‘Toxic Relationships’ Archives
Does Acting Aloof Make You More Attractive?
Question: I’ve been involved with a guy for a year and a few months. He’s very physically attractive, charming, witty and shares my interests and values. He's also one of the few people not afraid to point out my mistakes, which I really do value. But the relationship has its problems. I don’t want to call it toxic but there is definitely [...]
Strange Bedfellows – Why Are You With Him or Her?
There are some relationships that make you think, "why are you even together?" As an outsider, it seems so obvious to you that the relationship is toxic and each person is better of with someone else. But it's not so obvious to the person in the relationship - and may have not been so obvious to you when you were in a relationship that others [...]
On And Off Again Relationship – When It Is Time To Give Up?
I receive email questions from men and women, young and old, and from all walks of life who are in relationship that is neither moving forward nor behind, that is on-again and off-again, or one in which one or both people are in some ways hurting each other but the attraction and chemistry is so strong that they can’t imagine life without him [...]
Is She Or He Lying To You?
Trusting others may not make you necessarily a fool, instead it can be a sign that you're smart says a study in the current Social Psychological and Personality Science (published by SAGE).. Several days before 2nd year MBA students watched the tapes of interviewees they believed were telling the truth, they filled out a questionnaire that [...]
Do You Know How Your Ex Feels? (Pt. 1)
You may have read this many times in my writings: people want to be with us because of the way we make them feel about themselves. Selfish, you might think and that's understandable. We all like to think that someone is with us because of who we are and what we bring to the relationship, and to a larger degree that's so true. Who we are and [...]
How To Deal With A Control Freak In Your Life
Question: Yangki, I love your website and all your advice. I have a question different from the usual relationship questions you get because my situation is not related to a romantic partner but a relative, my older sister. I love my sister, but we’ve had a tense relationship from as far back as I can remember. My sister is the worst control [...]
10 Signs Your Boyfriend/Girlfriend Is Selfish
Have you ever been out on a date and your date was rude to a service person and even though you were first so strongly attracted to him/her, the attraction suddenly went down a few notches? May be you have an ex who you still have very strong feelings for but you just can’t bring yourself to go back into the relationship because you feel your [...]
Why Is It Driving Me Crazy That My Ex Has Someone New?
Question: My ex and I broke up almost 4 months ago. Well, I broke up with him first because he just wasn't there for me and despite all my complaints he made no effort to spend time with me and treat me the way a man is supposed to treat his woman. He begged me to come back, said he gets it and promised he was going to change. I stupidly took [...]
What’s The Right Amount Of Contact With Your Ex?
I'm always looking for ways to help as many people as possible clarify what's going on in their relationship dynamic. A question and answer discussion on my post Ex Came Back With No Contact – NC Works inspired me to shade a little more light on a common dynamic in many "get back ex" situations. Bruce: NC worked for me. I went NC for 3 weeks [...]
Do You Know How Your Ex Feels? (Pt. 2)
Click here to read (Pt.1) There are people who just feel bad about themselves no matter who they're with. They go from one man or woman to another looking to "feel good" but ultimately fail to find what they are looking for and either continue "looking" or end up bitter and resentful because nobody can make them feel good about [...]
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