twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

  • Why He Won’t Commit to a Serious Relationship
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Why He Won’t Commit to a Serious Relationship

    He absolutely will not commit to a serious relationship no matter how much you desire it. Any conversation about it is closed before it is begun. He’s what is called a “commitment-phobe”.

  • Try an Interdependent Relationship in 2012
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Try an Interdependent Relationship in 2012

    This type of relationship is a dynamic combination of being mutually and physically responsible to each another. It differs distinctly from "dependence" in that an interdependent relationship implies both participants are equal partners.

  • Marrying Your Best Friend’s Ex
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Marrying Your Best Friend’s Ex

    While your “man” marrying a stranger is hard enough to swallow, marrying a woman you know pretty well is impossible to digest! You begin thinking about whether your husband and your friend had been carrying on behind your back during your marriage...

  • What He’s Really Thinking When He Sees You Nude
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    What He’s Really Thinking When He Sees You Nude

    The question of what a man is thinking when he sees his woman nude in front of him is something just about all women have asked ourselves at one time or another.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The Inequality of Virginity
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    The Inequality of Virginity

    The problem being that there are some men who want it both ways. They want to have sex with the women they're dating but don't necessarily want to marry someone who, (ancient term here), "put out". They want a "nice"  girl to settle down with.

  • Flirting Isn’t Cheating
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Flirting Isn’t Cheating

    Later, I tried to analyze the reaction a little bit of harmless flirting had gotten from me. I also wondered if any type of flirting with a man, not "your own", can really ever be called harmless.

  • The Text Message Break-Up
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    The Text Message Break-Up

    There seems to be no specific protocol for breaking up in the twenty-first century. Since we’re constantly on the move and busy with our hectic lives, breakups seem to be managed without any personal contact, or feelings, at all.