Q: My fiancé and I are going to have a couples counseling session on the 9th of august but he has abandonment issues with me, due to our past of me leaving when things got to be difficult and I’d shut down. How can I reassure him with action that…
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Fewer and fewer couples are tying the knot. According to Pew Research Center, marriage rates have steadily declined in recent years. Today, just half of all Americans are married, compared with 58% in 1980. What’s to blame for this 8% drop? There are likely several factors involved, and fear of…
Marriage is a major commitment, and many of us wonder how we’ll ever know the time is right—a few signs can help us find clarity. First, true love, dedication, and effort are needed to make a relationship last; if these are apparent in your relationship, you are on the right…
Some people are afraid to commit to another individual, to a loving relationship—one of those people used to be me. After my boyfriend and I broke up in college, I became so far removed from commitment. I reveled in my newfound independence and wanted nothing to do with love. This…
Commitment issues are defined as the fear of or inability to commit to someone or something. This fear of commitment in relationships is often rooted in past relationship trauma, such as one’s own bad breakup or their exposure to a messy divorce. You might have commitment issues if you’re super…
Let’s get right into the nitty gritty: this is a tough question to answer. And because I don’t know the ins and outs of your relationship, I can’t definitively tell you whether or not breaking up is the right thing to do. But I can walk you through the process…
A few years back, I was in an on again, off again relationship. Every few months, something (big somethings and small somethings) came up and we would call it quits. At least for a few weeks. Then, we would get back together and declare our undying love for each other….