Choosing a Mate: Is it the Body, or is it the Face?
There is a study in the current edition of Evolution and Human Behavior which triggers a storm of associations for me. One association is of Michael Jackson and a 70s TV show, another of a Phil Collins, his band Genesis, and a line in the song "I can't dance", and

Know when to walk away (and when to run?)
Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. (Found anonymous around the Interwebs) A very important marriage skill, and one that can be extremely difficult to learn, is knowing when to walk away. The reasons for doing

6 Secret Qualities of Happy People
If there's one thing that we all seek - it's happiness. I've never met a person who has told me they didn't want to be happy, have you?  It's a fundamental human desire regardless of whether people believe they can attain it.  When I do individual therapy, I have the opportunity to

Relationship Advice: Should I Move On From My Relationship?
I'm really looking for some outside input on this. I've really struggled over the past 3 months with my girlfriend. To be concise, I've really become more sensitive to all the minor things she does and I get frustrated with it, such as her getting annoyed/irritated about certain things that I do, but

Commitment Can Trump Adultery
Christopher Ryan's terrific post (linked above) brought to mind things I've written lately on commitment, as well as a very insight comment to one of my adultery posts by another PT blogger, Sophia Dembling:However, what I like about being married... is that it makes unhitching difficult enough that the default is

Real Talk: You Aren't My Ex
The first time he introduced me as his ex to his friends, I thought, "That's weird. I was never his girlfriend." Then, he did it again when he introduced me to the new girl he's seeing. Clearly, he has convinced himself that I'm his ex-girlfriend out of nowhere. Not to