Have You Seen These 5 Kinds of Men in Relationships?

Have You Seen These 5 Kinds of Men in Relationships?

This predisposition is an intrinsic part of personality or may be borne of earlier experiences, including the models men grew up with, their previous positive or negative relationships, their temperament, and social norms (as shown in classic studies including, THIS)....
What it Really Means to be ‘Faithful’ in a Relationship

What it Really Means to be ‘Faithful’ in a Relationship

Infidelity can be seen as actual cheating. Unfaithfulness is that, but can be something else as well: wishing your partner were not your partner and wanting out, but not being able to leave. It’s becoming guarded in a way that separates you from your partner, as if...
What It Really Means to Be ‘Friends With Benefits’

What It Really Means to Be ‘Friends With Benefits’

Whether it’s online dating or out in the physical world, there are a lot of people looking for and trying to establish a friend with benefits arrangement, or “FWB”. The problem is, when an FWB hasn’t had time to develop organically, the label doesn’t fit and may add...
Losing Yourself in a Relationship That Can’t Give Back?

Losing Yourself in a Relationship That Can’t Give Back?

It can be extraordinarily painful to be in love with a person with whom you have a friendship/sexual relationship, who is kind, compassionate and a “good friend”, but is unable to reciprocate your adoration. How can you navigate that relationship in a way that is not...
Sex as a Tool of Pursuit

Sex as a Tool of Pursuit

Remember back to your first relationships: was one person the pursuer and the other the pursued? Especially when you were experimenting with what it meant to like and then love someone, there can be imbalance in the relationship—one person is more invested in pulling...