Whether you are talking about being faithful, sticking to promises or keeping spending in check, if you can’t trust your partner you will always be ill at ease and never fully happy.
Of course, there are many reasons not to trust somebody. Perhaps they have been untruthful before or maybe told a small lie that has [...]

Nearly all of us have had past liaisons that didn’t work out. Perhaps its one of these that sees us on an online dating site looking for that new person.
We are programmed as human beings to expect things in the future to work out pretty much as things did in the past. We are creatures [...]

My pet peeve because this is one that has happened to me. Some people are great partners and some people are great takers. To start with it can be that work is shared, flowers appear and a romantic dinner out is a regular on the agenda. Fantastic news all round and a happy life ensues.
Three [...]

We have all done things we regret in the past and don’t enjoy remembering. Maybe we are ashamed of ourselves and what we have been and done.
Nobody in their right mind goes on a first date with a book of confessions to inflict on a virtual stranger, but sooner or later, when you are happy [...]

This is a toughie but you may find the person your heart desires and they don’t seem to have realised it.
Maybe you met on an online dating site and you are mad for him or her but they don’t seem as keen. You are hanging on by your fingertips in the hope that they will [...]

The traffic has been awful and the deal you have been working on has disappeared into the ether. The firm has announced no pay rises and your boss is a plonker. Good news is that you have a date tonight and you can vent all your frustration and take it out on them. Always available [...]

Is your partner absolutely faultless? Do they wear shoes in the house? Leave old teacups everywhere? Always forget to buy a newspaper? Talk far too long on the phone? Hog the bathroom for long periods? Look away when you are talking or always get home late from work?
I guess that’s partners for you and it’s [...]

Even the smartest people keep on doing the same things again and again that costs them their relationship.
One of my mail friends is always attracted to busty blondes with nothing much going on between their ears. My best female friend specialises in insecure, needy and clingy men for some reason. Heaven only knows why this [...]