How to Build Trust After Being Cheated On
Can trust be built after you’ve been cheated on? That’s probably the first question we ask ourselves when we find out that we’ve been cheated on. First, because we can’t shut love on and off like a light switch. Feelings are still there. Despite the pain of betrayal, whether we want it to be present or not, there’s always a glimmer of hope. Second, because we know that without trust there isn’t a chance in hell for a healthy relationship. Toxicity, yes. They’ll be plenty of that. But a healthy, loving and thriving relationship? Sorry, not happening. FOR SOME, BUILDING TRUST AFTER CHEATING IS A MOOT POINT Some people believe…
How To Spot Online Romance Scammers and Avoid Being Scammed
Online romance scammers are everywhere, and I’m about to tell you exactly where and how to spot the signs so that you can avoid being scammed. In all fairness, I did warn them. When they hit me up on dating sites, I paid no mind. But then they messed with close friends, and broke their hearts. And now, they started showing up on my Words with Friends2, and on my SMULE, let my hair down, pretend to be Beyonce safe haven? I don’t think so. WHAT’S AN ONLINE ROMANCE SCAMMER? For those of you who’ve never had the misfortune of running into one of these scum, that’s below the scum,…
When The Ghost Becomes a Zombie: Dating Advice
Your personal “Walking Dead” movie has started and you need some serious dating advice: What to do when the ghost becomes a zombie. You were ghosted by someone you thought was the one and now he’s back as a zombie. He came across as a great guy who was totally into you. Then one day for no good reason you can think of, he disappeared. Good, old social media. Just when you thought your ghost had moved on to ghost his next victim, there he is liking your Instagram, Facebook, Snaps, Tik Tok posts, and videos, etc. You even received a text message and a DM from him stating in…
What To Do When You’re Ghosted
Alas, you meet the man of your dreams, or so you thought until he ghosted you. He just up and disappeared after a few months of dating, and of telling you that you were the best thing that ever happened to him. Moreover, he used the three sacred words that turn every woman’s world upside down, and right side up again. Everything about him led you to believe that he was the one. Then all of a sudden “poof,” he did an Invisible Man act on you. He Couldn’t Possibly Be Ghosting You Or could he? You called, texted, instant messaged, and emailed him. Additionally, you contacted his friends and…
Rejection and It’s Effect on Self-Esteem: Is It Something We Should Take Personally?
Fear of rejection, especially in matters of the heart, is a normal reaction. Rejection can harm self-esteem, but is it something we should take so personally? When the fear of rejection and low-self-esteem are deeply rooted, we have twenty thousand reasons for why we can’t muster the courage to ask someone out or accept an invitation to go out. Moreover, we have a hard time believing that someone is sincerely interested in us. Sometimes we go as far as sabotaging relationships before they have a chance to blossom. Hey, the other shoe’s going to drop and we’re going to get hurt anyway. Might as well help it along, right?…
What Is Emotional Cheating? Can Relationships Survive It?
What is emotional cheating? Some people do it every day. Yet most will tell you that what they’re doing isn’t emotional cheating. It’s just a friendship with a person of the opposite sex that they enjoy talking to and spending time with. For many, including a lot of men, there’s no such thing as emotional cheating. If there aren’t two bodies going at it in full-blown sexual ecstasy then it’s nothing. Just two people shooting the breeze, they say. Might be true. Men and women can be friends, only that in some of these friendships there’s a whole lot of sharing of the problems that exist in the relationship with the…
