Truth be told, I had no idea Wife Appreciation Day was an occasion to celebrate. Despite constant reminders on social media by media houses that it was “the day” to honour the significant other, and pretty much every married man on my friends list showering their love for their better halves on Facebook, I decided to let the occasion pass.
Romantic couples with a large age gap, such as that of 10 years or more, often attract social disapproval. However, research shows that even if the favoured age gap is much lower, both men and women are actually open to dating or marrying someone who’s 10-15 years older or younger to them.
Instead of tiptoeing around a tiff, therefore, it is important to know how to have a healthy one that does not significantly damage the other’s feelings.
Here are a few ways you can identify if your relationship is really toxic.
It doesn't matter who made the decision to end a relationship; it is difficult. You will experience strong and unpleasant emotions as you go through this transformation. To our dismay, we extend the pain into protracted, boring, and occasionally quite gloomy stages. We constantly tell ourselves the tales of our breakups and spend numerous hours trying to understand and rationalise our feelings as a result of our obsession with what caused the relationship to end.
Embracing personal space is about finding your own identity while appreciating your partner's individuality, too.
Young people often make the mistake of naming unanswered feelings “love."
It is one of those things that you never really know how to handle.
Being in love with someone who doesn’t feel the same way can be unpleasant.
Truth be told, I had no idea Wife Appreciation Day was an occasion to celebrate. Despite constant reminders on social media by media houses that it was “the day” to honour the significant other, and pretty much every married man on my friends list showering their love for their better halves on Facebook, I decided to let the occasion pass.
Romantic couples with a large age gap, such as that of 10 years or more, often attract social disapproval. However, research shows that even if the favoured age gap is much lower, both men and women are actually open to dating or marrying someone who’s 10-15 years older or younger to them.
Instead of tiptoeing around a tiff, therefore, it is important to know how to have a healthy one that does not significantly damage the other’s feelings.
Here are a few ways you can identify if your relationship is really toxic.
It doesn't matter who made the decision to end a relationship; it is difficult. You will experience strong and unpleasant emotions as you go through this transformation. To our dismay, we extend the pain into protracted, boring, and occasionally quite gloomy stages. We constantly tell ourselves the tales of our breakups and spend numerous hours trying to understand and rationalise our feelings as a result of our obsession with what caused the relationship to end.
Embracing personal space is about finding your own identity while appreciating your partner's individuality, too.
Young people often make the mistake of naming unanswered feelings “love."
It is one of those things that you never really know how to handle.
Being in love with someone who doesn’t feel the same way can be unpleasant.
Setting a flimsy standard of what an ideal relationship should look like.