If you rush early dating towards having sex, there’s not much mystery left.

“Open” relationships are limited, both in who enjoys them, and how long they ultimately last.

Bigotry forces a decision from each of us, even if it’s within your own family.

When you’ve met someone online, it’s only the beginning of getting to know a stranger.

After a devastating break-up, your need to heal yourself is primary.

Dating’s a phased process for building trust.

A crush elsewhere can be a turn-on at home, but an obsession can be dangerous for everyone.

Young people with troubled lives need to  maintain trust with their supportive family/friends.

Long distance can work, if you avoid insecurity and worrying through positive connecting.

When your safety’s threatened, leave first and weigh the relationship afterwards.

Post-divorce healing includes learning to avoid old patterns in your next choice of mate.

In-law issues should be approached with outreach, and a desire to rise above them, if possible.

A professor-student affair is risky for both sides, professionally and emotionally.

Demanding attention doesn’t work long-term, but compromising on personality styles can bind a couple together.

When growing differences erode a relationship, seek counselling, especially where children are involved.

Discuss ahead with visitors how they’ll handle their pets.

Understanding, sharing tasks, and providing emotional support can boost your sex like.

Lack of sex often signals a deeper relationship problem that needs resolving.

Alert to both parents: Divorce is hard enough on kids without making the transition period more divisive.

Let those who befriend your ex learn about him for themselves.

If you want to keep family/friends, avoid judging their relationships.

Crossing lines on emotions or respect endanger relationships.

If you want a divorce, get informed about the issues; don’t expect your partner to handle it for you.

Parental “approval” has to be re-won through taking responsibility for some poor past choices.

Enjoy your fantasies but don’t suggest sexual role-playing that frightens your partner.

Safeguard the important role of being a grandparent by not badmouthing the children’s parent(s), or interfering unless needed in a true crisis.

Communication goes beyond saying No to sex, and calls for coming to mutual understanding.

“Love at first sight” is a wondrous meeting of mutual attraction, opportunity, and readiness for love.

When a relationship reflects a pattern that was already negative, look closer.

If unhappy in a marriage with children, you can save heartache for many by seeking counselling before resorting to cheating.

Relationships require periodic “check-ups” and pro-active strategies to stay connected.

When an adult child’s behaviour’s intolerable, disengage.

Major differences of faith and family styles call for a couple to think through how far they can compromise.

An adult can make personal changes, but still can’t change others.

Leaving someone you love should be a last resort, after trying a process of professional help.

Confront a cheating partner’s guilt and depression by insisting on individual counselling for him/her, for everyone’s sake.

If an elephant in the room is blocking your sex life, expose and discuss it together.

Dating’s a process of learning, plus a view into another’s life without rushing into a relationship.

When planning parenthood, finding trust and security with a partner is as important as finding love.

Escaping an unhappy marriage through an illicit affair doesn’t give your children a happier environment.

Marrying and having children requires knowing yourself, plus loving deeply.

A deadline to start dating seriously can delay meeting someone special or cause a too-rushed romance.

It’s better to risk telling a best friend about your love, than to lose him or her by staying silent.

The work of marriage starts anew post-affair, but does have a chance.

A good relationship thrives when there’s creativity in the face of routines, as well as in resolving issues.

A good couple relationship requires agreed approaches to problems, mutual values, and willingness to compromise.

If you accepted abuse in the past, you need a boost in self-esteem before dating again.

A divorced parent needs healthy boundaries with adult children that allow a next relationship to be peaceful and fair.

There are stages of a separation to work through, rather than live in the past.

Men and women in relationships are generally capable of sharing and/or dividing 95% of the “roles” involved.