Relationships
Break-ups happen every day. Sometimes it’s for compatibility reasons, sometimes for distance, or sometimes it’s…
The first, and most important thing to acknowledge when you’ve been dumped is that it…
One day, a blond, mountain biking, engineer, five years younger than me asked me out on a date. I’m glad I ignored my list and said yes.
In the recent decade, I’ve witnessed tragic instances of broken relationships and detrimental rifts within…
Congratulations. You are fresh in your relationship and your heart is probably pounding with excitement.…
One of the reasons there’s a widespread definitional dating in our day is because recreational…
“What happened to the time?” I ask myself. It seems like only yesterday I was…
Contrary to popular belief, emotional abuse can be just as devastating to a victim as…
When it comes to Christians and newlywed sex, there are usually two extremes. For some…
As a sixth grader, I went to a big Christian summer camp where the speaker…
The scene that never grows old is the breakup bit from Say Anything. Even if you’ve…
“It’s OK, your Prince Charming is out there!” I was told recently. Frozen smile on…
As I’ve noted before, if you’re single, you’ve most likely received your fair share of…
About a week before I found out that I was pregnant with my first child,…
Every Monday we would gather at our favorite grimy, beach-themed restaurant to eat, drink, and…
There is nothing creepier than telling a woman God told you, “we should be together!”…
I’ll never forget the look on her face as she shared the story of her…
There are so many mistakes to be made when it comes to dating and relationships.…
Did you ever think someone could show you love through a bologna sandwich? I didn’t…
My unmarried roommate Charlie was climbing into his late thirties when a woman invited him…
A sure sign of any healthy relationship is the fact that it continually grows. Of course, many would say that growing slowly together is a good thing, and keeping things casual at first can help. But can casual dating ever get in the way of real growth?
As a professional counselor, I have worked with countless couples whose problems and strife stemmed…
In college, I waited—like I thought every good Christian girl was supposed to. The Christian…
If you’re a Christian, older than 22 and single, odds are things are weird for…
I remember an expensive first date when I was in my early 20s. I was…
Friendships, and how to appropriately navigate them can be really tricky. Because on one hand,…
I’ve always wanted to be married, but I’m still single at 44 years old. In…
A new study is challenging a lot of popular notions about love and romance by…
The first time I met Sarah and Tom, I thought that they were a special…
I was sitting on a panel about dating when someone asked the classic question: “What’s…
Much like shopping for a car (OK, maybe nothing like that), dating can be a…
In purity rhetoric for men, women are often depicted as damsels in distress, but also…
We all remember those awkward “talks” with our parents or those sixth grade reproductive health…
Most of my work as a psychotherapist consists of helping individuals and couples work through…
Long gone are the days of the junior high lunchroom—where kids seemed to be divided…
RELEVANT looks at how sex can be hard to resist before marriage—and how confusing it can be after the wedding day.
I got married in the summer of 2017, and it was and still is a…
The bill arrives for dinner. Yikes. You didn’t anticipate spending that much money. But what…
Here’s something that probably won’t shock you: breakups suck. Shocking, right? The truth is, unless…
Relationships in the modern age are seemingly complex. Navigating dating apps to defining the relationship…