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EVERY couple who is getting serious (or just every person who needs some personal insight) needs to read and do the questionaire in The Five Love Languages. Holy crap, that explains so freakin' much. Genius.
EVERY couple who is getting serious (or just every person who needs some personal insight) needs to read and do the questionaire in The Five Love Languages. Holy crap, that explains so freakin' much. Genius.
My best relationship advice came from my wacky, wild Grandmother: she worked as a prostitute for 20 years, was married 10 times (9 of her husbands died under suspicious circumstances), the last one she's still married to, but he always looks so drop-dead tired! Can fall asleep right during the middle of uttering a sentence! Sex-sex-sex was all she could think about! My poor Grampa!
And he knows from history, if he doesn't give it to her......................!
My best relationship advice came from my wacky, wild Grandmother: she worked as a prostitute for 20 years, was married 10 times (9 of her husbands died under suspicious circumstances), the last one she's still married to, but he always looks so drop-dead tired! Can fall asleep right during the middle of uttering a sentence! Sex-sex-sex was all she could think about! My poor Grampa!
And he knows from history, if he doesn't give it to her......................!
When your partner slowly/suddenly loses interest in having sex with you, shoot em between the eyes! Twice!
I got some interesting relationship advice from an uncle.
It's called the three "F"s
It it flys - floats - or f*cks, lease it, don't buy.
He was a pilot, fisherman and liked women. The lease option has left him with alot more money in his old age than he would have if he had ever purchased any of those things.
The advice I heard too late and may not have paid any attention to it when I was young is:
Don't marry the youngest sibling, she has been spoiled all her life and if you don't continue to spoil her, she will make your life miserable. This goes right along with "don't marry a woman who's mother is someone you couldn't or wouldn't want to be married to, because she could be just like her mother". I better stop here...
This is to piggyback on another thread, talking about the worst relationship advice. Here is mine
- When a man loves you, you'll know. When he doesn't, you'd be confused. Every.single.time I have been confused in a relationship, the man did not love me. Every time.
-The Rules- Now this book usually gets a bad rap and I am not saying I listen to every single advice (too strict). But, it works for me. Every single time I initiate contact with a guy or do too much for a guy, it never works. When I ignore a guy or play hard too get, it works like a charm. However, I must say that it probably works on a certain type of guy... the alpha guy I am most attracted to. This probably won't work on a beta male.
-He is just not that into you- This is self explanatory. Basically if you have to rack your brain or make excuses for a guy, HE IS JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU.
Now even though I am aware of these things, I slip occasionally, particularly when I meet a devastatingly handsome guy. Let's just say I temporarily lose my mind. I am wondering if I need to tattoo these pointers on me so I don't forget.
What are yours?
1. Is He Mr. Right? by Mira Kirshenbaum. Written for straignt women, but 90% is applicable to anyone. I am convinced most of us are clueless about how to look for a mate. I would make this book required reading for high school graduation if I could.
2. I also second The 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman.
Are You the One for Me by Barbara DeAngelis. Cuts through the myths and nonsense to get to the core of compatibility.
I have to admit I don't have a lot of respect for Barbara DeAngelis. She's been married around 4 times. I read the book a long time ago, and it had some good stuff, but much better stuff has been written since.
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