“How do we meet each other's deep emotional need to feel loved? If we can learn to do that and choose to do it, then the love that we share will be exciting beyond anything we ever felt when we were infatuated” - Dr Gary Chapman, 'The 5 Love Languages' The languages...
Girl’s Guide to Dealing with Difficult Mother-in-Law
A man’s mother will always have a special place in his heart, but his wife always takes the first chair. With that premise in mind, it’s easier to deal with the emotional stress that comes when dealing with difficult in-laws, especially vindictive and controlling...
Dating for Professionals in Sydney and Canberra
Dating for Professionals in Sydney and Canberra Finding love in a quality relationship can be difficult for anyone, but dating for professionals is especially challenging. Climbing the corporate ladder and achieving career goals can be rewarding and fun, but for many...
How to Deal With Dates That Don’t Meet Your Expectations
Whether you've met someone by chance or arranged a date through an introduction agency, it can be devastating when you're left disappointed. Whether you just didn't feel chemistry with the guy or his idea of a date left you feeling bored to tears, here are some tips...
What to Do With a Man Who Comes on Too Strong or Acts Too Timid
Ideally, a first date should involve a good balance between the needs and preferences of both parties. However, even when you're well-matched through a dating agency, you may find yourself dealing with men who either come on way too strong or seem incredibly timid....
Five Questions to Avoid on a First Date With a Man
While it's good to have a spontaneous approach to first dates and let the conversation flow naturally, there are certain subjects that are almost guaranteed to ruin the mood or create the wrong impression. Here are the five major questions you try your hardest to...
Surviving the Holidays: 6 Tips for Introducing Your Significant Other to Family
Navigating a new relationship is difficult. Besides getting to know the person, you have to determine the pace and define your relationship. This time of year, couples struggle with an extra complication—the inevitable introduction to family members. As you plan for...
How to Recover After a Bad Date
Bad dates happen to everyone. You go out on a date, and everything falls flat. The conversation starts awkward and stays that way all night long. Maybe something embarrassing happens, like spilling wine all over your best formal wear. Or maybe everything went well,...
How to survive – and even fall in love with – Valentine’s Day
Hearts are blooming in flower shops and stationery stores, supermarkets are dripping in chocolates and restaurants are filling with tables for two. If the calendar hasn’t already alerted you, walking down the street will: it’s Valentine’s Day again and if you’re...
3 Keys for First Date Success
3 Keys for First Date Success Does any of this sound familiar on your first date? Forced conversation Awkward silences Eyes darting around the room Uncomfortable fidgeting Playing with food Desperately waiting for the bill So what are the keys to first date success?...
Benefits of Partnership
Popular culture would have us believe that it is the young lady who is desperate to get married “before it’s too late”. This is an especially funny situation when you consider that most studies show that, overall, men benefit from marriage than women do. Both married...
How to seduce a man
How to seduce a man Finding and winning a man is not a hunter and prey situation, but sometimes it can feel that way. The happy fact is, there really are a lot of terrific guys out there. An even happier realisation is that one of them, or perhaps even several of them...