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We all know them or know of them, people who get divorced and immediately remarry or move in with someone else. Think Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, but without the millions of dollars in the bank or constant trail of paparazzi.We talk about these couples in hushed tones, telling our friends, "It will never work out." After all, don't these people need time and space before jumping into another Read more...

The relationship questions asked most frequently of counselors are all basically the same. First people will explain certain undesirable behaviors their partners are displaying. Then they'll ask whether they should tolerate these behaviors or whether they are making too big an issue of them.   There are, in fact, certain behaviors that should not be tolerated because they damage-- Read more...

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Blaming yourself for your relationship's failure to thrive is a most painful type of regret. Beating yourself for losing someone's love is true agony.   People often blame themselves for breakups, believing that their insecurity is what drove their partner away. Another thing on which people blame their breakup is their own personal defects. They believe that their lackings, Read more...

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