All posts in category Relationships

Children Do Not Divorce

We will not be discussing the angst-ridden teen who chooses to leave the family before the age of majority.

It is over.

Despite a decline in the rate, these words are being spoken every year between husbands and wives (and even homosexual married couples). The grim statistic of 50% is a myth, but divorce is a reality. Study Harder Couples, who have college degrees and get married after age 26, have the best chance of staying together […]

Diamonds, Q-Beams & Rednecks

What you see is what you get. Very rarely is this the case. More often than not, what meets the eye at first blush is far from the true contents of the package. Whether we are talking about products or people, what the box looks like is often deceptive. It is the bane of the […]

Hated To Do It

…but it was time for a new poll. The last minute entries changed the results rather dramatically. On the head of the post Who Are You?, the poll asked How do you describe yourself most often? The web results were not much different than the in person interviews, except where “Other” was concerned.

I am listening.

Yesterday, we talked about body language which screamed, “I am not listening.” So, what body language does the listener employ? Good Eye Contact Even if your audience is not looking directly into your eyes, it should be watching your face or hands (if you are gesturing). Eye contact translates to “seeing eye-to-eye”. Faced Forward When […]