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{You should ensure you know the things listed below about your partner before getting engaged.}

{{Check them out below}}

1. Before you get engaged to your partner, you should know your partner’s career goals and how it will affect your relationship with each other.

2. Before you get engaged to your partner, you should talk about each other’s faith and how it affects the both of you as a couple.

3. Before you get engaged to your partner, you should ensure you know the things your partner loves to do during his/her spare time.

4. Before you get engaged to your partner, you need to understand each other’s views on how chores should be run at home. Will chores be shared or will one of you take care of all the chores?

5. Before you get engaged to your partner, you need to be certain you find your partner sexually appealing. Sex is critical to the success of a marriage.

6. Before you get engaged to your partner, you need to be certain the communication level between the both of you is very ok. Communication problems can destroy a marriage so you should be getting engaged to someone you can talk to anytime and have a honest conversation with.

7. Before you get engaged to your partner, you need to be certain you and your partner manage conflicts properly. Every relationship is bound to have conflicts but it’s how these conflicts are handled that really matters.

8. Before you get engaged to your partner, you should know each other’s worst qualities and you should be willing to accept your partner’s worst qualities.

9. Before you get engaged to your partner, you should know your partner’s friends especially your partner’s inner circle of friends.

10. Before you get engaged to your partner, you should know your partner’s family. It’s important you know the kind of family you are getting into.

11. Before you get engaged to your partner, you should know if your partner wants kids and how you plan on parenting the kids.

12. Before you get engaged to your partner, you need to know your partner’s spending habits. It’s important you are comfortable with your partner’s spending habits before getting engaged to your partner.

13. Before you get engaged to your partner, you need to know your partner’s relationship with his/her family. It’s important to understand how your partner feels about his/her family.

14. Before you get engaged to your partner, you need to know if you truly love your partner and if you are willing to spend the rest of your life with your partner.

{According to a study by K-Y and The Kinsey Institute, touch (hugging, holding hands and a light massage) is important for a healthy relationship.}

The study also revealed many couples aren’t touching each other enough.

“Touch is important for sustaining a healthy relationship but it’s also necessary for our feelings of connection, safety and overall wellbeing,” says Dr Justin R. Garcia, the associate director for research and education at The Kinsey Institute.

“People who experience regular loving touch benefit from increased oxytocin levels, which has been associated with lower heart rates and lower blood pressure and over time, can decrease a person’s risk for many serious health ailments.”

Renowned sex and relationship expert Dr Laura Berman also told Fox News Magazine that touch is important for building intimacy in a relationship and we do our relationship a disservice when we don’t touch our partner.

Dr Berman suggests couples set aside just 15 minutes, twice a week for cuddling and hugging with no intention to having sex.

{Telling yourself these lies as a single lady prevents you from creating opportunities to find your true love.}

Here are 5 common lies most single ladies tell themselves that prevent them from finding true love

{{1. All men are cheats and liars }}

I can understand you saying this after meeting several men that turned out to be cheats and liars but you tell yourself a big lie when you say all men are cheats and liars. Not all men are cheats and liars. When you stop telling yourself this lie, you will begin to meet wonderful men.

{{2. All the good men are taken }}

Do you really believe yourself when you say this? Just as we have good women who are single, so do we have good men are who single. There’s a good man for every good woman out there. Don’t close the door to finding him.

{{3. I am waiting for the perfect man }}

The perfect man doesn’t exist and it’s important you understand this. Stop looking for the perfect man and start looking for the right man for you. The right man for you will come with some imperfections.

{{4. Most men hate committed relationships }}

While there are men out there who do not enjoy being in a committed relationship, there are also men out there who want to commit to a long-term relationship. Stop telling yourself this lie. Don’t just close the door, go out there and make new friends and you might just meet the man for you.

{{5. I am too busy to date }}

No one is too busy to date. We all have 24 hours and we make time for what we think is important to us. You are too busy to date because you think love isn’t important. To find love, you will need to make love your priority.

{It’s a norm these days for women to edit their photos on dating sites and enhance their beauty, but research has found that inasmuch as men find them attractive, they don’t find them trustworthy.
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A study of 305 participants found that men who viewed enhanced photos of women judged them to be more attractive but less trustworthy, compared to a natural photo of the same woman. Enhanced photos of men both increased attractiveness and increased trustworthiness among women.

PsyPost interviewed the study’s corresponding author, Rory McGloin of the University of Connecticut, and McGloin was asked a number of questions. One of which was: What should the average person take away from your study?

McGloin responded: I think there are a number of key take-aways for people who might be using online dating websites or apps. The most important might be to consider “what” you believe your profile picture is communicating about your trustworthiness. In our results, we found that the women’s profile picture that had been beautified led to lower levels of trustworthiness. On the other hand, women found the more beatified male profile picture as also being more trustworthy. Therefore, the process seems to be different for men and women and as a result, different considerations should be made when selecting a profile picture.

If you want to attract people based on your looks, then our results show that a beatified picture can certainly help increase your attractiveness and other individual’s desire to date you. On the other hand, if you want people to perceive you as being trustworthy, then for women, selecting what might be a slightly more authentic or natural photo could help increase your perceived trustworthiness.

{Men lie, and so do women, after all, we’re all human beings. While there are a lot of women who don’t have to lie to get what they want from their man (even money), there are those who feel the need to sometimes lie, especially if they want something so bad, and their man isn’t immediately willing to yield to them.}

Now, please note that I didn’t come up with these things, per se. I was having a conversation with a female buddy of mine, and she mentioned some of the things you’re set to read.

Here are some of the lies women tell to get money from men.

{{ “Please,borrow me some money”}}

If you’re a man, and you have a woman in your life that you’ve had to borrow money to in the past, then, you know how this works. She doesn’t really want to borrow, she simply wants you to give her, but because she also understands that you may not give her if she asked you to without adding ‘borrow’ to the request, she gets a little craftier.

Most men are moved to give her money because she says she’s only borrowing it and will pay back soon, but those who really understand how this trick works will either not give her or give her the money, but won’t expect a repay. I mean, I have been in this position myself countless times, if you borrow her money, you wouldn’t really have the gut to ask for a repay, so it’s all gone. And if you do ever mention that you need your money back, she’ll most likely cause a fuss about it. This doesn’t just apply to people in a relationship; I’ve also seen a woman take advantage of the fact that some guy is trying to get her attention to rip him off.

{{“I’m stranded, please help me”}}

This is another common ploy used by women to get money off men. This doesn’t happen often with the men they really care about; they use this lie mostly on the other guy. The moment they’re in serious financial need, and they can’t solve it themselves, they fashion out a means to. This is one of those means. She picks up her phone, calls some guy (usually the one she knows is the likeliest to yield), and with her best impression of someone in distress, tells him she’s stranded somewhere, and needs some money to find her way home. It’s usually something along the lines of, “I lost my some money on my way to… Now, I’m stranded at… Please, can you send me…? I’d really appreciate it.” Most guys immediately believe this, and send her exactly what she asked for, and others don’t, but do it anyway… For reasons best known to them.

{{“I need money to complete payment of something”}}

Your woman has probably run up to you to give her money to complete a payment for something, probably a nice little dress she saw somewhere or something of that sort, and you obliged because you felt the need to support her because she made an effort at least by paying for half the sum of the item. However, the truth is, half the time they come up with this talk, they haven’t even paid a dime for the item, and want you to pay for it all, but you wouldn’t know. What they do is inflate the total price of the item. If it’s $50 for instance, they tell you it’s $100 or $80, and make you believe they’ve paid in half of it, and when you give them the $50, they simply use it for full payment. Sometimes, some of us men even go as far as giving her the other part too, and she ends up having more than enough.

{{“I’m pregnant”}}

This is probably one of the commonest ploys women use to get money off men. If she says she’s pregnant, and doesn’t want to keep it, she’s indirectly telling you she needs money for an abortion. Now, as ‘okay’ as that may seem, the reality is that most of the time, this is all just a ploy to get money. If you ask to go for a confirmation at a hospital, you’ll see it’s only a lie. But of course, there are men who don’t think in that direction, and would immediately give her money.

So those were some of the common lies some women tell to get money off men. Of course, I know that not every woman is like this, and there are those who get their own money through hard work and genuine means — that’s why I say some. And of course, this post is only intended to provoke laughter, nothing more. Cheers!

{There comes a time in every relationship when you need to take your relationship to the next level but how do we really know we are ready to take our relationship to the next level?}

If you notice the signs below in your relationship, chances are that you are ready to take your relationship to the next level

1. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if your exes don’t matter to you anymore.

2. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you don’t imagine yourself with anyone but your partner.

3. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if it’s easy to be your true self when you are around your partner.

4. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you are willing to compromise certain things for your partner and your partner is willing to do same for you.

5. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you enjoy spending time with your partner.

6. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you and your partner want the same things out of life.

7. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you are comfortable with your partner’s flaws and you accept your partner for who he/she really is.

8. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you have introduced your partner to your family and your family is comfortable with the relationship.

9. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you have introduced your partner to your friends and they get along very well.

10. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if seeing other couples together makes you think about your partner.

11. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you and your partner call each other for no reason. It’s a sign you enjoy talking to each other.

12. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if cheating on your partner doesn’t appeal to you.

13. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you and your partner know how to handle misunderstandings between the both of you respectfully.

14. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you no longer keep secrets from your partner.

15. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you and your partner are always there for each other.

16. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you don’t get sick of being with your partner even after spending long weekends together.

17. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you feel secure being with your partner.

18. You are ready to take your relationship to the next level if you and your partner consistently do the little things for each other like buying gifts, opening the door etc.

{Doing things together as a couple is important in every relationship as it helps keep the relationship alive.}

{{Here are 15 cute things every couple needs to do together}}

1. Cook together.

2. Go out on a date regularly.

3. Visit a place you have never been to.

4. Play a game.

5. Plan the family budget.

6. Read to each other.

7. Cuddle

8. Go on a road trip.

9. Try a new hobby together.

10. Try each other’s hobbies.

11. Shower together.

12. Go to a beach.

13. Give each other a massage.

14. Have a pillow fight.

15. Listen to music together.

{Infidelity in marriage is becoming a big issue these days and Bespoke jeweler Jason of Beverly Hills has come up with an anti-cheating wedding ring that would stop your spouse from cheating.}

Most people who cheat tend to remove their wedding rings so they would appear single and this ring by Jason of Beverly Hills will brand “married” on your finger to alert anyone you are with that you are married.

The ring is embossed with ‘deirram’ on the inside. So when you pull off the ring from your finger, “married” is printed on your finger so the potential partner you want to cheat with would know that you are married.

But some people still cheat with their wedding ring on so this ring would probably not stop such people from cheating. Lack of trust in your marriage is another problem that arises with using such a ring because you tell your partner you don’t trust him/her when you ask him/her to wear this ring.

So would you want this ring???

{There are certain things women expect men to do and take the initiative without being told. When the man tends not to know these things, the woman might get frustrated, and this might lead to a crack in the marriage/relationship.}

These are some things women expect from their men, even without telling.

{{1. Support her during her activities/events }}

If a woman has something going on in her life, she expects her man to support her and be there for her through it all, even though he might not really have much to do. His presence and support will mean a lot to her, and she’d get really frustrated when he doesn’t do this.

{{2. Don’t leave her in the dark }}

Every woman wants to be part of the plan and the process; she doesn’t want to left in the dark. She feels important when her man includes her in the plans and decision-making process, even when she didn’t ask.

{{3. Attention }}

Every woman wants attention from her man, and she doesn’t want to be shown attention when she complains about lack of attention; she wants the attention to flow naturally — that’s what makes it special.

{{4. Know what she likes }}

Women tend to expect the man in their lives to know a lot about them after a few months of being together. They don’t want to keep reminding him or telling him of things that should be done; they just want the man to be curios and attentive enough to know a lot about them.

Women want a lot of things, but somehow all what they want fall into these four categories.

{Researchers claim they have found the perfect age to get married.

The study carried out by Nick Wolfinger, a sociologist at the University of Utah, and published by the generally pro-marriage Institute of Family Studies suggests that people who get married between 28 and 32 are the least divorced – in the ensuing years.}

Wolfinger analyzed data from 2006-2010 and the 2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth. He found a sort of upside down bell curve. “The odds of divorce decline as you age from your teenage years through your late twenties and early thirties,” he writes. “Thereafter, the chances of divorce go up again as you move into your late thirties and early forties.” For each year after about 32, the chance of divorce goes up about 5% says the study.

There are lots of reasons why late 20s/early 30s would make sense as a time to start a lifelong partnership with someone: people are old enough to understand if they really get along with someone or are just blinded by hormones. They’ve already made significant life choices and taken on some responsibilities. And they may be just financially solvent enough to be able to contemplate supporting someone should the need arise.

Wolfinger says the data persists “even after controlling for respondents’ sex, race, family structure of origin, age at the time of the survey, education, religious tradition, religious attendance, and sexual history, as well as the size of the metropolitan area that they live in.” He thinks the reason might be selection bias. “The kinds of people who wait till their thirties to get married may be the kinds of people who aren’t predisposed toward doing well in their marriages,” he writes.