Relationships

  • Holiday Survival Guide: 5 Tips For Meeting the Parents
    In Love

    Holiday Survival Guide: 5 Tips For Meeting the Parents

    It’s always good to be prepared for the worst, but it probably won’t be that bad. In fact, hopefully you will not need these tips at all, and you will be braiding your loved one’s mom’s hair while talking about your favorite recipes in no time.

  • Gratitude in Relationships
    Happiness Expert: Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, Ph. D.

    Gratitude in Relationships

    So, getting to hear what your partner appreciates in you increases your desire to do it again. It also helps you feel good (appreciated and happier), which increases the likelihood that your interactions with your partner will be better.

  • Kim Kardashian’s Katastrophic Wedding Konfession
    Celebrity Relationships

    Kim Kardashian’s Katastrophic Wedding Konfession

    Then the wedding came.  And once the glittering, overly priced dust had settled, Kim got pimp slapped by a gentleman named “reality.” She most likely came to realize that marriage isn’t just a ceremony or a dress; it’s a lifelong commitment to a person.

  • Why Creativity is Critical to Happy Relationships
    Happiness Expert: Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, Ph. D.

    Why Creativity is Critical to Happy Relationships

    One definition states creativity is “the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others.”

  • Best “Romantic” Hallowe’en Movies for Couples
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Best “Romantic” Hallowe’en Movies for Couples

    Romantic horror movie? Seriously? Oh yes, indeed. I'm not talking about the sugar and syrup pre-pubescent vampire love stories that have been made. I’m talking classic, psychologically frightening, horror movies with a twisted theme of “beast loves beauty.”

  • Women Who Curse and the Men Who Love Them
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Women Who Curse and the Men Who Love Them

    Some men have a hard time hearing women curse. They don't mind choice words being used during foreplay and sex but they don't appreciate those same words being said in public.

  • Wedding Anticipation
    In Love

    Wedding Anticipation

    One of our contributors, Sally Turkovich, will be getting married next weekend! Congratulations to the happy couple!

  • The Delicate Art of Sleeping Together (Literally)
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    The Delicate Art of Sleeping Together (Literally)

    Sleep scientists recommend "spooning": the sleeping position where people sleep nested together like spoons. This is great "after the loving" and most especially at the beginning of a relationship, but after awhile many people simply want their own undisturbed sleep area.

  • Why Marry When You Can ‘Lease’?
    In Love

    Why Marry When You Can ‘Lease’?

    Entering marriage with the attitude that it is temporary unless RENEWED by you and your spouse after two years seems just a bit too cynical even for this cynic.  Imagine the conversations between couples at the courthouse in Mexico City.

  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    In Love

    Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    My fiancé, on the other hand, is a lifelong motorcycle and dirt bike rider who knows the danger, but he loves to ride, anyway. He doesn’t ride on the street anymore these days, but we decided that on our honeymoon we wanted to rent Vespas to see the sights in Rome.