Love / Relationships

If you’re a complex person, and you are pushing your significant other away due to emotional trauma, here’s what you need to do to ensure you won’t push away the love of your life. I am sure you all have heard the saying before…
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This time of year many of us are thinking about what we are most thankful for.  It’s almost Thanksgiving, and we want to know, what are your traditions? What are you most thankful for in your life? There’s a great line from the poet William…
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How do you know if someone genuinely cares for you?To some of us, this might seem like a silly thing to wonder about. After all, isn’t it obvious to know when someone really cares about you? You might think so, but sometimes when you are in…
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No matter how strong your relationship is, it’s always going to have ups and downs. It’s the nature of the beast. Sometimes in order to get to where you need to be in a relationship, you must travel through obstacles, both good and bad, fun…
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How many people a day do you pass by in the supermarket, at work, on the street? We interact with so many people on a daily basis that after a while we become desensitized to the fact that they are living breathing human beings. How are you…
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We’ve all seen it before, the could-be happy couple if it wasn’t for the one insecure person. The person who questions every move. The person who questions every text message, who believes their partner is more interested in everybody else…
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If you love your partner and are happy in your relationship, then you surely understand how important it is to keep it that way. Relationships are never easy and they take work. If you are looking to make your already GOOD relationship…
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This might seem like a strong title. But the truth is none of us know how much time we will have on this earth with our loved ones. We don’t realize sometimes how important it is to be with the ones we love. To not allow the little things…
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There is no better teacher of life than love, don’t you agree? Here’s a sad truth about love, it doesn’t always last forever like the fairy tales tell us. But in one way it might. For every love that enters into your life, there are lessons…
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This article is for all the people who have been chasing love in all of the wrong places and for all the wrong reasons. There are times when being alone is better than living a life of love that isn’t worth having. That might be strange to…
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What will put you even farther apart from your partner than miles? The answer: misunderstanding between you. Misunderstanding within a romantic relationship is one of the most tragic things that can happen. It unhinges your love and pushes…
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A relationship breakup is never easy. Maybe it hit you out of the blue, or you saw it coming, but the pain of a broken heart can take its toll. How can you heal from a breakup and glue the pieces of your broken heart back…
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Recently we posted an article that posed the question of whether you treat your partner as well as you could. The truth is that no matter how good of a partner you are, when it comes to someone you love deeply, you can never love too much…
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Are you loving your partner as well as you could be? Are you a good partner? How would you know? This is a place where we all differ, so its difficult to say what a good partner is. It also matters who your partner is and what is most…
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“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return." — Madonna In talks about relationships, you may often hear how important it is to love someone unconditionally no matter what happens. The…
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Are you looking for love? Whether you are single or in a committed relationship, if you feel you must turn to someone else to find true love, you are probably looking for love for all the wrong reasons. One of the most common…
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Are there ways to tell if you will have a lasting friendship? If there is one thing that can be said for certain about friendship, then it would probably be: it is complicated. Sometimes true friends must say things that are hard to hear.…
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If there is one certainty in life that you can count on, it is death. No human escapes death or the death of loved ones. Time moves at a steady rate and once it’s gone, it can never be returned. That is why it’s so important to learn how to…
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Here’s a "relationship" topic we have yet to write about on Love Wide Open and that is the topic of setting boundaries. So often in relationships, words like ‘boundary’ and ‘individual’ are frowned upon for whatever reason. In reality,…
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We all have experiences in which we meet people who have a negative impact on our lives. Some will break your heart. Some will lie or criticize and try to tear you down. Some will physically assault, rape, and or do other unspeakable things…
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