I Think He Had Something Else In Mind

From JR Raphael at TechCult:

Normal dating may have its downsides, but at least you don’t regularly encounter crazy wenches who duct tape their dogs to your bathtub…then threaten you with BBs. That’s just the pickle one guy found himself facing when he made the mistake of trying to score from the depths of the virtual dimension.

(read Virtual Dating, Real Disaster…)

Good relationship advice from a business journal

Donal Griffin at The Australian Business provides some tips on surviving the financial ramifications of a relationship split.

Financial Infidelity

From Don’t Date Him Girl.com

According to a survey conducted by online money moving giant Paypal last year, money is the No.1 issue couples fight about. It tears relationships apart. Not surprisingly, some couples employ a not-so-useful strategy to ease the conflict – they commit financial infidelity. Is this a new-fangled type of betrayal, you ask? In a word, yes.

Financial infidelity is the act of lying, deceiving or being otherwise dishonest about finances. So what are the signs?

(read Is Your Guy Committing Financial Infidelity…)

Extramarital Affairs: You Hate to Spy But You Want to Know

by Daryl Campbell

You wish the feelings would go away. You also do a pretty good job of beating yourself up over your suspicions. But there is no getting around it. You want to know.

(read Extramarital Affairs: You Hate to Spy…)

Dreaming of divorce

By her own admission Ellen Tien is happily married. Has been for 16 years. That doesn’t stop her from thinking about divorce everyday. What’s going on?

(read Dreaming of divorce…)

Relationship Tip: 3 Ways to Mess Up Your Relationship

by Daryl Campbell

Tired of that great healthy relationship you are enjoying? Looking to screw it up royally? Then by all means try these tips…

(read 3 Ways to Mess Up Your Relationship…)

Infidelity in women

Ria at AfroRomance :

He was one of the good guys … the kind that cleans the house and all the things women expect their husbands to do. Turns out he was one of those married guys who lie about an affair with a woman who produced his campaign videos and only came clean after being cornered by the media.

Well, that is John Edwards cheating on his wife with Rielle Hunter. And much as the wife already knew about the affair, she stood by his side during the campaign.

Why do we always hear about high-status men’s infidelities but rarely get that about women? Is it easier for men to cheat?

(read Infidelity in women…)

Long Deployments Can Fray Faithful Ties

A long drawn out war can take a toll on any relationship. Iraq has been no different. From The Fayettesville Observer circa Military.com

Despite the Army’s efforts to provide therapy and programs, cheating continues. But therapists, chaplains and other experts say it isn’t more prevalent in the Army than in any other segment of our community.

“We can look at it as an Army command issue,” said Dr. Jerry Powell, a retired Army chaplain who runs a family life center off post, “but it really comes down to a husband-and-wife issue.”

(read Long Deployments Can Fray Faithful Ties…)

It’s all Elizabeth Edwards’ “fault”

Theresa Hogue has a written a post about how some critics are blaming Elizabeth Edwards for her husband’s infidelity. Weird how it’s always the wife’s fault.

(read the Blame game…)

Relationship Tip – Women Love Us But

by Daryl Campbell

No one can fully understand romance or human compatibility. It is what it is but that does not mean women love everything about us. In fact the majority could really do well without the following

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