Am I annoying? Am I hot?

Am i beautiful?

Am I annoying? Am I hot? Am I sexy? Am I demanding? How many these type of annoying questions you ask standing in front of your mirror? I think all women have this “Mirror, Mirror, Mirror in the wall, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?” type of question lurking inside their minds. But after being dormant for a while, when a date turns up, suddenly they pop up from nowhere.

Even though it is said for decency that the beauty lies in the beholder’s eyes, it is a truth that it starts from your face. Am I annoying while saying this? (Smiles) It is even said that beautiful/handsome people don’t get that severe punishment even in court of law compared to normal looking people convicted of the same crime. If the non partial law is this affected, imagine what effects beauty has on poor men!

But my experience with many people has taught me that, even though men ogle at sexy beautiful women, while deciding on a life time partner they value something more. No wonder why even Marlyn Monroe got ditched thrice. And thankfully, you don’t always have to be pretty to be attractive. While I was in my college we had a senior girl who was not that beautiful or sexy, but all boys died for. She had a very decent way of handling herself with people, nice gestures and peculiar ways to talk and followed elegant, stylish but non expensive dressing. She had that am-just-out-of-your-reach attitude pasted all over her actions.

You may be annoying, hot, sexy, demanding or anything you can possibly be, but know your limits. Know your positives. There are men out there looking out for decent nice women as there have always been. Believe me; men know the difference between a map and a territory very well. Ultimately, wise men don’t judge book by its cover, do they?

I wish you best of luck in bumping into a wise gentle man. [And statistics tells me that wise men are usually handsome too!] J

Boyfriend is a friend of my ex

Let him know the truth!

If your current boyfriend knows and is friendly with your ex boyfriend, is that a problem? I think around fifty percent of the entire women folk face this “boyfriend is a friend of my ex” problem at least once in their lifetime. Many of them got really terrified when they came to know that these guys know each other. But please realize that MANY TIMES this is not a big problem, but a menacing one for sure. Only thing is, you have to handle it tactfully.

One good thing to do is that, give a general view of your earlier relationships to your new boyfriend at the beginning of your new affair itself. It should be a brief only, don’t elaborate on those emotional and physical warfare that followed the breakup. Or the problems you and your boyfriend faced in the relationship. This will make him familiar with the names of the people involved. If he things he knows some guys you mentioned, he might or might not cross check. My experience shows that normally men won’t. Even if your boyfriend did, it is good as he got information in the beginning itself and how your boyfriend handles it shows his maturity.

Now comes the sensitive part. Things are almost ok if your new boyfriend only knows your ex boyfriend. But if both are friends, he might not forward the relationship further. This is actually good, because, you cannot judge the depth of his relationship with your ex. But you can be 99% sure that they are not close friends, as if they were, your new boyfriend already knows you as his friend’s ex.

If your boyfriend is a friend of your ex, and if he does not realize that, tell him the truth. Put the ball in his court. Let him decide his love for you. Once he has made up his mind, tell him to be matured enough to handle possible small embarrassments that may happen in the daily life because of this cross connection. Make things clear from your side. When you do like this, your new boyfriend will see how transparent you are and what you want from relations. This will only enrich your new relationship.

When husband is in love with another woman

When your husband is in love with another woman, it is really heart breaking to know. But a word of caution! I have always asked two questions to women who complain about their husband’s extramarital affairs. “How did they come to know about it?” is the first one among those. First of all, it is very important to check the validity of the information by yourself. I have seen false information and misunderstandings break some very beautiful relations. So before taking any emotional action, please ask these two important questions to yourself, like

1. How did you know about this extramarital relationship?

Who told you this? Is the person gave you this information is reliable? Trusted? If the person is reliable, try to get some evidences. Validate things by yourself. Take all the information but only believe things by YOURSELF.

2. Are you sure your evidences REALLY prove an affair?

May be they are just good friends. But thankfully lovers do many “things” together that friends don’t. Look for the signs.

If you are positive about the existence of an extramarital affair please don’t panic. I know it is a very sad situation as it questions many of the fundamental equations of a relationship, but an outburst will not help. Know that you have your emotional rights as a wife and a mother. Use them properly to wing back the situation.

1. First talk to your husband. Tell him that you know what is going on. If he denies it, as many will, tell him firmly that you love him and wish to help him out of this weird situation and to do that you need his help. Make him understand that you are very sad because of his affair and cannot tolerate it, but can forgive and forget- only if he cooperates with you.

2. If that does not help, talk to his new found girlfriend. I have seen women already carry guilt while in relation with a married man, and nobody likes a confrontation with a wife and a mother. Tell her not to break your family and you need her help in bringing him back to you.

Many times you have to take these steps simultaneously. Use your judgment and BE FIRM. But also analyze your relationship with your husband. Is anything missing from your part? Are you doing your duties satisfyingly as a wife and a lover? It would be helpful if you are critical about your own attitudes and contributions, as a bad wife or lover is the best known catalyst promoting an extramarital affair.

When your Boyfriend avoids your love

I think it is worthwhile to remind ourselves once in a while that love is a chemical reaction happening in the brain. What you feel for your boyfriend or you for him, which is divinely called as love by some, if not kept alive by trust, sharing and passion will fade in time. It is a fact that due to many reasons love affairs fail, relationships break and people go different ways.

Love is a connection. It is a connection that strengthens with consideration and responses after the initial attraction. But for many, attraction dies after a while. It is not personal, so don’t take it personal. Your boyfriend shows alienation because he wants to move away. Accept it. You cannot buy love with tears or accusations.

All relations are not meant to be long lasting; even some good ones will/should break. It is not how great you think your relationship is that counts, but are you both compatible together or not. If not, even good relationships fail.

When a relationship ends or when he is drifting away from you, don’t try to get answers. There are no answers for many “hearty” questions. You will circle in a loop. Take your time, it’s hard, all women know it. But come back soon.

As I said earlier, don’t take it personal. Know that even Marilyn Monroe was ditched/ rejected thrice.

When ex boyfriend has your love letters

When you breakup with your boyfriend, make sure that you get all your love letters back. Don’t feel bad about it, ask them back! If you don’t do it then, later it may be a menace. You might feel like asking to give your letters back is distrusting him and might add up more pain to both already grieving hearts. Don’t trust your feelings, just get those letters back.

After the breakup, I have seen men trying to cajole girls/women back into the relationship. They beg and plead. When these don’t seem to work, many threaten to make those private, intimate love letters public. Don’t give your boyfriend this chance. Get letters back when hearts and relationship are still warm.

And regarding emails, they are less harmful. But I would suggest you open a specific mail ID for these romantic purposes. Like if you are Janet, try jalove67@msn.com or something like that. And don’t send any mail to someone other than your boyfriend from this ID.

If he is not willing to give your letters back, keep on insisting. Don’t believe him if he says he has destroyed them or want to keep them for memories. And as long as possible, don’t involve his parents, friends or your friends, as it might back fire.

But remember one thing, even if he does not give it back, life moves on. After a while he will lose interest in you as another girl comes in his life or as time passes by, then he will destroy them. And if life was that affected by these stupid things boys do, half of our entire women population should have been worried to death. Clearly, as you can see that this is not the case, just carry on. There is nothing much to worry about.

Why does my husband/boyfriend watch porn?

Calculus sucks, tortoises live long and men watch porn. These are universal truths. If your boyfriend/husband is young, chances are there that he will watch it more often. It is better that women adjust to it, rather than trying to change that. Many women I know do not care about this anymore, as they know it is not because boyfriends don’t lust them, it is only because men just want to have some more stimuli. Men want to ogle at feminine body. That’s all. Don’t take it personally. He still loves you and gets excited by you. You still make his world. By watching porn, he is just taking an outside help to color this world. Period.

Falling in love with a married man

Falling in love with a married/committed man is the greatest risk a woman/girl can take in her personal life. Thankfully all women know it by instinct, but not surprisingly many fall for it. It would be helpful to consider these points given before you take a giant but irreversible leap.

1. Is he a committed husband to someone, but accidentally, by situation became your lover?

This is a dead end. He will sure go back to his wife. Help him to do so. Control your emotions and ease his burden. Otherwise one day, you will be in such a messy situation that you won’t even recognize yourself.

2. He is a husband, but he is going to divorce soon.

Are you sure? All men say that and only around 7% does. So it is safe to continue relation only after his divorce. It’s not about you don’t believe in him, it all about saving your life. And is he divorcing her only because you came into his life? Beware; tomorrow the same will happen to you as someone else comes into his life.

3. We won’t marry, we will remain as lovers without our partners knowing it.

My personal opinion is that affairs and corpses cannot be hidden for a long time. Ask a policeman, I am sure he will agree with me. Even if you are successful in hiding it, you will be always tensed and sad in this relationship. And believe me, in the end, more fingers will be pointed at you than at him.

A relationship exists because of mutual trust, truthfulness and commitment. In these kinds of extramarital affairs you won’t get any of these. If you are attracted to a married man, avoid even talking to him. Give yourself some time. I promise it will go away.

And one more word, if you are a teenager, the risks are too high. JUST BEWARE!

Gloria Gaynor & I will Survive…

I think you all know Gloria Gaynor, the famous singer. Then you know her all time hit song “I Will Survive” too. In this song the narrator speaks about the aftermath of a break up and how she survives it. It is a great song; Rolling Stones has included this as one of the 500 greatest songs ever. Just follow this link to know more. Please go through the lyrics of the song below. I think every woman should read this.

I will survive: Gloria Gaynor

First I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to carry on
and so you’re back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you’d be back to bother me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
’cause you’re not welcome anymore
weren’t you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I’d crumble
you think I’d lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I’ve got all my life to live
I’ve got all my love to give
and I’ll survive
I will survive

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
Now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I’m not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
now I’m saving all my loving
for someone who’s loving me

Love letters from boyfriend

Letters are eternal memories. I still have a box full of letters from my past. Sometimes I read it and find how things were different then. All the things we friends used to share and talk about seem so far and out now. But to keep love letters from an ex boyfriend is a very different thing. I don’t think keeping old love letters is a healthy habit. It tells you only about what you felt at a particular period of time about a particular person. And now as time has moved forward, you should move forward. Old love letters are pegs on the memory door which don’t allow us to close it, keeping it unhealthily open.

I am not saying that you should not have good old memories, for they make us feel alive and human. But keep them in your memories only, not in print. That way, you can feel them more sweeter.

Phone sex with my boyfriend

Is phone sex/cyber sex with my boyfriend ok? Phone sex was around for a long time but cyber sex is a new entry. Mostly teenagers ask me these phone sex questions, but lately, not surprisingly, adults are also inquisitive. Advances in technology have made these things more possible and easy, as mobile phones taking the place of cumbersome land phones, offering greater privacy and…you know what!

Anything that helps two people to advance their relationship is acceptable. Like going to a park together, doing shopping together, laughing together, going to a funeral together, etc. What all they should do together or not is a mere personal decision. Only thing is that, these things should help in building up the intimacy and strengthen commitment. Like that if both of you like to have phone sex/ cyber sex, then it is ok as far as both of you don’t feel anything bad about it.

But a word of caution about phone sex. Sometimes men emotionally feel detached for a while after having phone sex/ cyber sex. When he puts down the phone suddenly after having sex, don’t feel dejected. Men are like that. And in some cases, men might take you for granted if you do this together, he might look down at you. Hope you are getting what I am trying to convey! Emotional and mental maturity of the man matters here much.

And please don’t feel sad after doing it. There is nothing wrong if both of you have enough maturity and mutual trust. After all, it is your life, your love and your man!