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Couples Camping
There comes a time in every relationship when you need to unplug and reconnect with the one you love. The opportunity to tune into each other and seek out the person you fell in love with. Sometimes the life of others can trick the mind into thinking you are missing something in your relationship. You start placing unrealistic expectations on each other because you believe these are the actions or things you should receive. Unplugging forces you to look at your relationship and find the characteristics that drew you to your person from the very beginning. Excursions like camping remove the outside world and place you in a secluded place where you only…
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Valentine’s Day Fun Ideas
Looking for some fun, different, out of the ordinary Valentine’s Day ideas? Well, you have come to the right place. Lately, we have had to become very creative with how we spend our time and entertain ourselves. Trying to stay healthy in a world that thrives off of social interactions and intimate gatherings has been challenging. Not to mention how do you date or meet your potential husband/wife when you must stay away from everyone? Well hopefully the love connections don’t stop and we are finding ways to find love, fall in love, and stay in love. These ideas I have for a fun Valentine’s Day are new ideas to me. It is…
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Letting Go and Welcoming New Love
Why do we punish ourselves with past relationship baggage? Why do we block ourselves from the good fortune of a new healthy relationship? It is simple we choose not to let go of what we lost or gave up. Not every relationship is meant to be. We try to convince ourselves that this is the one because we have devoted so much of our time to it and in some cases we don’t have much time to check off all the boxes of what society tells us is the “ideal relationship”. I attended a conference last year and met this woman who was in her 50’s and she was telling me that at…
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I Love You, but…
All to often relationships end with this saying “I love you, but…”. But what, I’m not in love with you, I don’t want to marry you, I want to explore other opportunities, I’m moving out of state to pursue my dreams, I don’t want children, I’ve met someone else, or we don’t want the same things so I need to move on. Can you really love someone and want to leave the relationship? Absolutely! Familiarity, security, and comfort creates a space of love and a feeling of expectance. Those are things we all want to feel in a relationship, but at what cost? Ask yourself the question what is your ultimate goal in…
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7 ways to stay in love during the quarantine
First I would just like to wish everyone health and happiness during this time in our world. We are all dealing with the heartbreak, uncertainty, and stress of this change in our times. Stay positive, keep positive vibes around you, and don’t forget to share the love no matter the distance. Now, if you are like most of the world and you are required to stay home, being quarantined with the ones you love may have started out as a great opportunity to reconnect with your family, but by week 2 you may have started to get a bit of cabin fever. When stuck in a place with your significant other, with no…
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What is Dating? Why Date?
What is dating and what are my boundaries? Believe it or not this question comes up many times among my single friends. The argument is when dating someone is it necessary to tell that person you are seeing other people or should they just know? Another question is, does dating mean you are dating multiple people or being exclusive? If dating, does that mean intimacy is a part of that? Last question, Why is dating necessary? Now true enough I have not dated in many many years and I am no expert by any means but I do have some insight or maybe an opinion is a better word on this topic. First…
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5 Couples Date Night Outings
Every couple needs a date night once or twice a month, but what about a date night with other couples? If you are one of the lucky ones who have couples who you consider friends and fun to hang out with you will love these fun couple date night outings. I have a group of friends who are married and some are dating and the men all have different personalities, so date night as a group can sometimes be awkward. The women are always chit-chatting away and laughing at inside jokes and the men are hating they agreed to this one-sided outing with strangers. After a while, the men started saying no to…
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Make Time For What Matters
We are so busy with the lives we lead that it becomes automatic after awhile. Careers, family, household duties, the list goes on. They matter but is it what we want to do? I blog about relationships and those relationships go beyond just marriage and dating but also relationships we have with our children, our friends, and our selves. Are we making time for what matters in those relationships? Sometimes I become so routine to the point where a week will go by and all I can remember is waking up, going to work, coming home, doing homework, making dinner, and preparing to do it all over again the next day. If time…
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Images of Love
Lately, I feel like everywhere I look the world is showcasing images of couples in love. I love the idea of people displaying their love for their partner, but on a side note what I don’t appreciate is the idea that this is something new now that celebrities are finding out that showing their love for one another is appealing. With the magic of social media and the acceptance of fans showing how much they love that you love your boo, long-term relationships must be a new thing for the rest of the world, UM NO!. I know couples who have been madly in love with each other for years. They loved being…
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Dating in 2018
Dating in 2018 should be a new television series. There is so much going on in 2018 and dating is one of them. The world is forever changing and how we love and choose to love has changed. Dating as the beginning of finding true love has also changed over time. How we date and the value it has on who we choose as our partner for a lifetime can make the process fun and fulfilling or a long daunting task. Luckily dating in 2018 can be approached in a new way with clear expectations. I was speaking to one of my single friends and she had me in awe when speaking about…
