Routine sex often reflects a routine life… both need romance and spontaneity.

Serious marital problems can benefit from positive strategies, but not imaginary rescues.

If you use the “L” word to try getting it said back to you, you may be setting yourself up for relationship insecurity. 

Adjustments to marriage and babies are harder on some women, who want understanding/help more than sex.

Mother-daughter relationships are often very sensitive, yet deeply desired.

Someone’s excess porn watching does NOT mean you’re disappointing him/her sexually.

If an “incident” could harm your marriage, tell your partner before someone else does!

Instead of putting up with fights when dating, look closer at why you’re together.

An Emotional Affair can be more devastating to the “committed” relationship than a sexual affair.

Weddings can create in-law conflicts. If hostilities persist, develop your own married life without them.

Bullying a partner about weight often perpetuates an unhealthy dynamic between them.

Don’t agree to be “just friends,” when you want more.

Think hard about how much family exclusion you can handle, before making it happen.

When in-law conflicts are harmful to your immediate family, end contact.

When you know a relationship’s over, don’t blame someone else for ending it, do it yourself.

Fantasy isn’t a fair way out of a marriage. A partner deserves honesty and communication. 

It’s a lot easier to “commit” when major relationship hurdles have been addressed openly.

Some “commitment issues” are about the relationship itself, not one person’s psychological block.

When a partner has strong needs, the decision is about what YOU can handle.

New moms need to bond with baby, and get professional help if needed.

Even seniors experienced in relationships need thoughtful, realistic managing of new ones.

Family/friends in nursing homes need your visits and oversight more than ever.

If you mentally slap the label of “No Hope” on your relationship, it’s a manipulative set-up that guarantees the marriage’s demise. 

Addictions aren’t overcome by promises, but by doing the work for oneself.

If you use a dating site, don’t expect instant miracle matches or love at first email.

Be aware that many friends can’t take too much re-hashing of a romance that’s over.

Instead of resenting offensive workplace odours, discuss solutions with your co-worker.

Stress-induced weight gain, and libido are couples’ issues to confront together.

Young relationships need room to grow, without pressure to make future plans.

It’s not the dating site, but how you use it.

Dating Sites help you meet people, but without guarantees.

Marrying someone with children requires understanding former commitments, and structuring new plans. 

A cheater must end contact with his/her ex-lover, to stay in the marriage.

Insist to parent who cheated that he/she can’t mess with grandchildren’s feelings.

Staying miserable “for the kids” usually keeps them in a miserable environment.

When medical issues interfere with sex, do the research on all factors, and possibilities.

Instead of keeping score on who’s initiating sex, couples need to start talking openly, without blame.

Explore the many ways to feel intimate with your partner, even in later years.

Staying in a sexless marriage is sometimes a choice for other benefits.

Choosing virginity should be based on personal values, not overwhelming fears.

Take intense personal troubles to experienced advisors, not casual friends.

If a relationship issue feels like a deal-breaker, say so.

In long-distance romances, don’t let emotions/fantasy override caution, until repeated meetings.

Colleagues’ customary hugs are only worrisome if someone makes them so.

Learn to fight fair, or you’ll be repeatedly enmeshed in power struggles.

Seek a workable solution to a co-worker’s smoke-smelly presence.

A partner, who arbitrarily withdraws sex, is selfish and unloving.

Getting to know another’s family and friends helps you become a couple.

Fallback plans only work with a fresh start as move-forward plans.

Couples can survive cheating if it’s discussed openly, and considered a mistake by both.