July 2019

The nature of relationships solicits expecting the unexpected. At the onset of a relationship, when there are no expectations, the unexpected happens, leaving one pleasantly surprised. A newly courting girlfriend may not be expecting her boyfriend to go out of his way to plan a special surprise on her birthday.  She may also be surprised […]

As Samuel Johnson very aptly said the chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. In continuation to our last week’s column, the list of negative habits is endless. But highlighting a few more can prevent a marriage from getting damaged. A tendency in long-term

It has been proved that even the smallest of bad habits can have a negative impact on one’s marriage. Let’s start with the worst habit which most couples have – the habit to change or improve one’s partner. The moment this idea germinates in the mind of a person, it puts him/her into a false

Every relationship comes with a cost. Intimate included. At what cost, depends completely on the person involved. The costs can be multi-dimensional – financial, social, personal and many more. While, the first two would become an intrinsic part of any relationship, at what personal cost can one afford to remain in a relationship remains a

A polite expression of praise and admiration one commonly terms as ‘compliment’ seems to go out of stock once married. Before marriage there’s no dearth, in fact the stock is inexhaustible. Then why the dearth once hitched? Among many things one takes for granted in a marriage, extraction of compliments is one of them –