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What is the right etiquette to handle divorce on social media when you’re going through a divorce? Can your social media behavior add to the stresses of an ongoing divorce battle and take a toll on your mental health? How essential is it to set social media boundaries in marriage, even if it’s a failing one? In this article, Shazia Saleem (Masters in Psychology), who specializes in separation and divorce counseling, answers many such questions to help you understand how to handle the volatile mix of divorce and social media in a dignified manner so that it doesn’t take a toll on your emotional and mental well-being....

An adult can choose to live with or without a narcissist, and it is up to that adult to decide whether or not to weather the storm(s). What about the children, the sons, and daughters, living with a narcissistic parent? They have no choice in remaining with the narcissist and are ready victims for his abuse as they have neither the knowledge nor the power to defend themselves. How do they develop and do Narcissists raise Narcissists?...

Over time, Shikha and the guy became really close. They are emotionally intimate, and yet are completely free of any burden of jealousy and ownership. They feel comfortable spilling their guts to each other because they feel they don’t have anything to lose. They share with each other their previous relationships, their fantasies, their heartbreaks. “Once, he told me about a long, complicated affair he had with his neighbour and I am the only one who knows about it,” said Shikha....

And yet, people persist in using the term ‘wifey material’ with all its misguided connotations. If I can’t dissuade you from using the term, allow me to fix a few stereotypes you’ve been loving. I’m here with these 9 things commonly mistaken to be wifey material. Pay heed to what’s coming next, and don’t mistake these signs to be wifey material signs. Your bubble is going to burst, and your notions are about to get thrown out the window!...

If left unresolved, these pent-up emotional issues can be detrimental to your physical, emotional, and mental health as well as your most intimate relationships. For example, if you felt abandoned by your primary caregivers in your childhood or a past romantic partner ended their relationship with you without extending you the courtesy of a proper conversation, let alone closure, the fear of abandonment and a sense of insecurity can become so deeply ingrained that you it begins to impact the way you handle your future relationships....

But when does it go from good, healthy venting to straight-up toxic emotional dumping? How do you tell the difference, and are there signs to watch out for? Most importantly, how do we set boundaries and guard against letting emotional dumping drain us completely? How do we do this without losing friendships and other important relationships? That’s a lot of questions, and since they’re all valid, we decided to make our way to an expert....

We are talking couples who have been living together for decades not just a few months or years. After being together for that long, these couples kind of imprint on each other and begin to look alike. No. Not mirror image alike. But enough for them to remind us of each other. As per an experiment conducted by psychologist Robert Zajonc from the University of Michigan, couples had grown to look like each other over a period of time....

Marriages can turn into the stuff of nightmares at times. Unfortunately, you get so attuned to trying to make it work that you ignore the neon signs your marriage is over. Counselor Shazia Saleem, who specializes in divorce and separations, helps us understand these red flags. When Should You Really Consider Giving Up On Marriage? Everyone wants their marriage to last forever. As a result, when a person faces any crisis in their relationship, their knee-jerk reaction is to work on it....

Are Online Friends Real Friends? It all started off while chatting on Facebook. Yes, me. I never thought I’d be the one to find friends online or even consider something like Facebook dating. I didn’t even know how to find internet friends! But she was a special snowflake. She came into my life and I didn’t even realize how it happened. She simply was a part of my life one day and I knew I couldn’t imagine it without her anymore....

Flirting is behaving like you are sexually attracted to someone but in a very harmless way. That sideways look, that loaded text, that hand going to the hair are flirting signs that can’t be missed (but some men still miss it though.) Not everyone is cut out for flirting but if you want to learn the art of flirting then maybe you can check our flirting tips for beginners. Flirting Tips For Beginners – Men How men flirt is a bit different from how women flirt....

Not all sex is the same, even if it’s with the same person. Sometimes it is vanilla, sometimes it is kinky. Sometimes it is horny and sometimes it is slow and prolonged. But you need to know the distinction between having sex (f**king) and lovemaking. These are actually different ways of connecting sexually. 1. About you or your partner Fking or having sex is all about you while making love is about your partner....

Are you recently married or going to get hitched super soon? Well, spoiler alert: the honeymoon is the best thing about the whole process. But you want to be prepared to not run into any last-minute issues. Check out the following honeymoon packing list to make sure that you are set and ready for your romantic getaway. Honeymoon Packing List For Couples Weddings are never-ending fairy tales. First comes the rush of the planning, then comes the big wedding, and just when you thought your days of fun and frolic are over, you have to get ready for your life after the wedding that starts with the honeymoon....

Click here to read: Lord Krishna proved pride and jealousy have no place in a relationship. Once upon a time, I met a guy and we started out as friends and then fell in love. While that may sound wonderful and in many ways it was, we both carried baggage from our previous relationships. We were both cheated on but each handled it differently. I didn’t internalise the infidelity so I entered the relationship in a much more positive note than my ex did....

A few weeks ago, I published a poll on Instagram, asking users what kind of book they would buy. They had the following three options: A book that would help them better understand relationships;A book that would help them build the best, most attractive version of themselves;Or a book that would teach them to build the life of their dreams. The majority of people answered they would buy a book that explained to them how to build the most attractive version of themselves....

Second, hickeys don’t last long. Like any other bruising, hickeys resolve on their own. All you need is some patience to wait for them to fade away. However, if for some reason you can’t wear your hickey like a badge of honor, flaunting your recent exploits, there are ways to speed along the process of making it disappear. And if that’s what you’re looking for, keep reading to learn how to treat hickeys....

Lust and love sometimes do not go hand in hand. Men often have a short span of attention and are not built for long-term attraction. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you, it just means that with you looking fabulous and being wonderful all the time, they seem to stop wanting you like they used to. And you could be thinking how do I make a guy obsessed with me?...

The feeling of being loved is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? It is after all, beautiful to be in love. However, the experience can be all-consuming and make you feel like you can tackle anything. Yet, expressing these feelings, especially for the first time, can sometimes be more challenging than it seems. It can be quite difficult to come up with the right words to express your feelings to a lover but don’t worry....

I am Divya, a successful HR professional-turned-homemaker and this is my story of how I came to feeling trapped in my marriage. Falling in love with a charming young man named Alok in college happened so efortlessly. He was so attractive and said all the right things. I fell for him too fast and we even decided to get married. Marrying him was even more thrilling than the coveted job that I secured in a top telecom company....

I have been married for one year now and my husband is still in touch with his girlfriend. They are still not ready to forget each other. They still meet. When I ask him, he says, ‘you were aware that I like her, why did you agree to marry me! Now don’t expect anything from me.’ Both of them tried a lot to torture me mentally before marriage but I anyhow managed to get married, because I couldn’t wait for karma to punish them....

In the last few years, I’ve been in many cities, for the nature of my job is such that I go to one place, set up a process for a few months or improve it and then move on. On a personal front it doesn’t help, for I ended up with many sleeping partners (and people call me a player even) but no one, in particular, was there for me on the emotional front....