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  • Is it Just about Sex?

    'Well, is it?' you ask! Read more, find out.

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  • Dating as a Single Parent

    Tricia Morris lost the love of her life in 1991 when her husband, Steve, died of cancer.

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  • Destructive Relationships

    One of the deepest and most pressing needs for humanity is to have trusting, fulfilling relationships--so much so that some people are willing to settle for second best. Take a minute to think about relationships you have had or those you have now. Do these relationships build you up by encouraging you and affirming you as a person or are these relationships soul draining, energy zapping and leaving you with feelings of resentment, depression, hopelessness, frustration, guilt, shame and being used?

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  • Taming the Control Freak

    Do know someone who flips out if you spill something on the floor, takes credit for your successes, loses it because a pen is missing from the pen jar on their desk, knows exactly how everything should be done and has no problem telling you, invades your privacy, or is so organized they would heckle Martha Stewart for being sloppy? If you answered yes to more than one of these questions, you probably are or know a control freak according to Dr. Les Parrott, founder and co-director of the Center for Relationship Development on the campus of Seattle Pacific University and author of The Control Freak.

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  • First comes love, then comes...cohabitation?

    First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes junior in a baby carriage. This familiar ditty describes a sequence of events that is increasingly rare. For many adults today, first comes love, then comes living together, and for the majority, a heartbreaking split that all too often involves children.

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  • Waiting to Marry

    Not too long ago people tended to marry in their early twenties. Now the average marrying age is 27 for males and 25 for females. Why is this? Why are people waiting so long to marry? And is it helping or hurting their chances of success in marriage?

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  • The College Scene: Hooking Up and Hanging Out

    An 18-month study found that lots of women are signing up for Husband 101 in college, but aren't showing up for class. The study found that eighty-three percent of college women agreed that "Being married is a very important goal for me," and sixty-three percent agreed that "I would like to meet my future husband in college."

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  • Finding Your Soul Mate

    Mike and Martha Payne have been married more than 40 years.

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  • Domestic Violence

    Rebecca Cruz was eighteen when she started dating a "wonderful guy." After dating for a year she decided she should move in with him.

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  • Bringing Out the Best in Relationships

    How many times have you as a spouse, parent, in-law or friend thought, "If he/she would recognize that I am right and change, our lives would be much better?"

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  • But, I Love Him

    During a recent interview on a popular talk show, country music star, Mindy McCready talked about being in a domestic violence situation with her boyfriend. In spite of episodes of violence with her boyfriend, she told the audience that she continues to see him and is currently pregnant with his child. When the talk show host asked why she stayed with him, Ms. McCready said she still loved him.

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  • Online Dating

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