Tales of the First Kiss

“Even after 15 years of kissing experience, I still get nervous about kissing a woman for the first time,” confessed an anonymous 30-year-old man to Glamour Magazine.

As part of their “True GUY Confession” series, Glamour has one man tell the tale of what it really feels like for a guy to go in for the first kiss.
“If I want to kiss a woman, it means I find her maddeningly sexy and attractive,” he said. “I’ll never be completely comfortable with the idea that a woman who is maddeningly sexy and attractive would ever REALLY want to kiss ME.”

He’s says that over the past 15 years, he’s learned that there are no perfect moments when it comes to timing and women can always tell when the kiss is coming. He also shares one last bit of knowledge for the ladies, “if you want to be kissed, take a moment to pause and make serious eye contact for multiple seconds at a time. I know you probably think you do this already, but I promise you don’t do it enough. We are really dense. Throw us a bone.”
Can you tell when a kiss is coming? We want to hear about your best and worst first kisses!

Let's Make Love, Not War

Come on baby let’s make love not war,
Come on baby what’re we fighting for?
Don’t let a silly fight keep us apart tonight.

With the strain on our daily lives growing, there’s a need for couples to learn how to amicably solve issues. Peaceful conflict resolution releases the anger that causes accusations, threats, name-calling and cursing. According to Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker, marriage and family therapist, nobody needs to be a monster or to be treated monstrously.

Healthy relationships require the skills necessary for “friendly fighting” – a means of engaging and working out differences that matter without harming others. Couples must support each other, even when differences are confusing, aggravating or disappointing.

To ensure that conflicts strengthen your relationship instead of harming it, here are ten tips for fighting friendly:
1. Embrace conflict
2. Go after the issue, not each other
3. Listen respectfully
4. Talk softly
5. Get curious, not defensive
6. Ask for specifics
7. Find points of agreement
8. Look for options
9. Make concessions
10. Make peace

Do you have any tricks that help you and your honey get out of sticky situations?

Chelsea Clinton is Engaged!

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton sent an email to close friends and family on Friday wishing them well and announced that she was engaged to longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky!

The couple says they will plan a wedding for next summer.

Check out Good Morning America's coverage of this romantic news!

Let Me Count the Ways...of Chemistry?

You may still have all the different types of pies on the brain as you return to life after the holiday, but did you know there is just about the same amount of different types of love chemistry as your dessert spread at Thanksgiving?

Clueless about chemistry? Check out MSN.com's 5 Kinds of Chemistry including "We’re-so-comfortable chemistry" and "We’re-so-complementary chemistry" for a love chemistry 101.

Of course, developing chemistry is a crucial part of sustaining any relationship and it can't be forced. No matter how many dates you go on with your lovely lady or handsome hunk or how quickly you bring him or her to your parents dinner table, a lack of chemistry will outshine any other bright spot in your relationship.

So, take a read and see where your relationship falls. Your new found knowledge will likely impress your sweetie and bring your chemistry to life!

Empty Nestin'

Although parents dream of the day their kids will be out on their own and they become empty nesters, it is still a transition time.

For so long, life was so focused around the kids and now it can be about you again (and your love life)!

The Baltimore Sun recently published a helpful list of tips on how to adapt to your new title as "Empty Nester". Tips include: letting go, making time for your partner and trying new things like volunteering.

Check out the full Baltimore Sun article and start getting creative with your time. Reinvent date night! Go places were you have always meant to go! Transition can be tough, but with these tips and a lot of love, you'll make your kids proud!

Fantastic Flirting

Have you ever gotten tongue-tied at the sight of a beautiful woman nearby? For guys, flirting is an art that requires a perfect balance between being nice and playfully making fun of a girl. A self-conscious woman is always more receptive to compliments. Check out futurescopes.com for some specific tips on how compliments are done right. If you're feeling daring, maybe take it a step further and be mean, in a nice way.
Make fun of her accent, her laugh, her swagger. Play the flirting game.

Still need some help? Check out Will Smith in Hitch and watch the pro work his magic!

Just the Way You Are!

Don't go changing, to try and please me,

You never let me down before,

I took the good times, I'll take the bad times,

I'll take you just the way you are.

OK....well, maybe Billy Joel was right - guys like girls, just the way they are! After all, many times all those little things girls think they have to change for a guy really are the reasons why he fell in love with her in the first place!

Check out this month's Glamour and find a guy's perspective on why guys just love what girls do...silly or frivolous or not!

John (Glamour's guy) says, "As a sometimes sucker of a boyfriend myself, I’m well aware of how tempting it is to try too hard. But I’m tired, and I’ll bet you are as well. So consider this a to-don’t list, and chill."

So, put your glasses and your sweatpants on - take the makeup off and relax while reading the full article -- he loves YOU and all your little things that you do!