Relationships


The Shelf Life Relationship: Time Wasted or Well Spent?

The Shelf Life Relationship: Time Wasted or Well Spent?

So, you know you want to settle down, get married and create some cute kids and the whole rest of the story. That’s decided. The pressure abounds as each day you log into Facebook and a new couple has gotten...
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Second Impressions are the New First Impressions

Young professionals have been engrained with the idea that first impressions are everything. While your first time meeting someone is certainly important for relaying an initial impression of your character, that first handshake and introduction doesn’t have to be your only make it or break it moment
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Why You Should Expand Your Circle of Friends

Do you ever notice that fellow young professionals begin to sound, look and dress alike among certain social cliques? Most YPs have their group of friends that they have had for years. Just like in work and relationships, we can fall into a "comfort zone" within our groups of friends. Here is why you should expand your social circle
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How to Tell You're Ready for a Relationship

It's happening. Countless young professionals are coupling off, leaving their single friends with a dwindling dating pool of potentials and a reoccurring 5th, 7th or 9th wheel status. There may come a time when even the perpetual bachelor or bachelorette gets the "relationship bug" and suddenly wants to settle down. Here is how to tell if you're ready
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Luvmybox Spices it Up in the Bedroom

Let’s face it: sex can become a little routine among long-term couples now and again. Luvmybox provides a discreet (more discreet than reading Fifty Shades of Grey from an e-reader on the subway) way to rev up your sex life and explore your wild side in a sexy monthly care package
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Both Sides of the Unwanted Pick Up Coin

We've all been there, somehow finding ourselves stuck at a bar, social function or charity event, caught in a conversation with someone who we can't quite venture free from or steer clear of. We turn to our friends to "rescue" us but they have given up patience standing idly by and are now out of sight. Great
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Deal Breakers in Relationships

Sometimes love, comfort and chemistry is not enough to seal the deal. You may think you’d do anything for your significant other, and can’t fathom the thought of him or her out of your life. However, if certain elements are less than ideal now, you either need to cut your losses in the near future because it will hurt more later on, or take some necessary steps to re-evaluate whether the relationship is worth fighting for
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Why Urban YPs Are Pickier Than Ever in Dating

Today, young professionals may be single for a variety of reasons. As a common response to the question of his or her single status, many YPs will say that he or she “just hasn’t met the right person yet,” they are just “so busy with work” or that they are “picky” overall
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Five Breakup Warning Signs

Sometimes break-up warning signs are not so easy to spot, especially if the one destined to be dumped is in denial of the warning signs, ignoring them on purpose and hoping things will get better or is plain blindsided all together. Here are five red flags that a break-up may be in your near future, whether you like it or not
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Wake Up: Your Broken Heart is in Your Head

As we get older and relationships take on increased significance, the demise of one gets more difficult to handle, especially for the one who gets broken up with. The reality is, however, in some cases that “broken heart” may in fact be nothing more than a figment of your imagination
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