Have you ever tried to communicate your feelings to a man only to have him shut down or pull away? I remember when I used to walk on eggshells around a man. That awful, helpless feeling of being so unsure of what I should express and how I should communicate, that more often than not I wouldn’t speak up at all. And, when I DID let a man know how I felt, it usually came out all wrong, and I’d end up pushing him away. It …

Love and happiness. When we’re unhappily single, it’s easy to assume that love would remedy our lack-of-happiness situation. But does it? Researchers have long tried to determine if there’s a correlation between happiness and the thing we call love.

Love and Happiness: Loneliness Sucks
From the category of “obvious research,” comes the finding that loneliness has a negative correlation with happiness and a positive one with depression. Happy people have social support and a circle of friends (of whom they are not jealous). Psychological research studies link social relationships with happiness, alongside …

The best romances involve two people who feel free to be silly.

If you observe the way dating partners and married couples interact—and most singles do—you’ve probably noticed that some men and women have a delightful ability to joke, tease, and act silly together. With their air of fun and frivolity, you just know they love being with each other.
Other couples, meanwhile, seem so serious, sensible, and somber that we might mistake their romantic partnership for a business partnership.
Which kind of relationship would you like to be in?
Having a lighthearted approach …