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It’s best when you both care Nicole Fornabaio/rd.com, shutterstockI love couples who fight in the waiting room. At least they still care about each other. If one or both of you seem indifferent, my job is a lot harder. Learn the seven things that happy couples do when they fight. We try to trick you […]
“My boyfriend’s mom doesn’t understand that just because I’m the same age as her kids, I am not her kid,” says Vanessa, a Miami-based yoga instructor. “She has very strong opinions, and unfortunately she cannot keep them to herself. She has no problem making comments about my finances, my struggles with mental health, or what I’m […]
When a couple has mismatched sex drives, the assumption is that the man is the one who is craving more bedroom action. So when the reverse situation occurs in your own love life and you have a higher sex drive than your partner, it can feel downright unsettling for you—and him, too. RELATED: 10 Things That May Be Wrecking […]
You speak but don’t communicate iStock/PeopleImages Your communication doesn’t have to be meaningful day in and day out. But it’s troubling if you never talk with your spouse about anything beside, say, the weather or who needs to get more milk. “It’s a bad sign when speaking to each other seems superficial,” says Marni Feuerman, […]
If someone asked you to explain how a woman knows she’s had an orgasm, you might struggle for the right words before summing it up with an all purpose, “You just know.” But since every woman experiences orgasm in her own unique way, the fact is, not all of us will “just know.” And because there’s more than […]
Sex can be so many things: erotic, full of giggles, slightly awkward, adventurous. You can have sex to mark the end of a disagreement, with the goal of having a baby, or to celebrate relationship milestones. It can super speedy—or luxuriously slow. RELATED: The Best Sex Positions for When You Have Your Period And while all […]
Myth: Sex burns major calories iStoock/shironosov Truth: Experts estimate thirty minutes of sex burns 85 to 150 calories. Theoretically, you need to burn about 3,500 calories to lose a pound of body weight, so if you were using up 100 calories every time you had sex, you could lose one pound if you had sex […]
Divorce is more than physically separating yourself from the person you thought you would share your entire life with. The aftermath of splitting up with a partner can have lasting psychological effects, even if in the long run, the breakup was the right step. RELATED: 5 Easy Love Hacks That Make Any Marriage Better Every […]