You've got a marriage certificate that shows they're now part of your family tree, but don't let that document speak for itself. "Be explicit with them that you consider them family, and that you are excited for the part of your life you will be sharing with them," advises Duffy. "This will help address and ease the biggest anxiety many in-laws have: that they will be losing their son or daughter."

There is no better time to consider your relationship's red flags than as you edge toward what seems like an inevitable engagement.

If you have any nagging doubts, butterflies, anxiety, or fear emotions that point toward red flags  it's time to take a big step back, Gandhi says. "Red flags are things that signal danger," she explains. Here are five she believes you should look out for.

If couples have a holiday home they are paying annually for, it encourages them to use it as much as possible or it's a waste of money.

It may surprise us to know that humans are not engineered to fall in love with an idle-minded person.

Most of us begun this year with the expectation of either finding our soulmate or getting eternally married to the one we most love. But someway somehow, our romantic hopes got dashed may be due to specific reasons best unknown to us.

Well, we cannot risk losing such a chance again as a new year is just about beginning so that to be that successful in finding that soulmate in the year 2016, we may want to go through these carefully laid out steps.

Setting New Years goals as a couple is a great way of ensuring your relationship is healthy and happy. There are many ideas and theories about goal setting but simple ten tips to achieving your relationship goals in 2016.

Imagine a nice dinner experience with a wonderful partner. Food is good, ambience is cozy and service, great. At the end, you pay the smart and friendly waitress. She goes away and comes back to hand you the change.  You grab your money, pocketing it coolly.

You are happy, your partner is happy and even the server seems happy. Everyone says what a nice evening it has been. Cheerful ‘thank you’s’ are exchanged. But as you begin to walk away with your friend, you feel a hollow inside. Yes, everyone is smiling and saying ‘goodbye’ yet there is something you feel you should have done.

The Christmas holiday season is here and a big feature is going out with family or friends. However, as much as we would all be patronising one tourism service or another, we shall also be faced with that sticky matter, do we tip or do we not?

Nick Savoy, lead instructor for Love Systems, is a professional pick-up artist. Really, training men on the science of picking up women is his job. So, we turned to Savoy to answer our most pressing question: What’s the average guy doing wrong?

One thing I’ve noticed is that most men naturally make the same basic mistakes. If these five “game killers” are holding you back, here's a solution for each situation.

Are you connected? Well, of course, you are. Our phones are basically our third arm. Keeping up with social media, emails and the latest trends can keep our thumbs scrolling all day. But the question being asked here is: Are you connected to your partner?

Sure you share lives together, go out on dates, travel and plan your future, but how many times have you gone out for dinner and spent time looking at your phone instead of talking? Have your pre-bed time cuddles turned into Facebook marathons?

You’re not alone, we’re all living in what must be the most distracted time known to our species. You probably Pphubb all the time, even if you don’t know what that means. And a new study says, it could be damaging your relationship.

"Something as common as cellphone use can undermine the bedrock of our happiness"

You probably Pphubb all the time, even if you don’t know what that means. And a new study says it could be damaging your relationship.

Pphubbing refers to “partner phone snubbing,” or when you get distracted by your cell phone when you’re with your significant other. A new studyfrom Baylor University found that Pphubbing hurts relationship satisfaction, thus also negatively impacting overall happiness.

Getting through the holidays when you are in a relationship is never easy – that's why there are relationship tips for the holidays that will ensure you still have a relationship after the holidays. I know that the holidays and all of that family time can cause some strain on a relationship.

A woman has been jailed for nine years after burning a man’s genitals with an iron while they had sex.

Kenya Alozie, from Nigeria, also attacked the man with a broken bottle during the assault in May, according to Mirror Online.

About two weeks ago, a South African feminist reported to the police that her husband had raped her. He was arrested and detained, later to be released on bail pending further investigations.

The question on the lips of many is simple: Can a husband rape his wife? The answer is simple; the Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines rape as to ‘force someone to have sex when he or she doesn’t want to’.

This means if you force yourself on your wife you have raped her. Rape is rape regardless of the relationship. The matter is the act.

A lot of us have been there: You were cheated on and you know you have to get back on the dating horse. (What's a dating horse? Nevermind.) You're super-suspicious of everything your new partner is doing, and you don't know if you'll ever trust someone again. Just go ahead and send this list to the next guy you date. He'll get it.

1. She's been heartbroken, and she doesn't trust easily. Look, it's not your fault that her last guy was an asswipe, but you're going to have to work a little harder and follow through on whatever you say with actions, so she knows she can really trust you. Just give her some time, once she trusts you and you're consistent with what you do and say, you're golden.

One thing that makes us all unique is we all have some secrets about our lives but when we get married, we struggle with which secrets to reveal or keep. Many wrongly keep secrets including their sterility, communicable diseases and medical records. However, in Ghana, money tops the list of what most couples keep secret.

Money provides necessities of life. It gives you stability, security, positive self-esteem, identity and power. However, handling money in marriage can be complicated; it can grow your marriage or destroy it. Surely one way to destroy your marriage is to keep secrets about your money.

Unless you’re completely clueless, you probably have a pretty good sense of what not to ask when you're on a first date. (Why are you single? Do you want to have kids some day? How much money do you make?)

But on the flip side, knowing the things you should bring up is equally important. According to psychologist Diana Kirschner, Ph.D., the CEO ofLoveIn90Days.com, the questions here can reveal whether you’re the right match and help you bond in record time.

How so? They all possess the power to transform polite-but-blah chitchat into a fascinating discussion that gets at the heart of who you really are—and that has multiple payoffs for you.

Many spouses stay long hours from home and this makes it necessary for some couples to bring in someone to help maintain the home.

Most housekeepers are young adolescent girls. The fact is a housekeeper always makes an impact on marriage. She may build it, destroy it or even take over the marriage.

​Reddit shared how to tell if the man you're with is experienced in the ~sexual arts~, and it all checks out. Here's how to tell if the dude you're boning (or about to bone down with) knows how to please a lady. (Lady = you. Duh.)

1. He's stocked for lady company. He keeps pads/tampons at his place, hair ties, and extra tooth brushes and razors. 

2. ​He has a trash can with a liner in their bathroom.​ If a man has a nice bathroom, you know this cat gets around. And by gets around, I mean has sex with ladies. Probably a lot. 

 Human nature is selfish and negatively biased. You fight for what you need when and how you need it. If your needs are not met, you tend to blame it on your lover.

You ignore the lump in your eyes and criticise the speck in your lover’s eyes.