myTakes: Relationships

As someone who has been involved with men much older than me (and one man who was ten years younger than me), I did some reading on the dynamics of age-gap relationships, and why those who are in them seem to have more of...

After suffering a horribly long winter, a crazy spring and a summer full of worrying, I finally am able to sitting at my own house quitely, closing my eyes and feeling the rain outside. It's been almost ten months that I...

A few days ago I asked a question about what people's opinions of love were. The answers I got were pretty interesting and somewhat diverse. You can view the question here 👇👇 In Your Opinion, What Is Love? I purposely...

We have all had those moments after a break up where we sit and wonder why. Did I make the mistake? Is there something wrong with me? Does he like someone else? Girls , we all know how to shift the blame , and yes our...

I recently was in an argument with people I knew concerning trust. The argument was about if a male can have exes as friends or just girls as friends in general. A lot of the ladies said " If he's my man, I don't want...

I was recently listening to the song "Hey Mama" on YouTube. While scrolling through the comments, I saw stuff about feminism being thrown down the drain and how it is such a sexist, masogynistic song. While there may be...

Whether you are in a relationship with someone who is affected by substance abuse or someone who engages in behaviour that is otherwise destructive to your relationship, co-dependency it what you become when you think...

Von Decarlo , also known as "Coach Von", is a multi-talented author, producer, performer and relationship expert who wrote the book " Speak Fluent Man ", based on her own experience in a long-term and loving relationship....

Let me give you a story of my own in hopes to shed some light on the issue. I got it bad for my boss. A year ago, I would have thrown up at the notion. I mean, he literally looks like this: Lord Jesus if he ever finds...

I’m stealing this idea from a fantastic book I read many years ago called the Savvy Woman’s Success Bible , a concept created by businesswoman Tina Santi Flaherty and co-written by Kay Iselin Gilman.  I’m going to put a...

I have made some observations over the years of when arguing is effective or damaging in a relationship.  There are those who argue for sport and/or argue as a means of communication.  There is also “healthy arguing”...

After a messy relationship AND a messy breakup with my ex some time ago, I thought it best to see what I got out of the relationship. I don't mean money or sex, I mean what I learnt. Here are a few things to AVOID in a...

Sorry for the doom and gloom title. It really is what this article is about though. I've honestly never had a loving, mutually respectful relationship and the sad thing is that neither have most of my friends, whether...

Scenario: You meet a guy/girl and you guys hit it off. You talk for awhile, getting to know each other. You both exchange numbers, feeling good and looking forward to continuing the conversation. You get home and you...

I'm not so sure about this life. I have a very poor estimation of men and women. I see how men gravitate towards the beautiful women - and how those women manipulate their men - saying often times cruel and insulting...