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The Monogamous, Monotonous Marriage

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The Monogamous, Monotonous Marriage

Long-term relationships suffer from one main issue: Predictability. For some, predictable can mean security and comfort, and those aren’t bad things. But predictable also brings about routine without variance and more importantly without excitement. For those who haven’t done their own work and have transitioned to seeking/finding their value externally, this is a recipe for disaster. It’s simple math: Predictability, comfort and routine make people forget why they fell in love in the first place.

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Ask Charles: "Should I Forgive My Fiancé's One-Time Fling?"

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Ask Charles: "Should I Forgive My Fiancé's One-Time Fling?"

"My fiancé went out with his friends last week and they ended up talking to a group of women. One of them made a pass at him. It turns out she is a past model for Playboy. He ended up sleeping with her. He confessed the whole thing and told me he was really sorry. You're a man, Charles. Would YOU have done it? And do I forgive him?"

Can men and women be friends... only?

Can men and women be friends... only?

Platonic relationships. Can a man and a woman just be friends, without sex entering into the mix? I asked a number of people from all walks of life—including a number of relationship and dating experts—and the responses have been very interesting.
 
Of the 100+ people I spoke with / received responses from, many claimed their were in relationships—close relationships—with members of the opposite sex… and have never crossed the line into romantic territory. But what about primal instincts? What about when one or both do enter a romantic relationship?

Divorce-proof your marriage

Divorce-proof your marriage

Divorce is all the rage. Prenumps, Hollywood-style relationships that end after 72 days... the notion that marriage is a temporary institution isn't new. Sociologist and futurist Alvin Toffler wrote the best-seller Future Shock in 1970, and with matter-of-fact conviction, he wrote of the rising trend of "trial" or "temporary marriages"—first marriages of young people, lasting three months to three years, and of "serial marriages" that would take place after the dissolution of the "trial marriage," happening at specific turning points in people's lives.