Relationship Tips

A newly minted 'big brother' acts up at home
Washington Post
We have a five-year age difference, and a tumultuous relationship fraught with bickering and general dislike. I now feel bad about telling my mother. I feel like a tattletale. I smoked pot intermittently for a while in high school, so it's not like I'm …
Amy Dickinson: New big brother needs plenty of praiseDetroit Free Press

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Pregnancy guide imperative to some, irritating to others
Winnipeg Free Press
Our relationship was needy, dysfunctional and co-dependent, filled with breakups, ultimatums and desperate, furtive 3 am reconciliations. Sometimes the book was controlling and difficult, the tut-tutting tone particularly bad when it came to food.

Hookups, Breakups & Babies – May 14, 2012
Zimbio
According to recent relationship rumors he does — and not just one at a time. The 25-year-old rapper has been linked to two ladies recently and both of them have at least a decade on him. The first alleged gal pal is 36-year-old actress Rashida Jones.

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Tips for breakups in workplace
AZ Central.com
"Take the lid off while you are in your personal hours and really experience what you need to experience to let the relationship go," Bolden says. Make a conscious effort to revise how you think about your ex, so that you can deal with the breakup in a …

Queen's speech: families bill promises flexibility and justice for parents
The Guardian
More flexible leave for parents, father-friendly access arrangements following relationship breakups, faster adoption processes and better help for special needs pupils will be included in a new children and families bill, designed to be a central …

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10 breakup blunders you can avoid
The Express Tribune (blog)
Your friends can assess your relationship impartially. They may not buy your re-vamped version of the breakup or your idea of the 'perfect love', but they'll give you the reality check you desperately need at that time.

'cuddle pill' could reduce number of break-ups
Belfast Telegraph
Researchers have revealed that a proposed pill containing chemicals that enhance and inhibit certain hormones could lower the number of divorces and relationship break-ups. The tablet, dubbed the 'love pill' if developed would contain 'cuddle …

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Breakups Can Cause You To Lose 8 Friends, Says Survey
Huffington Post
Going through a breakup is hard enough — but what if it costs you your friends as well as your love interest? According to a new survey, men and women lose up to eight friends when they end a long-term relationship — three friends of their ex-partner …

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Ask Amy: As expiration date nears, relationship spoils
Washington Post
Breakups don't generally work this way, even when there is an “expiration date.” Breaking up now would only be seen as selfish if you truly believed that the prospect of your boyfriend spending another three months with you (while you watch the clock …

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Leber: Messy breakups cause problems for friends
Chattanooga Times Free Press
I'll use my last breakup, in 2000, as an example: He treated me badly, and I subsequently took up with another man behind his back. Neither of us behaved admirably. Fortunately, it was a long-distance relationship, so we really didn't have mutual …