These gestures shouldn’t be limited to dating or a honeymoon. Showing her how you feel about her and how much she means to you should be consistent throughout your journey together. It is actually even more important to do simple things for your wife to make her feel happy, special, loved, and appreciated once you are married. RELATED: 5 Things You Need To Do ASAP To Keep The Spark In Your Relationship Alive A marriage can sometimes get vulnerable and unstable when couples stop putting an effort to keep the romance alive, so it really helps a lot when you put that extra effort into your relationship....

Think about it. When people walk down the aisle, they don’t do it thinking that they will have a failed marriage. Everyone likes to believe that their marriage will make it, even if it isn’t always realistic. Sometimes, people defy the odds and prove people wrong. Other times, their marriage is dead on arrival. RELATED: I Let The Small Stuff Slide And He Divorced Me — The 10 Things I Missed...

Happiness has a ton of benefits, and laughter helps reduce stress hormones, which can boost your immune system. It’s not that you shouldn’t be serious at times, but often it’s important to keep in mind that rough times pass and you will get through it. Life has its ups and downs, and when you add laughter into the mix and choose happiness for yourself, your perspective on life changes dramatically....

What’s the difference between a “cheap” date and a fun cheap date? It’s all about the planning, execution and respect for what men and women both need. Dating can be really expensive for men and it can also be really frustrating for women who want to feel respected and romanced.​ If you’re looking for fun things to do on the weekend with your boyfriend or husband, we’ve made a list of the best Memorial Day weekend ideas for couples....

Does marriage counseling work? A review of the most up-to-date research on the effectiveness of marriage counseling found that “couple therapy positively impacts 70% of couples receiving treatment.” Leading expert Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSW, says the likelihood marriage counseling will be effective is related directly to two key factors: “the motivation level of both partners and timing,” while couples therapist and researcher John Gottman has found that couples wait for an average of six years after the onset of marital problems before finally seeking counseling....

Crafting the perfect love messages shouldn’t take too much time if you’re good at expressing yourself. But love can be an emotion more powerful than words can explain. It’s no wonder poets have been trying to make sense of it since the dawn of literature! Sending out a love note, email, or text is a simple but effective way to say “I love you.” At times when you’re separated by distance or busy schedules, a romantic message is the perfect way to keep that spark burning....

After all, you can eat it on a platter with crackers, or you can eat it microwaved, stringy in your mac and cheese. You can bake it into a cheesecake, or you can melt it for your nachos. Cheese is really freaking good. You can put it on anything, and it will — guaranteed— make it taste better. Scientific studies have even been conducted to uncover why we humans love cheese so dang much....

And sometimes, the best way to show those relatives (and friends who are so close they may as well be family) how much you miss them is by sending them sweet “missing you” quotes to bridge the distance. The right sayings can be perfect gifts that let friends and family members know just how much you care about them, no matter how far apart you are or how long it will be until you can see them again....

Because of this, the World Health Organization (WHO) established October 10 as World Mental Health Day, the goal of which is “to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health.” This day helps us to remember that mental health and mental illnesses are just as important as physical health and medical conditions and should be treated as such. Mental health stigma is a serious problem, and more people than you may think struggle with mental illness to some degree....

My father, conversely, was married six times with eight biological and three adopted children scattered amongst them. Though I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, we moved from there to Lagos, Nigeria, where we lived until the divorce. After a brief stint in Skibbereen, Ireland, we moved to Denton, Texas, where we lived with the support of my mother’s parents. Needless to say, sitcoms were weird for my brother and me, though, being Gen X, we were surrounded by both reruns of whitewashed classics such as Father Knows Best and The Brady Bunch as well as the not-at-all-controversial-at-the-time Cosby Show, our favorite....

This is the kind of transit that can do a lot of emotional damage to water or fixed zodiac signs, and yet, the three horoscopes mentioned here today are going to escape that particular karma; instead, we will use that exceptional Martian energy to further our positive feelings and reinforce the relationship. The Moon in harmony with Venus opens the doors to direct contact. This means that if you’ve been hemming and hawing over some topic that’s got both of you bothered, then now is the time and the time is now for improvement and a heart-to-heart talk....

What happens during this transit is that we come to know, and admit what we want out of life. We set standards during this time, and we settle for nothing less than what makes us happy. Because so many of us are looking for someone to call ‘soul mate’, the act of actually finding someone becomes much more possible during Moon sextile Uranus due to the idea that our heads are clear....

And that is exactly what’s going to be happening, starting November 14 - 17, for certain zodiac signs. What may turn out to be an actual love affair will start out as noticing there’s someone out there who has a major crush on you. RELATED: 3 Zodiac Signs Who Will Have A Great Week, November 15 - 21, 2021 They will be your secret admirer, though you may also have known them for a while....

Well, as we say in the old country, “never say never.” Once again, we get a chance to eat our words, because guess what? This transit is about to bring back the old in an attempt to make it new again. Most exes represent dread. Unless we’re pining away for this magical person of the past, the idea of reconciliation is a dead stop for us. Nobody ‘really’ wants their ex back in their lives…or do they?...

It is a fairly active sky today with three different transits occurring which will all be bringing an intense energy to the day challenging us to work through our fears so that we don’t let this opportunity slip between our fingers. When the Moon is in Aries, we tend to feel more passionate and driven to express our feelings alongside the desire to follow our hearts at all costs. Aries is definitely a sign that tends to leap and look later but because of the other transits occurring today it’s not something that we should especially be worried about....

Starting February 7, 2022, Scorpio, Taurus, and Capricorn zodiac signs gain confidence and hope while the Moon in Taurus is actively speaking to Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus. Regardless of your zodiac sign, we collectively see life moving forward positively. February is the proper start of the year and is known as a month of purification. The Moon will be in the zodiac sign of Taurus. The Moon in Taurus provides grounding energy and helps us accept ourselves and truly begin to embody our own worthiness, which changes everything....

December always comes with its ups and downs. On one hand, we’re happy to be in the Holiday spirit. There are prezzies to buy and to receive, and there are family dinners to attend. December means it’s the end of the year, and it ushers in the darkening of the light. The year is coming to a close, and as we all know ‘years’ have significance. It is during December that we go over what happened during the year, which is, of course, different for everyone....

With transits like Moon square Jupiter, things should roll pretty smoothly today, but because of Jupiter’s expansive nature, this could also mean that any previously created troubles could be magnified and made to feel uncontrollable. And that’s how it’s going to go down for Libra, Capricorn, and Aquarius. Every little thing will be made into an enormous mess. Most of this stems from past procrastination; in other words, if we forgot something, this is the transit that’s going to bring that forgotten thing into the spotlight, and if that forgotten thing is an actual mistake, then anticipate all fingers being pointed at the one who dared to make that mistake....

Alright folks, let’s go over this right now. We’re starting the week out with a Scorpio Moon, proceeding into Moon square Pluto, Moon sextile Mars, and Moon square Mercury. If you don’t see trouble a-brewin’ here, then it’s time to wake up and smell the transits, as they are strong, dark and ready to affect our lives. RELATED: 3 Zodiac Signs Who Will Have A Great Week January 24 - 30, 2022 It’s going to be a strange week....

As we’ve discovered, the Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn brings up the idea of concern and overthinking, and Moons are associated with manifestation, depending on the type of lunar phase it is in. This is a very mental transit because it’s the final quarter of the 28-day cycle, and it puts us all in crisis mode. The Moon in Capricorn is in detriment, which means that its emotional side runs colder, too....