December, 2013
The Art of Fighting
It happens in every couple. A miscommunication becomes a petty argument that could lead to worse things. A lot of people have strong personalities and don’t know how to go from doing what’s best for them to thinking for what’s best for the couple. Here are a few easy tips to navigate disagreements with your significant other. 1. Stick to the topic If you’re arguing about your significant other never washing the dishes, don’t bring in how they gave you a crappy gift for your birthday or some other mistakeRead More
Dear CRF, Since When Do I Need Permission?
Dear Code Red Flag, “I recently broke up with my children’s father after 11yrs. We have two daughters together and I also have an older daughter from a previous relationship (which he didn’t meet until a yr after dating! I just don’t get down like that, bringing men around my children so easily). Anyway, the convo came up about me eventually dating, which I’m no where near ready to do at this point, but he stated that when the time comes he would have to not only meet the manRead More
The Golden Rule
Treat others as you’d like to be treated. It seems simple enough, but we seem to forget this when we get into relationships. Absurd and completely out of line behavior has been confessed on the CodeRedFlag page and it seems like the people guilty simply laugh it off without thinking of how they’d react if put in the same position. When often challenged, they counter “Oh my significant other wouldn’t DREAM of pulling that on me” Um… then why are you doing it to them? How is that fair? It’s true that life’sRead More
No New Friends
Is it possible to have friends of the opposite sex with little no sexual tension between them? I would most certainly think so. Today, this subject seems to come up more and more as the dating and relationship scene quickly evolve. It is certainly not uncommon for people to have significant others of the opposite gender and even less so for them to have a past. While a lot of current significant others grind their teeth in what seems to be insecurity, many are at a loss on what toRead More