Not all are great texters. Not everyone prefers texting as their main form of communication. Some people find it hard to keep the conversation going through text. There is someone you are interested in but as soon as the conversation starts, it doesn’t last long and hits a dead end. Well, what’s the right way to keep a conversation going through text? Here are 18 ways you can keep the conversation going over text:...

What’s essential before starting the conversation is creating a healthy mindset. While distancing yourself from your ex, you should nourish yourself. Once, you are healed, you will know what you want and why you want to contact your ex. Are you contacting your ex because you want to stay friends, you want to apologize, or you want to rekindle the relationship? Each situation is different because you need to be precise and honest to deliver your aim in the best way....

I Always Stayed Away From Women During my college life, I changed a lot. My mind deviated towards what we call our natural desires but I never went beyond my boundaries. Because of my spiritual nature, I always tried to avoid sex or friendship with the opposite sex in my college days. My friends went to sex workers Most of my classmates have their girlfriends and those who don’t even hire prostitutes for their physical needs but I never did so....

What does a married man want from an affair? A physical relationship, of course. This young girl sent an anonymous query, seeking some relationship advice from our Bonobology counsellor. Click here to read: What I learned from my affair with a married man. He was her uncle but wanted a physical relationship with her It all began when she was in her 10th Grade. She was young and impressionable, of course....

It was during one of my unplanned trips to Kanyakumari that I met Uma Maheshwar. I had boarded the almost empty train at Thiruvananthapuram. I was alone in one of the compartments, dozing. A few women passed through the alleyway wearing thick makeup and pungent perfume, which disturbed my nap. Another woman followed. She stopped and turned towards me. I looked up confused. To my surprise, it was neither she nor he....

International Beer Day 2021: 5 Occasions Beer Came To My Rescue I love beer. Plain and simple. It is my favorite drink. I am aware that it is usually a man’s drink and I know they can devour pitchers. But I can too. My introduction to drinking happened with beer. The guys said it was a mild drink and would be perfect for my initiation. It’s another thing they couldn’t imagine that I would finish three bottles at my initiation ceremony....

(As told to Tina Vashisht) I Want The Crazy Love Of Kabir Singh The crazy love that Kabir Singh feels for Preeti (Kiara Advani), I want that. If a man tells me what to wear and admires me every single day for wearing what he likes, I would give my right arm for that. I am 35 and I am at that age when I know what relationships can be, what men do in the name of giving you the freedom and how a woman is a slave, anyway....

It’s exactly what Candace Alnaji says: “You are not a bad mom because you go to work each day. Similarly, you are not a failure because you left your career altogether. Choices regarding work and family are personal – there is no one-size-fits-all method. Anyone who tells you otherwise is wrong.” Maybe you’re expecting a baby, or are a new mom. Maybe you’re a new mom who’s about to start work again or a mom who’s just quit her job....

So, how am I surviving? Initially I didn’t know how I would survive this. I had accepted his girlfriend. She was like a given. But I had loved him so much that I hoped and prayed that if ever they broke up then he would realise what he means to me. But that never happened. He continued being warm, protective, endearing but never did he love me back. And I didn’t even know when it happened between him and my best friend....

Avani Tiwari says: Hi! The place you find yourself in right now is not uncommon. Sexless marriages are more prevalent than most people would like to admit. As a couple grows together, physical, psychological and physiological changes can start impacting the libido of one or both partners, leading to a consistent decline in the frequency of sexual encounters within the marriage. In fact, a Newsweek survey revealed that 15 to 20 per cent of all marriages were sexless....

When you are 50+, it can be daunting to find someone close to your age, who shares your interests and is looking for something serious. We are here to tell you that finding a partner in your age range can happen for you and that there are many potential partners for you out there. You just need to know where to look for them and what type of people to avoid....

That’s what makes the two things so similar. Getting into a brand new commitment with a brand new person is a happening change and will hopefully make your life rosier and happier than ever before. But starting a new relationship also requires some healthy decision making, understanding and reflection. A good relationship is filled with love, but it is not all that easy. There’s a lot of work, time and consideration that goes into it just like the effort that goes into renovating a house....

The stages of a married life Marriage is a heavy loaded term that comes with a list of DOs and DON’Ts. This relationship is typically expected to last till death does them apart. When a companionship as long term as this is in play, one is bound to find a pattern in it. It is a popular belief in philosophy that the collective conscience and the collective memory plays a huge role in our daily lives....

If you have a thing for men with beards, you’ve probably seen all the problems that come attached with it. The grooming takes hours, the “beard talk” with “the boys” is obnoxious and you can just sense every other female in the bar ogling at his beard. Back off, he’s mine! This is when the dilemma sets in: your boyfriend looks like a 3-year-old version of himself sans beard, but the beard is giving you a beard of rashes and cuts....

Who Is Vikarna? The third born of King Dhritarashtra and Gandhari, Vikarna holds a place of significance in the Mahabharata. Primarily, owing to the fundamental difference in his opinions and ideals from the rest of his brothers. He might have been in the clan of the thirsty Kauravas, but to truly understand who is Vikarna and what his achievements were, one has to look beyond the nativity of his birth. A strong sense of ‘dharma’ and dutiful righteousness defined his character....

We gathered some horrible first-date stories from waiters for whom witnessing such blowups is an occupational hazard. They are all too familiar with first dates and how awkward they can get. Servers Share Worst Date Stories They’ve Seen Even if people around you might be oblivious to the drama, the wait-staff of the restaurant can see and listen to everything that goes on. If a couple is breaking up, the waitress is bound to get a whiff of that, something she might gab about with her girlfriends later....

This angered Bakshi to such an extent that one day while scanning her smartphone he stole some of her photographs and videos, which the girl had clicked in the confines of her home. The photographic content stolen from her mobile was enough to raise eyebrows if made public. Unable to take no from a woman who till then had been besotted by him, Bakshi uploaded the compromising content on some pornographic site....

When a guy calls you Hun, is that considered a compliment? Or is it just a pet name some guys use to name their friends? For what reasons does he call you Hun? You want to know whether he uses hun as a term of endearment and calls all females hun? Or if it’s only reserved for the special women in his life? Maybe he’s a natural flirt, and you’re reading too much into it?...

Picture this scene. You are hanging out with your boyfriend and having a good time together. And then, out of nowhere, he calls you mommy. What?? You might, at first, find the term off-putting or negative. Does calling you mommy indicate some kind of weird mommy issues? Does it mean he’s still obsessed with his mother or parents? Or, another part of you might find the nickname a little hot....

Not without its consequences though. Some survive and some perish. But sometimes, some of us choose the path of suffering and perish with full knowledge. And that’s definitely emotional suicide. When you fall for a married man, the journey is anything but easy. In this article, Dr. Gaurav Deka (MBBS, PG diplomas in Psychotherapy and Hypnosis), an internationally acclaimed Transpersonal Regression Therapist, who specializes in trauma resolution and is a mental health and wellness expert, writes about how to deal with the emotional curveball of falling in love with a married man....