ADVICE YOU SHOULDN’T FOLLOW

September 7, 2021Love

If you are a female, chances are you mother gave you some lessons about how to get and keep a man. Or maybe you got your “LOVE INFO” from friends… or from a book. “THE RULES,” was first published in 1995 during a time when women …. and men were beginning to feel free from […]

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PANDEMIC ‘BREAD-CRUMBING” AND “LOVE-BOMBING”

April 17, 2021bread-crumbing

If you are single, chances are you made your last so-called “connection,” “on line”. Two out of every five single people aged 24 – 50 currently use, or have used an online dating service. Yes, you read that correctly – it’s 40%! Those older than 50 are not immune to itching for a love-connection either. […]

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LOVE CHALLENGES… ON STEROIDS

September 6, 2020CORONAVIRUS

I am a LOVE doctor.  My blog has most always been about the pleasures and pain associated with all kinds of LOVE and FRIENDSHIP connection. This one is no exception. Lately, because of our troubling times, and as I suffer along with everyone else, I take notice about how under whatever level of quarantine, relationships […]

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LOVE AND HO’OPONOPONO

May 31, 2020ANOTHER LOVE CHALLENGE

If you want: To reduce the stress in your life… To improve your relationships with others… To live a happier and more positive life… If you want more control over your emotions, some say to “move to Hawaii”. GUESS WHAT?  Hawaii can come to you. The Hawaiian practice of HO’OPONOPONO is portable. I understand it […]

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DID YOU RETURN HIS LINGERIE GIFT?

December 28, 2018"cracked" communication

The final ritual of any year-end celebration includes taking down the tree, putting away decorations and returning those gifts, which aren’t quite right. The one gift most likely to returned after the holidays is LADY’S  LINGERIE.  (And yes, I’ve written about this before.) It seems that men like to give these pretty little things more than […]

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“I HATE MY HUSBAND”

May 5, 2018"cracked" communication

 “I hate my husband…. Now what should I do?” “Lori, once a college cheer leader, now a housewife, married for 22 years, wailed when she spoke about her “unfulfilling” marriage to “Tim” the once-captain of their college’s basketball team.  “We were destined for a ‘charmed’ life. At least that’s what I thought. That’s what he […]

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DOES IT MATTER WHO YOU MARRY ANYWAY?

February 23, 2018Alain Botton

       IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO YOU MARRY, according to philosopher Alain de Botton.  “If you like them at the beginning, you probably won’t like them at the end. And if you start off hating them, there’s always the chance you’ll end up thinking they’re all right.” IS HE A CYNIC? AN ANTI-ROMANCE KIND […]

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“MARITAL TERMITES” … PART #2

August 31, 2017"cracked" communication

I stand dinged. So many of you wrote that my last blog ,  “WATCH OUT FOR MARITAL TERMITES,” was a tease. You said I stopped too soon and didn’t offer enough about how to “termite- proof” a relationship. So, here goes… If you wish, take a moment or two, right now, to think about the […]

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DUMP MARITAL BOREDOM

July 20, 2017love challenge

    This love doctor keeps her eye open for those people… couples… who seem to know how to take an extra bite out of life. I can’t help myself.  Maybe, I think, I’ll learn a few new tricks.  Haven’t you also noticed that people who are willing to seek out new experiences… just for […]

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