this one. The real one, the true love.
Not so for her.
Another excerpt from a collection of files Patrick called Scattered Notes.odt. I remember him telling me this story more than once.
Patrick Meadows 1934 – 2017.


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There are emotions and stigma often attached to money-making conversations. Finances are the most often cited reason for divorce. It is important to have healthy, productive conversations with your significant other, and below are some tips to help have a healthy conversation.
Everyone has red flags and it is important to learn how to identify and tread carefully when discussing potential triggers with your partner. This does not mean avoiding the topic as often these triggers are the most critical items to discuss like debt and spending habits. Remember, these habits impact you, so have an open conversation and don’t wait or bottle up the emotions.
5 ways to have effective communication about money:
1. Avoid scary words – No one likes to hear the dreaded “We need to talk” or specific trigger words right out the gate. This will only make the other person defensive and put their guard up.
2. Start with the positive – Discuss what is working and bring up goals you want to achieve together and then how to reach those goals.
3. Do not be overly critical – We all have our faults and attacking another does not improve the situation. Be honest and address the concerns but ask for help in finding a solution. This approach encourages working together and not against each other
4. Understand your partner’s goals and values – It is important to make this a conversation and not a monologue. Ask open-ended questions to better understand your partners, goals, habits, and hang-ups.
5. Listen with intent – We all want to be heard. Not just heard but understood. Asking questions and showing empathy goes a long way to build bridges. Encourage your partner to ask questions as well.


At flourish we really enjoy connecting with each other regularly, looking at a mixture of relevant issues facing women today, and how to overcome these challenges with God’s help.
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Series: Dating Dilemmas #2
Published by Entangled: Crush in March 2019
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Lisa is a card-carrying, book-loving Gryffindor. Solid. And that’s why everyone knows she’s awesome. Well, except for her crush, Matt. He only ever sees her as a friend. Plus, he's got his eye on another girl. Oh well, plenty of fish and all that.
Good thing Lisa just read a book on the “wedding ring phenomenon”—you get more attention when you’re already taken. What if Lisa pretends to be Matt’s plus one? Maybe it’ll help Matt get his girl and Lisa can hook her own fish.
After the plan works, Matt suddenly claims he doesn’t like the view from the friend-zone and wants her instead… But she isn’t interested in being anyone’s second choice. If this guy wants to earn her attention, he’ll need more than some silly “phenomenon.”
He’ll need to go all out...
Sadly, 99% Faking It was just an okay read for me. I loved pretty much everything about the story except for the romantic relationship, which truly is the core of the story.
In 99% Faking It by Chris Cannon, Lisa has a crush on Matt, but Matt has a crush on another girl. So Lisa decides it’s time to find someone else that’s actually interested in her. Lisa then comes up with a plan to be fake dating Matt to help Matt seem more appealing to his crush and in turn, she will look more appealing to other guys.
I liked Lisa and Matt as friends and individually. I thought their friendship was cute, and I really enjoyed Lisa’s book loving personality. Matt, on the other hand, is your typical cool guy. I did think that Lisa’s love for Harry Potter came off a bit strong, but it wasn’t distracting or anything.
So this story didn’t really work for me because I just didn’t find the romantic relationship between Lisa and Matt to believable. In particular, I didn’t quite buy into the moment Matt realized that he liked Lisa, and that kind of made the rest of the story fall short for me. It all just felt so sudden, and I personally couldn’t grasp how that would happen.
I’m actually quite disappointed that I didn’t enjoy 99% Faking It more. I thought it started off great and had such high hopes for a fun story. However, in the end, I just thought it was okay. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. If 99% Faking It sounds interesting to you or if you’ve enjoyed the first Dating Dilemmas series book, I would recommend checking it out for yourself. & If you’ve read 99% Faking It, I would love to hear your thoughts!


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Welcome! We are The Motivators — an upbeat, exciting group that encourages its members to share their struggles, their successes, and their plans for the future. We love to talk about all sorts of topics. We always have a great time, whether we’re discussing serious topics like drugs, teen pregnancy, kids, family, relationships, independent living, positive decision-making and overcoming negative attitudes, practical topics like taking steps to better yourself, developing life skills, finding housing, making future plans, furthering your education / going to college, and finding scholarships and other financial aid, or fun topics like cars, clothes, shoes, hair, music, friends, and boyfriends and girlfriends. We think that, no matter what we talk about, our conversations bring us closer together.
Our group is great because we strive to truly understand each other. We welcome diversity and encourage participation from people who are shy or quiet, from people who are loud or outspoken, and even from people who are unpredictable. We motivate all of our members to have positive attitudes as they share their future plans and goals, to come together in times of need, and to build relationships with each other and with their families. We also help each other with practical information and work together to learn how to drive, to learn computer skills, and to get on the honor roll. We motivate each other to be the best we can be!
Our group functions well because we have great leaders, we have open communication, we talk to each other and listen to each other, we schedule fun activities that create member participation, and we always remember to keep laughing while we keep it real.
If you think you could use a little motivation — come join our group! The Sumter Motivators has room for everyone. We can’t wait to meet you!
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Obligatory birthday post? Sure. But what’s more important than celebrating the moment and being glad that we are all alive and well? Never forget that.
So happy birthday to my long-suffering and ever-loving wife and mother of my two kids, as my friends are always keen to remind me—not that I can forget these things and hope to stay alive :P


We’re hopeless romantics who love LOVE. And to capture that love in an image, we make it all about intimacy–getting you up close and personal with your soon-to-be or new spouse and then letting the love unfold. Something magic happens when you get eye-to-eye or cheek-to-cheek with the one you love. The real emotions come pouring out. After the final dance is over, the honeymoon ends, and the bridesmaids’ dresses go out of style, it’s these images–real, heartfelt images of you and your spouse madly in love with one another–that will last.


The Career Class: Good Impressions
Conversation is one of the most fundamental building blocks to entrepreneurial success. Small talk and first impressions can lead to networking connections that yield support and success in business. For this week’s episode of The Career Class, Columbia College Chicago’s Flora Brunetti and Lisa Hopkins-Newell discuss the art of conversation and connection. They share their personal experiences in meeting new people, utilizing small talk to develop professional relationships, and understanding when conversation is appropriate and beneficial.


Poem by Anisha Mukherjee, 2021
Now that we are apart
Which part of you died?
The heyday of our love
Now the nightmare of your nights?
We say we love this pain
We say we comfortable in this
Don’t your heart still, wants a little warmth?
Calling my name and finding me by your side?
No, it’s not a broken heart’s calling
No, it is not a poem of regret
I say it is a conversation
Wrapped in a rhythm
You said if I miss you, know that your love was true
I said if you miss me, you say your love was true
What about the love I have for you?
You said it was not true!
How can a love like this be one-sided
You said it was easy for you
Do you still deny my love?
Or is it a punishment from you?
Lost in our memory
I still want to be with you
The truth is, we can never be
How hard it is to accept the truth?


Findings published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology determined that men are more likely to think negatively of their partner when an attractive women flirts with them, while women are more likely to attempt to strengthen their relationship when an attractive man flirts with them. The experiments were conducted with 724 heterosexual college age men and women who self described themselves as in a serious relationship. Half of the individuals were unsuspectingly introduced to an attractive member of the opposite sex who flirted with them and half were introduced to an attractive member of the opposite sex who ignored them. Afterwards, the individuals were given a questionnaire that asked them how they would react if their partners were to do various things which annoyed or upset them. The men who were flirted with were 12% less likely to forgive their partners than the men who were not flirted with, whereas women who were flirted with were 17% more likely to forgive their partner than the women who were not flirted with. As with any gender studies conducted in the context of a single culture, it is impossible to say if these differences arise due to some biological distinction between sexes, or is simply a matter of differential socialization.


We understand how difficult dating can be in a small city like Troy. It might feel like you have already met everybody, and you have limited options in finding a mate. If you’re single in Troy, we want to be your wingman (or wingwoman)! Think of us as the friend who introduces you to her other interesting friends. Wouldn’t you like someone by your side as you set sails to find the love of your life? Someone who knows the best local hangouts - for a Sunday lunch date or for a night out with that special someone on Friday? Let’s be friends, and we are good at playing cupid, too.
Since you are single in Troy, keep in mind that we have local scouts in the nearby cities. Your matchmaker can introduce you to our single LGBT clients in Troy and other Detroit areas.


“When we first fall in love we can be amazed with how perfect the beloved is for us, the answer to our prayer. The beloved can become a portal to the infinite because love is infinite and the beloved is the Sacred Mirror that shares this Divine energy. With the beloved, we step outside the safety of our own skin and open our heart to communicate soul to soul. This ultimate overlapping of souls comes from a deep compassion and respect for the other while celebrating the synchronistic journey that brought you together. The path of love is the supreme gift of the cosmos.”
-Alex and Allyson Grey
Happy Valentine’s Day!