Stop phubbing, and engage person to person

phubbing

Have you ever found yourself talking to your partner only to realize you’re competing for attention with WhatsApp? Or worse still, Candy Crush or some sort app. Well, turns out you’re being phubbed. “Phubbing” (phone + snubbing) is that typically upsetting moment when you’ve been ditched for a phone. It has become a modern relationship […]

Building Emotional Safety For A Healthy Relationship

healthy relationship

Healthy relationships thrive in environments of emotional safety. This doesn’t mean an absence of conflict but rather the ability to handle stress and life’s challenges constructively, when they do show up. And show up they absolutely must! Yet somehow, too many couples believe that the existence of conflict spells doom for the relationship. In fact, […]

How to Be More Likable: The Secret to A Great First Impression

be likeable

Imagine you’re at a party, standing around, and a new person joins your conversation circle. Within five minutes, everyone is laughing at their jokes, nodding along to their stories, and generally gravitating toward them. You think jealously to yourself, “How on earth is he so effortlessly likable?” Well, the truth is, being likable isn’t some […]

Sexual Incompatibility in an Otherwise Perfect Relationship

sexual incompatibility

Sanya is the funniest, nicest, most considerate person Ada has ever met. It’s been 12 months since, and those months seem to have flown by. He’s good-looking, has a great job, and is “God-fearing”, meaning her mum simply adores him. When two people connect as deeply on an emotional, intellectual, and even spiritual level, as […]

Sexual Intimacy: When to finally get down with a new partner

sexual intimacy

“Let’s wait awhile,  Before it’s too late,  Let’s wait awhile,  Our love will be great,  Let’s wait awhile,  Before we go too far” For the second time in as many articles, we are turning to the sagely Janet Jackson, in setting the tone for today’s post. Undoubtedly, one of the most important decisions couples face in a relationship is when […]

Science of attraction: Similarity matters in online dating success

similarity in online dating. people like us.

“In a massive study of 421 million potential romantic matches from an online dating site, the factor that best predicted favorability toward a partner was similarity. As the researchers stated, “For nearly all characteristics, the more similar the individuals were, the higher the likelihood was of them finding each other desirable and opting to meet […]

The Worst Relationship Advice You’ve Heard

relationship advice

Somebody told me There’d be trouble at home ‘Cause we never talk a lot When we spend time alone So how are we supposed to know Know when something is wrong Well, we’ve got a way to communicate It keeps a happy home Lyrics from the Babyface hit single “Whip appeal”, simply debunking the relationship […]

Beautiful woman, beautiful soul – how can you tell?

a beautiful soul transcends physical beauty

I don’t want another pretty face   I don’t want just anyone to hold   I don’t want my love to go to waste   I want you and your beautiful soul That’s from Jesse McCartney’s 2004 chart topping love song summing up what a guy really should be looking for in a woman. But how can you […]

Online dating in Nigeria & Love-hate relationships

Love-hate relationships can be addictive.

Online dating is seen mostly as superficial, instantly gratifying exchanges. In that case, is it possible to still suffer from a fate more usually ascribed to regular offline dating – the well known love-hate relationship? Well, yes. For reasons otherwise difficult to fathom, the allure of a love-hate relationships can be baffling. One minute it’s […]

The Peter Principle: Why casual relationships don’t mean marriage

Casual relationships and the Peter Principle.

Say that we’re forevermore That’s not what I’m looking for All I can commit to is maybe. Lyrics from the 1998 smash hit “Crush” by Jennifer Paige. Note, she’s waiving a hug red flag in the air about exactly what she’s (not) expecting from the clearly casual relationship. Yet, if our guy is like your […]

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