Infatuation Rules
Infatuation Rules
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Repeated ending and renewing of a relationship is often called relationship cycling. Cycling appears to be very common in couples.
While regular silent treatment in a relationship may mean suffering the partner's cold, icy silence for a couple of hours to several days or even...
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The quickest way to get out of the grey zone is to take a moment and ground yourself. Try to ignore all the nagging thoughts that are going on in...
Read More »When two people get together, their relationship can proceed along one of four possible paths: They stay together, forever (and hopefully happily!). They eventually break up, permanently, and go their separate ways. They eventually break up, permanently, but stay connected in some way. They eventually break up, and then make-up, and then break up. This last option—when individuals sever the relationship but then recommit to it—becomes particularly intriguing when couples break up and make up again and again. Repeated ending and renewing of a relationship is often called relationship cycling (Dailey, Pfister, Jin, Beck, & Clark, 2009), and this dynamic can threaten the health and well-being of the relationship and its members. Repeated Breaking Up and Getting Back Together Is a Problem Well After College Recent research out of Kansas State University (Vennum, Lindstrom, Monk, & Adams, 2014) offers insight into the effects of relationship cycling beyond the college years—a novel contribution since college students are the focus of most on-again/off-again relationship studies (e.g., Dailey et al., 2009). Relationship researchers often turn to college samples because of their accessibility and because the instability that characterizes on-again/off-again relationships is not uncommon in that population. But it’s important to know what happens in cyclical relationships as people progress through their 20s and 30s and into their 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond. As time goes on, men and women often see their relationships evolve into those marked by more constraints—factors that inhibit couples from breaking up. Cohabitation and marriage both come with substantial relationship constraints and are more common as people leave college and move further into adulthood. If we really want to know the potential for cyclical relationships, we need to look at how well they transition into cohabiting and marital relationships.
There are a number of reasons men may not want sex, including certain medications (antidepressant and blood pressure pills), a host of medical...
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If you notice a pattern of your boyfriend ignoring you, the next step should be communicating with him. Perhaps he simply gets distracted by work...
Read More »It’s not too surprising to discover that couples who were on-again/off-again while dating later become more likely to cycle during cohabitation. Almost half (48 percent) of married people who had cycled during cohabitation had already gone through cycling while dating. It seems that cycling while dating can beget cycling during cohabitation. Interestingly, though, the pattern appears to stop there. Overall, married couples who embark on trial separations are no more or no less likely to have experienced cycling prior to marriage—perhaps because marriage adds additional constraints (factors that make it more difficult to break up).
What happens when a woman feels neglected? When a woman feels neglected in a relationship, she is likely to feel as if she isn't important. This...
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Depression can affect every aspect of your life, including sex. Low self-esteem, feelings of hopelessness and physical fatigue can lower your...
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Perhaps the most neglected type of prayer is a prayer of thanksgiving. While praying “Grace” before meals is a good example of a prayer of...
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