When You’re Not His Type, But He’s With YOU

I recently discussed past relationships and effectively getting over your partner’s ex and received some interesting comments and emails that suggested that I needed to discuss ‘type’. ‘Type’ is a term people bandy around to describe the...

Does The Perfect Man Exist?

Every day since our childhoods, we’ve been picking up messaging and cues which have contributed to shaping our perception of The Ideal Man. Whether you based it off your father or another male figure that was very active in your life, what your mother told you...

When You’re Accused of Cheating

I dated someone that was convinced that every single guy was trying to get into my knickers. Each time we went out, he’d have a hissy fit if I spent too long talking to someone, even if they were a friend. If they were flirtatious or just happened to look in my...

Having Standards in Dating and Relationships

In the world of dating, everybody has standards even if they won’t admit it. The only thing is that there is a major disparity between the type of standards that you should have and how much. It seems to be one extreme to another – either too little or too...

Coping With Past Relationships

I’m going to say something that may be a little revelatory for those amongst us that suffer with insecurity about your partner’s past – People don’t land on earth just in time for you to receive them for your relationship with no past in tow....

Talking Dirty to Your Man (The Starter Edition)

Talking dirty is not something that many people find easy to do and judging by the number of people that search about it online and end up on this site, it’s something that people clearly want to know more about. I have a confession – I am a bit of a wuss...

Conscious Relationships

As someone who has had more bad dates and dodgy boyfriends than I care to remember, I used to think that I was having an extended period bad luck where I seemed to mysteriously attract men that were unworthy of my time and energy. A number of incidences and...

Should You Confront The Other Woman?

I was emailed recently by a reader who wanted to know if she should confront The Other Woman after discovering that her husband had been cheating. “NML, I feel like my entire life has been shattered. I want to speak to this woman. I want to know why she thinks...