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Rejection can be a painful event for many people. While some rejections may be irrational, the person ending the relationship usually has a reason that they don’t to be with someone anymore. It’s essential to learn from every relationship — this is the only way it’s possible to grow as a person.

The end of a relationship is a time for inner reflection. It’s important to take a survey of one’s life and see what steps need to be taken. Some people may feel that they are the victim during a rejection. It’s important to realize that a relationship is based off the actions of two people. While it’s impossible to change the actions and behaviors of the other person, there are often significant changes that one can make in their own life.

It’s important to provide time for oneself when a relationship ends. Since being single gives one a sense of freedom, it’s often possible to pursue activities and hobbies that weren’t possible when one was in a relationship. This could include an extreme sport like skydiving, to watching a TV show that few other people enjoy. It’s important to give oneself time to recover emotionally after any bad relationship.

It’s also a good idea to take a personal inventory after any type of rejection. A personal inventory can be extremely challenging for many people. Most people live in a sense of denial their entire lives. This inventory can include a self-assessment of one’s personality, finances, hobbies, and attractiveness. These are all areas it’s important to work on in order to make the next relationship work.

There is no such thing as ugly. Many people who think they are ugly simply have poor self esteem. While no one is born ugly, it’s possible to become ugly through a poor lifestyle. Obesity, smoking, alcoholism, and poor health are all self-induced diseases. They can turn a beautiful face into an ugly mug in only a few years. It’s important to stay in shape, eat healthy, and avoid negativity.

It’s also important to look at one’s personality to see if it was the reason for rejection. Many people aren’t attracted to people they consider needy, controlling, angry, or hateful. These are all personality traits it’s possible to improve. A therapist or mental health professional may be able to help one make the changes one needs in their lives.

The end of a relationship or a rejection can be a valuable time for learning about oneself, one’s community, and the lives of those in it.

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Have you ever watched a relationship crumble right before your eyes, on Facebook?

First there’s a comment, then a snippy response – before you know it, it’s all out war and up go the status changes from In a Relationship to Single!

Regardless of how tacky it may seem, when emotion takes over, all tact and control is thrust out the window.

I’ve heard of a marriage that split up on Facebook – a 40-something-year-old man left his wife – Changed his status to “in a relationship” and began posting photos of his new girlfriend. About a month later, he updated his status yet again to “married” because he’d broken up with his girlfriend and was back with his wife.

How awkward is that? Can you even imagine how that must make the kids feel?

What do you think about people posting such personal information on Facebook?

Do you pay much attention to relationship status changes? And what about those times when your friends status goes from “married” to “it’s complicated?”

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So tell me, how many of you have ever felt like this guy?

Not really a shocker, but an interesting statistic nonetheless… According to this survey, eighty-four percent said they wouldn’t have a problem meeting someone in real life who they originally connected with online.

Free dating site Meet Locals is similar to Facebook in design and navigation. They also offer a very cool video chat and cam feature that allows you to communicate one-on-one with your potential local partner.

Social Dating Meets Photo Sharing with Jazzed’s New iOS App, Which Includes a First-Of-Its-Kind Feature for Mobile Dating

LikeBright founders Nick Soman, Sonya Lai and Ron Lai (Sonya and Ron are siblings) say they want to make dating simple, social and safe for women, by letting them vouch for — and ask questions about — guys on Facebook. LikeBright provides a dating layer on Facebook to help women meet people through the people they trust.

As adults, we need to teach YOUNG GIRLS the difference between:

A man who FLATTERS her and a man who COMPLIMENTS her

A man who SPENDS MONEY on her and a man who INVESTS in her

A man who views her as PROPERTY and a man who views her PROPERLY

A man who LUSTS after her and a man who LOVES her

A man who believes he is GOD’S GIFT to women and one who remembers WOMAN is GOD’S GIFT to MAN

And then we need to teach OUR YOUNG MEN to be that kind of MAN

This post originally appeared on Not Before Coffee

According to Ashley Madison, 50 to 60 percent of men will engage in an affair outside of marriage at some point in their lives. The reasons and excuses are endless, but the signs of propensity for infidelity are usually the same.

Signs he’s about to have an affair?

• Once quiet, he becomes a storyteller. He never leaves the house without an alibi. Frequently lies about the women he spends time with. Hasn’t cheated yet, but clearly preparing for the day he does.
• Feels Trapped – He’s not even sure what happened. One moment he was happy with simple daily togetherness, next he feels caged and resents the lack of freedom. He may be terrified that if he stays in the current relationship, it will be the last person he ever has sex with.
• Rather than condemning friends for cheating, he finds reasons to justify their actions.
• Develops relationships with other women. He seeks out sympathetic women and tells them of his crumbling relationship or marriage. Emotional affairs are only a couple of drinks away from a full physical affair.
• He keeps girlfriend or wife a secret – When he speaks to other women, he neglects to mention he’s in a relationship or married.
• He has sexual thoughts of being with other women. When the mind starts to wander, it’s only a matter of time before the body follows. Often unable to perform with their partner without imagining she is someone else.
• He relaxes the moral code and begins encouraging an open relationship (at least on his part). He may suggest threesomes, try to convince you that monogamy is overrated, or that very few creatures or cultures for that matter are monogamous, why should he be?
• He searches for arousal elsewhere. He becomes incredibly drawn to porn or strip clubs. He’s simply not aroused by you anymore. Maybe he misses the spontaneity, the feeling of falling in love. On the rare occasions the two of you still have sex, he simply goes through the motions, rushes through or avoids foreplay altogether.
• He becomes curious and starts exploring what opportunities might be out there. He checks out websites designed to meet his needs to cheat. MILF’s looking for an affair, lonely wives looking to cheat, the cries for NSA attention on Craigslist, etc. He begins searching names of old flames so he can recall the hot steamy sex they once had. It’s like watching mental porn where he’s the star. The women might be less attractive than his partner, but they have that new girlfriend smell.
• He turns up the charm, collects phone numbers, secretly emails. He kicks up his bathing and grooming habits a notch or two. He’s using old pickup lines but with new confidence. This time he has a secure relationship to fall back on.
• He begins placing himself in situations that make it easier to meet women. He begins making up excuses to work late, shops alone, joins clubs or the gym.

Do these signs sound familiar? These subtle, and often progressive changes in personality, actions or words could indicate a developing plan to cheat whether he realizes it or not.

It’s important to remember that any relationship worth saving can be saved through open, honest communication. Affairs, regardless of how tempting they may be, have the potential destroy relationships and those in them. Once trust is broken or lost, it can never be regained. And the process (or attempt) of regaining trust can be exhausting at best.

So how does a single woman find the love of her life?

Author Lennie Ross addresses those stereotypes and more in Blow Me.  The story of three single women—Skylar, Dawn, and Chloe—all hovering precariously close to forty, and stuck in a lifestyle that they have long outgrown.  Aware that the women’s magazines of their youth sold them a false bill of goods about having it all—the amazing career, the baby, the house, the husband—each woman is desperate in her own way to achieve some sense of stability.

If you enjoy reading books that whisk you away to a world unlike your own, you’ll love Blow Me.

Brenna Ehrlich and Andrea Bartz are the sarcastic brains behind humor blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." When they’re not trolling Brooklyn for new material, Ehrlich works as a senior writer at MTV, and Bartz is a news editor at Psychology Today.

In a Netiquette CNN article this week, they offer 7 humorous email openers that are guaranteed to get you deleted immediately. They claim that even if someone finds you attractive, “ironic mustache and all,” a bad first email will completely ruin your chances at love.

Read the article here.

So now, let me ask you this – if you’re dating online, when it comes to email responses, what turns you off?

When couples are fighting and alienating each other, the disconnect in the relationship often has to do with love and respect. I have seen this many times in my work with couples. I also recognize it as I reflect on my own life. But more of that later . . .

There are often subtle differences between a man and a woman in what they take away from an interaction. The keyword is "subtle" so be careful. It is too easy to slip into the trap of thinking that "all men are . . . " or "all women are . . . "

With that caveat, subtle differences between the emotional makeup of men and women can get us into a lot of trouble. Both men and women need love. Both men and women need respect. But in balance, the need for respect is stronger in men and the need for love is stronger in women.

How does this play out between a man and woman who love each other? In the early stages of the relationship, she knows by his behavior he respects her, but her thinking is focused on, "He really loves me." It is obvious to him that she loves him, but he is thinking, "She really likes me," that is to say, "She respects who I am as a person."

Then life happens — work, babies, money problems, etc. One day they both come home from work tired. He leaves her to make dinner while he relaxes with a drink. She feels a little unloved and is mildly critical of his failure to help or at least offer to. He gets defensive. Then he stonewalls and refuses to discuss anything. He does what she tells him to do, but in silence.

The exchange has left her feeling unloved by someone she loves deeply. He always helps when he’s asked, but why doesn’t he initiate anything? She experiences his silent stonewalling as withdrawal of love.

The exchange has left him feeling unliked and disrespected, although he never doubts her love for him. He shut up to prevent the argument from escalating. He had felt respected all day for his competent performance at work, but now at home he experiences her criticism as disrespect and dislike for him as a man.

I have heard women say, "I knew it was over when he said ‘I don’t love you’." I might dismiss this as being a bit melodramatic, except that one time 40-some years ago, my wife said to me, "I don’t respect you." The emotional impact on me was profound. As I look back, I can see how that simple statement marked the beginning of the end for that marriage.

The "love versus respect" issue needs some respect . . . and love.

Psychologist Dr. Neill Neill maintains an active practice on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, with a focus on healthy relationships and life after addictions. He is the author of Living with a Functioning Alcoholic – A Woman’s Survival Guide. Get a copy of his free report "Codependency and Alcohol Addiction" at http://neillneill.com.