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Keeping your cool seems like a Herculean task. You want moral support from your significant other. Whether you say it out loud or not, meeting your prospective in-laws can be THE most tactically frightening thing you can face in your adult life (remember the movie Meet the Fockers?). You want everything to be perfect, but feelings of all kinds rush to the surface with no way out. Though the mind is running at a million miles per hour, there are a few common thoughts everyone has when faced with this make-it-or-break-it situation....

If you’re someone who can’t let go of the past, then you know that the crazy part about being stuck is that you’re self-aware enough to know that you need to move on but you just can’t seem to do it. It feels like you’re in quicksand where you can’t do anything to help yourself and you have to wait for someone else to come and rescue you. Well, we’re here to tell you that this isn’t true....

The wedding season is in the air. A stack of invitation cards waits on my desk. I log in to Facebook and happy couples smile at me from dreamlike pre-wedding videos. I wonder: Do they always remain this happy? One peek into my own parents’ lives and everything gets clear. That’s true; every new couple of the present is a bickering old couple of the future. It doesn’t take a genius to observe that the charm and good spirit of the newlyweds don’t always stick around....

A 2008 study by David Schmidt suggests that high extroversion often leads to a lack of relationship exclusivity and highlights you as someone on short-term grounds. Coming on too strong to a guy or girl unknowingly might scare them away. Hence, it’s vital to be mindful of the signs that you might be coming on too strong, especially in a budding romance. We are here to tell you what exactly those signs are and what you can do to break this pattern in consultation with counseling psychologist Anuradha Satyanarayana Prabhudesai, founder of Disha Counseling Center, who specializes in CBT/REBT techniques to help people reconnect with themselves and work on their behavioral patterns....

She gets angry and frustrated easily and you feel that she is just finding reasons to stay away from you or bail on meeting you. She keeps pulling away and you don’t really know what’s wrong. I’m sure there are many doubts plaguing your mind at this point. If only the answer was short and simple. Let’s talk about the possible reasons your girlfriend is ignoring you, and what you can do in this situation....

Well, human nature is inconsistent, even about major life decisions like divorce. So yes, it is entirely possible that there are concrete signs your wife is changing her mind about divorce. With the help of psychotherapist Sampreeti Das (Master in Clinical Psychology and Ph.D. Researcher), who specializes in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Holistic and Transformational Psychotherapy, we’ve rounded up some signs your wife is rethinking divorce and is open to giving your marriage another chance....

If one had to pick out the one female protagonist who broke away from this claustrophobic stereotyping and set the trend rolling for raw and real characters, it’d be Vidya Balan’s portrayal of Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture. Despite the fact that the movie riddled with dialogues like ‘Mujhe jo chahiye uska maza sirf raat ko aata hai’, moans and humps, a lot of cleavage, sex, cigarettes, alcohol came under the scanner for its bold content and raised more than a few eyebrows, its runway success at the box office was a telling sign of the audience’s readiness to embrace the depiction of female sexuality....

I’ve been a widow of over 3 years, with no sexual pleasure. No, don’t get me wrong. There were many who hounded me, desired me, fancied me, chased me and most of all, the friends of my expired husband. I was taken by surprise how my world had changed as I wore a white saree after my husband’s sudden untimely death. We had our shares of ups and downs, good, bad and ugly moments filled with laughter and tears....

“Empty your mind,” he droned in a soporific tone designed to help us meditate. My inner voice weighed in, “I hope the tailor does a good job with my dress. Wasn’t he supposed to give me my clothes yesterday evening?” “Think of the deep blue sky; imagine lying flat on a plain stretch of lush green grass and silence for company.” My thoughts went to my yet-to-be-planned holiday. “Goodness, I hope it is not too late to book a holiday....

When we think of heartbreak, it’s most often in abstract terms. Perhaps, the image that pops in the mind when you think of a broken heart is the ideographic heart symbol with a cracked line running through. After all, love, attraction, passion all stem from the brain, not the heart, the realist in you may say. So, how can the heart break when you suffer a romantic loss? However, a broken heart can lead to actual cardiac consequences....

Can A Girl Have A Guy Best Friend And A Boyfriend? Things between us are completely platonic and we have helped each other through many girlfriends and boyfriends. I have been dating my work colleague for 6 months now and he is uncomfortable with our friendship even though we have no past together. Do you end up losing guy friends when you get a boyfriend? Do boyfriends get jealous of guy friends?...

Loving yourself becomes a task in itself, especially when you’re busy pouring out unconditional love as a single mom. You’re so caught up in making up for the absent figure in your children’s lives that dating hardly comes across your mind. You might think of it as a luxury or a far off dream, given your current schedules. But believe us, it gets better. You need to allow things to fall into place and once they do, it would all be worth the wait....

The long-distance relationships statistics show that more than 58% long-distance relationships work. And respondents in the survey said that a long-distance relationship can be as fulfilling as a geographically close relationship. The survey shows that 50% people started their relationship online and 75% college students have been in long-distance relationships. Surviving a long-distance relationship for a long time can be agonising but thanks to video chats, a proper planning to meet at intervals and long distance-relationship activities that you can plan over time, people are successfully making long-distance relationships work....

Fortunately, where men are concerned, actions speak louder than words. They don’t always say the three magical words, instead, their feelings shine through in the little things they do for you. Notice the small gestures because those are the true signs he loves you. How To Tell If A Guy Loves You? 25 Undeniable Signs Studies suggest men fall in love faster than women. Yet, a lot of men find it difficult to emote or express their love....

All the signs she loves you won’t make a difference if you don’t know what you’re looking out for. Instead, you might end up overthinking all her social media stories for clues. No, the funny meme on being single she uploaded doesn’t mean anything. Does she love me? Does she like being with me? Should I just book our honeymoon tickets right now? – While we can’t help you with that last one, we do hope this list of signs she is madly in love with you will at least be able to answer a couple of your questions and clear your doubts....

The entire journey from deciding to get a divorce, and finally getting one can be quite an emotionally, physically, and financially taxing journey for all parties involved. The thought of these long drawn-out and difficult times is what keeps many couples from going through with the process. Effects Of Divorce On Adults Psychologically However, for those who do go through with their decision, there are some bad effects of divorce that they have experienced....

However, it can cause as much harm to your relationship and the psyche of the partner at the receiving as any of these other grave issues. If every time you make an effort to share your thoughts and emotions with your partner, they appear to be distant or uninterested, it’s the first red flag that emotional neglect has enveloped your married life. Being in an emotionally neglectful marriage can be a heartbreaking isolating experience....

One-sided love sucks. To feel deeply for someone and not have those feelings reciprocated is just too painful and tiring. How not to let it destroy you from the inside and fill you with self-doubt? After all, rejection has the power to crumble your self-esteem, only if you let it. So how to respond to rejection with dignity? For this, we talked to emotional wellness and mindfulness coach Pooja Priyamvada (certified in Psychological and Mental Health First Aid from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Sydney)....

And how can it not? Here you thought everything was going well and now you’re suddenly greeted with a single tick mark that won’t turn into two, so quite obviously your heart sinks to the floor faster than your self-esteem does. Ghosting in a relationship is bound to bring with it pain and insecurities. Read on to find out what ghosting in a relationship really means and how I dealt with being ghosted....

When the heart is with love-torn, To be with the beloved is the burning flame, And they often come together under a name. Some relationships, we hold no sway, Because they arrive naturally our way, By birth, arrangement or call it fate, Joy and sorrow, all in the plate. Yet some of the relationships are nameless, The one that society does not bless, But the partners therein do not bother, And they are often happy together....