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Spring into Romance: Navigating the Dating Scene as the Spring Season Blooms

As the chill of winter fades away, spring emerges as a season of renewal, growth, and new beginnings. Just as nature flourishes with blossoming flowers and vibrant colors, so too can your dating life experience a rejuvenation during this time.

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Navigating Love and Motherhood: The Unique Journey of Single Women Embracing Motherhood Later in Life

In a society where norms around family planning have evolved, the narrative of motherhood is undergoing a significant transformation. Increasingly, single women are choosing to embark on the journey of motherhood later in life, often relying on dating agencies to find a life partner and utilising IVF to fulfill their dreams of having a child.

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Breaking Traditions: The Empowering Trend of Women Proposing Marriage in Leap Years

One of the unconventional customs associated with leap years challenges traditional gender roles – the idea that women can take the lead in proposing marriage.

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Leap Year Proposal Tips for Women

With the upcoming leap year, we wanted to share some tips and ideas for all the ladies out there considering taking the leap and proposing marriage and what a fantastic time to do it as we have been featured in the Times very best things to do in 2024.

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Valentine’s Day.. A Journey to Your Perfect Match

In a sea of generic AI connections, Berkeley International stands out, creating dating experiences that go beyond the ordinary.

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How to ace your new year’s resolutions – by the dating experts Berkeley International.

Setting positive resolutions for the new year can enhance your personal growth, boost motivation, and improve overall well-being. Joining Berkeley International can be one of those!

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Finding yourself

Finding yourself involves self-reflection and exploration. Embrace your passions, learn from experiences, and set personal boundaries. To find love, be genuine, communicate openly, and prioritize shared values. Remember, self-love is the foundation for healthy relationships.

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2024 New Year, New Love: How to Find a Partner in the New Year

The New Year is a time of fresh beginnings, and for many of us that includes the hope of finding a new partner. If you are looking to start the year with love, this blog will provide you with some tips and strategies to kickstart your journey toward finding a meaningful relationship in the upcoming year.

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New Year, New You: A Guide to Transforming Your Life in 2024

As we step into a new year, it is the perfect time to embark on a journey of self-improvement.

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Are you Single This Holiday Season..

The holiday season is in full swing, and while it is often associated with love and togetherness, being single during Christmas can have its own charm. In this blog, we’ll explore some creative ideas and practical tips for those who want to make the most of their holiday season while dating or looking for love.

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The Great Old Age Debate..

Dating and age can indeed be a complex and sensitive issue. The age-old notion that males often choose younger companions and that women occasionally choose younger partners is a generalisation that isn't always accurate, even though it is popular in various societies.

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We Love Dating

As the magical Christmas season approaches, many of us find ourselves yearning for more than just festive decorations and cosy fireside gatherings. We long for love and companionship to make this time of year even more special.

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The Pitfalls of Dating Desperation: Finding Love Without Losing Yourself

Dating can be a thrilling journey full of excitement and new experiences. However, for some, it can also be a path paved with desperation. The desire to find love and companionship is a powerful motivator, but when desperation takes the wheel, it can lead to unintended consequences.

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"Falling for Love: Dating in Autumn"

As the leaves begin to change colours and the air becomes crisp, there's something undeniably romantic about Autumn. It is a season that invites cosy sweaters, hot chocolate, and the perfect backdrop for building meaningful connections. If you are just starting to explore the dating scene, here are some ideas and tips for making the most of dating in Autumn.

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Navigating Loneliness: Finding Love with a Dating Agency

Loneliness can be a challenging emotion to grapple with, especially when you're single and longing for companionship. Fortunately, there are elite bespoke international Dating Agencies designed to help individuals connect with potential partners and overcome the feelings of isolation.

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Cross Cultural Dating

Technology and easy travel is making the world more accessible every day. One consequence is that attitudes toward dating between cultures give the appearance of relaxing and that cross cultural mixing and matchmaking is on the rise.

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A Royal Affair

Most agree that the Queen was a difficult act to follow - never apologise never explain - but can we learn anything about dating from the Coronation?

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Online Dating Scammers

Very topical at the moment, online scammers are becoming more clever, more international, more plausible and more successful. And there’s more of them.

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Technology v Dating

The headline is misleading. Gen Z has not stopped dating - they have simply stopped taking dating seriously.

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Single on Valentines Day?

There is nothing wrong with not having a romantic partner. On Valentine’s Day or any other day.

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Be my Valentine

It’s a pretty safe bet that if a poll were taken asking whether or not to keep Valentine’s Day on the calendar, the majority - whether single or in a relationship might agree to scrap it!

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New Years Resolution No 1 - The End of Woke!

Whenever those old enough to remember life pre-WOKE meet for the first time, the concept is looking over their shoulders and causing confusion. We don’t really understand it.

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New Year's Resolution No 2: Provoking Instant Change

Mark Twain said, ‘Time is a human construct created to stop everything happening at once.’ Not only that but everything can change in an instant.

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Festive Film Fest for Cinephiles

As we approach the shortest day of the year even the most outdoorsy out and about of us is thinking about grabbing a blanket and snuggling up to the TV for a night.

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Christmas Dating - a festive feast or recipe for indigestion

If we are to believe pretty much every Christmas movie ever made, there is a perfect Hallmark partner out there waiting in the wings for everyone this Christmas. It’s not a question of whether it happens to you, but when.

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Be Your Own

Everyone needs to talk about their mental health. It is the fastest growing area in the medical arena and with good reason.

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Is your Date a Keeper?

A keeper is first and foremost, honest. Before many couples even meet the date is doomed because far too many set themselves up as the perfect photoshopped version of themselves.

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Christmas Dating

The festive season is a romantic time with log fires, cosy jumpers, fairy lights and general bonhomie leading to excuses to cuddle up so here's some ideas on how to combine Christmas and Romance.

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A Survival Guide to being single at Christmas

There’s no need to feel embarrassed about not having a significant other at Christmas.

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Why Autumn is THE Dating Season

Perceived wisdom has it that Summer is the best time to date. Picnics, holidays, BBQ’s, sunset walks, and al fresco dinners with most of us in an upbeat mood in the balmy weather sounds amazing, agreed? Sure, but there’s a lot to be said for the joys of dating in Autumn.

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Mindful Dating

In the two years of lockdown reflection we shifted the way approach our health, lifestyles, the way we dated. 2022 is shaping up to be a new normal, a different way to date that better mirrors who and how we are today.

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THE BOISDALE MUSIC AWARDS 2022 HOSTED BY JOOLS HOLLAND

Tickets for the 10th annual Boisdale Music Awards, a celebration of some of the greatest entertainers in the world of jazz, blues, soul, reggae, and pop, on 28th September.

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Berkeley International x Vivencia

Berkeley International is excited to announce a brand new partnership with Vivencia - a luxury platform offering bespoke and intimate experiences for couples.

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A Clean Slate for The Summer

Many of us have had trouble getting over an ex and it’s often difficult, or impossible, to move on successfully until the emotional ties are cut. You might try but, especially if ties and constant reminders remain such as children, property ownership, mutual friends, more often than not things don't work out with new partners.

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Self Love

How do we set about portraying ourselves as being happy with how we are? The past few years have taught us to pause and reflect on the things that matter most. Yet many of us still struggle to understand who we are and who we want to be.

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Dating Trends for Summer 2022

In the two years of lockdown reflection we shifted the way we approach our health, lifestyles, and the way we dated. 2022 is shaping up to be a new normal, a different way to date that better mirrors who and how we are today.

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Summer Fling!

People are still getting out there with a vengeance after 2 years of being locked up with time to reflect that loneliness is no fun so many of them are out there looking for love. So, is a summer fling worth it?

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Wedo Women’s Inspire Network

The Wedo Women’s Inspire Network is for any Woman who is thinking of starting a business, or who is already running a business and might feel isolated working from home or in a male dominated work environment.

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Berkeley International Announce New Partnership With Unique Digital Investment Platform Spring

Spring Investment management are delighted to announce their partnership with Berkeley International offering a totally unique investment platform to the International marketplace.

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Summer Love

Research tells us that summer flings are out this year, most are prepared to spend time looking for a romantic connection. However, for the well-heeled it can be tricky to find places where you feel comfortable and where there are some like-minded singles.

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Berkeley International Announce New Partnership with Kimberlite

Berkeley International announce new partnership with boutique acquisition & development management company Kimberlite.

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Luxury Restaurant Guide – Members Offer

Annual membership to Luxury Restaurant Club in association with Berkeley International.

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New Podcast Episode: Special Interview with Mairead

New podcast with Mairead Molloy and James Preece

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Berkeley International Delighted to Announce Partnership with Dating Coach James Preece

Berkeley International Announces New Partnership with Dating Expert, James Preece

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Is true love really blind?

Meeting online has become a popular avenue for many, but can you fall in love with someone you haven't met?

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What you won’t do, do for love.

What is it about being in love or doing acts of love that changes the narrative? There is something about our emotions that gives us the drive to follow through with certain actions. So, are we doing things out of love, or driven by emotion?

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It’s a date

Instead of the usual popular dating apps - which are indeed known to be successful for some - why not switch it up a notch and consider leaving it to professional, accomplished and technically skilled matchmakers?

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The Joys of Being a Woman

As testing as a woman’s uphill battle for equality may have been in the past, it broke the stigma for breaking the bias in women being seen as only domestic, making way for a change toward an equal life between both males and females. 

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Berkeley International Announce New Partnership with Online Luxury Florist Bloom

Berkeley International are delighted to announce a new partnership with luxury florist Bloom.

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Valentines - Food for Thought

Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us. Read our Valentine's Day tips here.

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Ennell Jewellers Partner with Berkeley International for Valentine's Day

Berkeley International delighted to announce new Partnership for Valentine's Day

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V is for Very Hungry

The first week of February has come back to greet us once more, and the wake of the annual Valentine’s Day celebrations begin.

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Be My Valentine

Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Why not de-stress the whole affair by getting ahead of the game, giving it some lead time, and arranging something special for you and your partner?

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Surviving January

The 3-step guide to beating the January Blues

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Eat Drink and be Merry

Christmas means dark nights; mouth-watering fresh minced pies and bottles of Baileys being fetched from the back of the booze cupboard. And when it’s cold outside, we often reach for a cosy hot chocolate and lots of carb-loaded, sugary foods to give us a boost.

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The Singles Guide to Surviving Christmas..

The festive season stirs up all kinds of emotions, especially if you’re single, from bah humbug to abject misery. It is a holiday that perpetuates myths about family togetherness at a time when togetherness is probably not really an option. We have grown up with the romantic notion that Christmas is time to forge heart-warming memories and indulge in Yuletide festivities and kiss under the mistletoe.

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Finding Love Again

You might be happy - you’ve got a nice home, a dog, a family, a career or whatever else that fulfils you on a day-to-day basis - but you feel as though something is missing and you know in your soul that you’d like someone to share it with. Time to find love again?

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Simple steps to find love this Christmas..

Christmas is a festival of good intentions, but it always brings stories where loneliness are part and parcel of the season. Not just for old people and the homeless etc, loneliness strikes across the board. Some of us feel alone in a house full of people. Christmas can be the best time of year, or the worst.

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Relating to Social Media

Our digital selves are fake one dimensional lies - we have become masters of impression management, all seeking self-worth validation through romantic fantasy where the ideal partner is constructed in the mind of the user.

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Is Chivalry Dead?

Chivalry is not dead, it just looks different these days and because of its comparative rarity, it gets noticed.

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Cocktail of the Week: The Gladstone Axe Mint Julep

Cocktail of the Week: The Gladstone Axe Mint Julep

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How to Propose

There have been plenty of creative virtual proposals over the last year or so but it looks like we are all now back squarely in the physical business and many of us looking to cement relationships built carefully and over time during the pandemic.

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Pandemic Pets

A lot of people have bought pets during the pandemic, either for company, lowering stress and/or reducing blood pressure. However, this surge of pet buying has spawned a new culture for pet owners.

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Rampur Double Cask Indian Single Malt Whisky Golden Old Fashioned

Cocktail of the week – Rampur Double Cask Indian Single Malt Whisky Golden Old Fashioned – a must for fans of a single malt!

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Are you Romance Ready

The much anticipated boom in post vaccine revenge fun and games might not appear to be quite here yet. Climbing vaccine rates, sunshine and over a year of pent up sexual energy were predicted to combine for a season of sixties style mingling and jingling. Not, it seems, the case.

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True Love - Rules of Engagement

While many people want relationships, they have scant idea what they are looking for. Our 3 rules of engagement will improve your chances exponentially.

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Cocktail of the Week - Cut Rum Mango Daiquiri

Cut Rum Mango Daiquiri - a refreshing cocktail for late summer evenings.

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Cocktail of the Week - Stambecco Spritz

Our cocktail of the week is the Stambecco Spritz. A wonderful cocktail for summer nights.

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Cocktail of the Week - Spirited Union Rum

A fabulous summery cocktail recipe using Spirited Union's Pink Grapefruit & Rose Rum.

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Luxury Restaurant Guide – Exclusive Offer

A very special offer from the Luxury Restaurant Guide for all Berkeley International members

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Technology and Dating

Using technology to its best advantage when augmenting a long distance or Covid restricted relationship.

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Berkeley International Partners with leading PR firm MPR Communications

Berkeley International Partners with MPR Communications - Representatives of International Premium Drinks Companies. We will be sharing some Fabulous Cocktail Recipes to add some Va Va Voom to your date!

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Cross Cultural Dating

Technology and easy travel is making the world more accessible every day. One consequence is that attitudes toward dating between cultures give the appearance of relaxing and that cross cultural mixing and matchmaking is on the rise. 

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Online Dating and Your Mental Health

Low self-esteem, online addiction, burn out, and anxiety are the tip of the online depression iceberg. We are seeing a big push on mental health awareness at the moment but the full impact of online dating and social media has not yet been recognised.

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Berkeley International Announce New Partnership With JWP Media Group

Berkeley International are delighted to announce their partnership with the JWP Media Group, founded by James W Phillips.

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Making Assumptions……

Assumptions can manifest at any stage of a relationship - before you meet, early on and even after you are well down the partnership road - and all can be equally problematical. 

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Love after Brexit

Now the drawn out divorce between the UK and the EU is over and the new rules are taking shape, we thought a one-off piece on how Brexit has affected visas and immigration wouldn't go amiss as the UK starts to navigate its way back into the world. 

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Who Pays on a First Date?

The roadmap to freedom is counting down, the birds are getting chatty, the pubs are unstacking tables, there’s new summer clothes to buy for long awaited holidays- the time to get out and about is nearly upon us and all those months of waiting to date will be in the rear view mirror. But have we forgotten how to date non-virtually?

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Valentine's Day in Lockdown

The interminable cold of January is behind us. Spring is in the air. The birds are getting frisky. The vaccine is rolling out. And just when you are starting to think positive, Valentine’s Day looms.

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Cupid, Corona and Dating

This unprecedented time is seeing a return to more old fashioned values, to romance rather than flings, to depth over superficiality, to thinking rather than swiping. The pandemic has given us is time to reflect. Guidance for online and virtual dating during Covid.

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Loneliness and Dating During Covid

Dating and Loneliness in Covid: Now is that moment to establish a strong emotional connection virtually rather than swiping left on dating apps or filling in questionnaires so that, when the time comes to meet and date offline, the actual physical meeting is much less of a hit and miss affair.

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The Luxury Restaurant Guide

Exclusive Access for Berkeley Members to The Luxury Restaurant Guide together with an introductory visit to Mosimann’s and complimentary champagne.

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Dating during a pandemic

As the coronavirus outbreak continues, we at Berkeley International have seen an increased number of members joining, both nationally and internationally, as people are forced to socialise less in person.

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When healthy relationship habits turn toxic

There are some relationship behaviours that are easily assumed to be healthy when first they begin, and it’s not easy to spot the signs when they morph into something altogether

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Spending Christmas or New Year apart?

Spending Christmas or New Year apart when you’re part of a couple can put certain strains on how much you enjoy the holiday season as a whole. We all want

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Men need dating help too

There comes a point when dating life gets difficult for both sexes.  If this time comes for you, it’s important to acknowledge that you as a man have as much

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So, we’re nearly at the end of your dating year

Now that 2019 is coming to a close you’re probably feeling a huge shift in energy from the people around you. We’re all already talking about 2020 and, whether we

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Men: 4 ways to show her you’re serious and interested

It appears that men and women find it more and more difficult these days to work out whether their date, or new partner, is actually interested in them.  And if

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6 Red flags to be wary of on a first date

When on a date it’s likely you’ll be on high alert for words or actions you either like or don’t like, we know that.  Having said this, when you’re caught

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How to start a new relationship

Starting a new relationship can be a daunting and intimidating experience, no matter whether you’ve been single a long time or are just coming out of a long term partnership.

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Fun and freedom after your breakup

When we break up from a partner who really meant something to us, there’s always going to be a low period. It doesn’t necessarily matter how many times we’ve been

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Are you really just bickering?

So you may not be a couple who fight in the heated sense, with arms flailing and raised voices, but this doesn’t mean you don’t argue. Interestingly, there’s a large

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5 irresistible traits women look for in a man

Everyone’s different, we know that. Some women prefer taller men, some are only interested if you’re childfree and CEO of your own company. What we’re not trying to do here

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Yes, there’s a difference between sex and intimacy

As an adult, it shouldn’t be breaking news to you that intimacy and sex are far from the same thing. We all know it’s possible to have sex with someone

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6 Habits we start to take for granted in relationships

Basic manners In the early days of dating most of our manners are impeccable and there’s not one word or action we miss when assessing how potential partners treat us. As

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Gaslighting in relationships: the not so obvious abuse

There’s a lot of open talk now about the different types of toxicity people can experience within relationships. It used to be that domestic violence was the only focus, that

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What’s your love language?

The Five Love Languages book was published in 1992 by Gary Chapman and became a worldwide phenomenon in the field of love and relationships. For those who’ve read it, it’s

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40 And Ready to Start a Family

Unfortunately, for some women in today’s society, one of the most frustrating elements of life is deciding when, if and how you choose to become a mother. The minute you

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The Tech Files: Texting On A Date

Most of us could be described as at least mildly attached to our mobile phones. If there’s a spare moment to be had, gone are the days where we sit

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