An Important Principle for Building a Relationship
A rule from the family charter Nastya and I wrote before the wedding: 999 situations out of 1000 aren't worth a fight — if you take the crown off your head.
Relationships
How to Save a Difficult Relationship
Couples match each other 10% or 80%. The gap can be closed by how much work you put into the relationship — and almost any marriage can be saved that way.
Is It Normal to Have Doubts Before the Wedding?
Doubts before a wedding are a normal state — you truly don't know your partner or yourself yet. The dangerous part is self-deception while you're still dating.
Two Test Questions for Couples Who Are Dating
Two questions that help you work out whether this is the person to build a family with. The first thought that comes to mind matters more than long reasoning.
What Valentine's Day Teaches Us
On February 14 couples plan time together, avoid arguments and actually listen to each other. The question is why this happens only three times a year.
Questions Worth Asking a Man
Ten questions that help you read the motives of the man you are dating. Ask them not head-on, but at the right moment in the right conversation.
Why Many Men Are Unhappy in Marriage
Rudeness, inattention and neglect — five mistakes men make that one day end with a husband hearing the words: I'm leaving you.
Why Many Women Are Unhappy in Marriage
Resentment blinds a wife so completely that she sees an enemy in her husband. Yet she is the one carrying that stone, and no one else suffers from it.
One Person Is Enough to Save a Relationship
"Both partners have to work on it" is true. But one of them can start. Usually the wiser one. And in time, that happiness comes back to them.