Relationships

Every relationship should be built on the foundation of trust, duh, as are couples each responsible for honoring and upholding that trust. Where you define the basis of trust in your relationship is entirely between you and your partner. So if you and your partner are totally cool keeping your mula separate (as "private" information) from one another, and this not be a detriment to relationship trust, then cool beans. Yet being in a relationship, we have to be willing to find that middle, common ground between transparency and trust. Because, at the end of the day, a lack of transparency is a lack of trust.

7 Subtle ways relationship trust can be broken or lost

We all know by now that trust is the easiest to lose, and the hardest to regain. And in relationships trust is easily and most obviously broken by things like deceit (lying, dishonesty, secrecy) and infidelity (cheating, disloyalty), but what about the not-so -obvious? The subtle ways trust can be lost or broken in relationships

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Before deep-diving into this post, I first came up with a brief, rough-draft list. This list mounted well into the 20-something, yet I narrowed it down to the top 10 uncomfortable reasons you should not get married. Eeek.

10 Uncomfortable reasons you should not get married

Before deep-diving into this post, I first came up with a brief, rough-draft list. This list mounted well into the 20-something, yet I narrowed it down to the top 10 uncomfortable reasons you should not get married. Eeek. BUT, this post really isn’t all you think it will be. When I say uncomfortable reasons, what

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Ask yourself the hard, pivotal post-breakup question when it comes to relationships: what does closure mean to me? And really, be frank, don't hold back. Because that's what this post is about - figuring out what it can actually mean to want closure, and maybe even closure you didn't get.

Do you want closure or redemption in a relationship?

Ask yourself the hard, pivotal post-breakup question when it comes to relationships: what does closure mean to me? And really, be frank, don’t hold back. Because that’s what this post is about – figuring out what it can actually mean to want closure, and maybe even closure you didn’t get. The hard truth is, on

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People too often forget that communicating your dating boundaries is about what you want and don't want.; setting boundaries with others is about honoring what you need, not driving or pushing people away. Otherwise, how does someone know they are stepping on your toes if you aren't communicating that to them? Throw in the fact you're dating someone new - there's this assumed expectation that you're simply supposed to go with the flow and be easy-going.

How to communicate your DATING boundaries [75+ examples]

People too often forget that communicating your dating boundaries is about what you want and don’t want.; setting boundaries with others is about honoring what you need, not driving or pushing people away. Otherwise, how does someone know they are stepping on your toes if you aren’t communicating that to them? Throw in the fact

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