There is an old saying to the effect that if an event is celebrated where no friends or relatives are invited then the gods may still bless it if they deem fit, but if an occasion is celebrated without inviting any neighbor the gods too shall withhold their blessing.

Basketball has gone a long way since its discovery in the year 1891 by James Naismith. Its discovery encouraged several basketball matches and the first official basketball match was at Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA Training School.

When it comes to love and romance, do we always want to know the truth? While people say they want the complete truth, their actions suggest the opposite.

Marrying an older man is not a problem with many Russian women. The greater the difference in your age, the greater the difficulty will be in your marriage as a general rule.

Tips for online dating success. How to develop your relationship online as well as offline by practicing patience, caring, understanding and TLC.

Is your relationship in trouble? Do you spend more time picking it apart than cuddling together? If you feel like you’re constantly trying to fix things that should never have been broken in the first place, then maybe it’s time for some proactive steps to rescue your relationship before it ends up on the rocks - permanently

When the lovin' has turned to cussin' it's time to take out the Big Secret... change...

There is a lot more going on in relationships than we can see. What happens when one person has the power but the other person can't see it?

Listen - do you really listen to your partner. Here listening to your partner does not mean listening to your spouse at the dinning table or when you are just sitting together and talking. Listening here really means listening with care. Listening to what has been unsaid.

A relationship can not be properly built and nurtured with only one “hand”, one person. In order for a relationship to work with optimal success, there must be frequent and sufficient help and input. There must be honest non-critical and loving feedback on a continual basis.

Wanting to know why others treat us the way they do is like asking the mirror why it shows us our reflection.

Surprises nourish our relationships. A surprise may not necessarily be a big one. Little things in ones life lead to immense applauds. A small surprise may just do wonders in your relationship.

The vehemence of your feelings towards a partner who has let you down does not necessarily mean relationship is over. The opposite of love is not hate but indifference.

If you seem to be going nowhere with your love life, if you are tired of months and years of unhappy relationships that lead nowhere, it may be that you are not following the right advice

So, the courting is over and you have settled in to a relaxed state in your relationship. You know your partner, you can anticipate their needs, wants and desires and you can push their buttons when and if you choose to.

Definite and usage of main principles and notions is of the most important requirements set for sociological researches. The categories of family and marriage are the most complicated and hardest to define. First of all, traditions of usual conscience and word usage that are not always correspond to those of scientific and theoretical nature; have impact on their understanding and definition. Secondly, both marriage and family are studied not only by sociology but by a range of other sciences which creates many different approaches to them and accordingly more or less specific and abstract definition of these notions.

One of the common marriage problems, which often materialises early on in a relationship, is boredom. Couples often find that after the honeymoon period is behind them and they have settled in to married life it isn’t quite the constant bed of roses that they imagined it to be.

What are the things that no man never wants to hear? Here is the code to getting any man to become puffy in your hands.

The fact of continually hearing so many stories of love and relationships, including all those breakdowns make us wonder if love really exists anymore in this world.

This installment covers the phone/email stalker. You can find this article series as part of Game Chronicles

Here are 4 simple strategies that will help you build confidence.

It can be tough to deal with managing your anxiety while in a relationship. Maintaining a relationship is tough enough let alone having to deal with your anxieties. As a result, here is a list of techniques and suggestions on what to do in managing your anxieties while being in a relationship.

At some point or another, we have all been there. We end up in toxic relaitonships that undermine our self esteem and cause us to feel self doubt. Just thinking about how to deal with a toxic relationship can be overwhelming. However, if we break down the task into manageable steps, we can step out of what is holding us back and into a position of power.

Not many of us think about prisons. Why is prison life a punishment? Because you can not move around and meet people. With friendship, we break the barrier that stops us sharing our life with others.