Russian women are committed to marriage. My relationships with other women fell apart because the commitment level wasn't there. As soon as life's fortunes turned, they were out the door.

Here are 11 warnings. They are not meant to encourage judgment, moreover, they are meant to help you to respect where people are at. The last person to know where they are at is the person them self, because their lust, emotion, and need to be rescued from their hell will make you the idol they will worship. They will be so attached, yet, complain and struggle, often blaming you for all their problems, when really it was their reality before you met.

All our stories of the past are actually a balance of pleasure and pain. But that is not how we remember them. We want to protect ourselves, because we don’t want to admit how much we loved a person, and still do. We hold onto those stories and try to crease a life around them.

Many women get angry because their men don’t give them what they need. How about understanding that it is not possible to receive from those who can't give?

Most couples just go from one day to the next and one year to the next without ever discovering the true meaning of what positive and nurturing relationships are really all about.

At the social, time is the most important resource you will have. Your short-term goal is to meet as many women as possible at the social. Keep your predefined personal criteria forefront in your mind as you approach them.

What makes for a happy relationship? What makes one couple have a successful relationship while another couple flounders? Is it just luck? Why do some men get the Woman Of Their Dreams while others get stuck with controlling women? Or, frigid women? Or, manipulative women?

Most marriages that are troubled have these giver and receiver roles firmly fixed. In marriages that are happy, these roles will fluctuate between the partners regularly, depending on where the need is greatest. Where does most of your energy go during a normal day?

Thinking of tying the knot but not sure if it's a case of Mr/Miss Right? Before waltzing down the aisle hear what's in the heart of the matter and what matters to the heart.

Lonely. That's what Janette felt when her husband didn't kiss her goodbye before leaving for work. Sometimes his forgetfulness in this area brought her to tears.

Examine the role of contemporary men in the lives of a family. Are men more than sperm donors? FamilyVision is a dynamic column that explores the changing family dynamics in the 21st century. The Greens, members of Generation X, are equipped with a unique perspective in understanding emerging trends in families as well as individuals.

Here's what it means to be personally honest in a relationship.

Watch a cloud in the sky. It seems stationary. Slowly it moves and after sometime, without our realizing, that cloud is gone. Sometimes love disappears from a relationship like that cloud.

Christmas is a red-letter day of rejoicing and gifting the world over. A profoundly symbolic celebration that binds family, friends and strangers together in mysterious ties of love, hope, faith and charity. A deeply serious yet exuberant occasion, the complexities of gift at Christmas can be completely removed if you follow your heart.

Unfortunately, domestic violence is very much alive and well - and thriving. According to the National Victims Center, one woman is raped every minute, and 30% of all women murdered in this country are murdered by their boyfriends or husbands.

No time to plan for romance or just need a romantic idea in a pinch? These quick and easy romantic ideas can be done at the spur of the moment.

In a good relationship, we pay compliments to each other all the time. We love receiving positive feedback and try to go out of our way to let our partner know how happy we are to be with them. But verbal remarks fade so quickly. Make them last by putting them in writing where they can be revisited later to re-trigger their positive response.

What do you do when the man you have become attached to has some concerning behaviors that he is unwilling to address? Lots of women feel trapped by this dilemma because on the one hand they don’t want to lose the love they have found but on the other some things are just too much of a concern for them to ignore.