Everybody’s taking ‘stuff’ back that somebody didn’t want. The car parks in the shopping centres are full of folks with bags filled with ‘refunds’. Easy isn’t it to take back things that you decide you have no use for. Swipe the ‘card you paid with it for’ and the money is back in your account. Funny how you can’t do that with love though.

We all have rules for love. What are yours?

There is only one happiness in life - to love and to be loved - George Sand

Just for a moment take a look at your relationship or lack of one. Either way if you are in one, I’ll bet that it’s as good as the relationship you have with yourself and no better. If you are not in a relationship – the same applies. Both situations are reflections of the relationship you are having with yourself right now.

Its snowing - just in case you had a massive hangover from the office party and slept the day away. Now, the British are usually so good at this. In times of trouble and strife every man and his wife (or ex wife) is ready to lend you their shovel or if need be, help shovel you out of your snowy predicament. You’d think.

The Circular Dating concept is based on dating at least four people at one time. Now I know what you are thinking – ‘I don’t even have enough hours in the week for one date, let alone four’, but the reasoning behind it is that if you are seeing four different people, the chances of getting emotionally involved too quickly with any one person is alleviated.

n 1913, Blanche Ebbutt wrote a little book called ‘Don’t for Wives’. Her intention was to produce a book of suggestions from ‘an old hand’ (that would be Blanche), to give wives an idea of how to play the ‘wife’ game. For all of those ‘wives’ out there (even those’ wives’ who are not officially married but are ‘wives’ just the same) who are wondering why their ‘marriages’ may be on the rocks, here is a (debatably) outdated, selection of reasons why your relationship may be showing some wear and

You always have exactly the right partner for you. It may not seem like it right now, if things are less than rosy. And if you are not in a relationship right now, you may think, ‘I won’t read this because it doesn’t apply to me’, but read on because either way it does – I promise.

Love In A Cold Climate? Its cold out there and the thing is that it’s going to be quite a while till we experience anything like warm weather. So if you are single and ready for love, what will you need to do to keep the ‘fire of desire’ burning inside you?

There’s something so special about the Rapport of Real Love. If you have had it with someone, you will know it immediately.

When your life is in turmoil, in times of uncertainty and change, if your relationship ends or love seems like a distant memory; its not the circumstances, the situation or the people in your life that are responsible for your discomfort or unhappiness – it’s the thoughts you are having about what’s going on and the beliefs that you hold on to, that upset and frustrate you, or can make you feel like your heart is breaking.

Do you want to be right or do you want to be in relationship - you simply cannot have both and expect the relationship to last.