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People Who Drift Apart From Their Friends As They Get Older Do So For These 5 Reasons

Dec 23, 2024 | yourtango.com | Melanie Gorman

As I get older and my life becomes more complicated, I've noticed my desire to spend time with certain friends has waned. Not that I don't love and care for them, but for various reasons, these friendships have become too complicated or too negative to warrant the effort it takes to keep them going. How sad. Yet I have to wonder, is this simply something that happens with age and increased stress? Or is it more?
12 Lies People Tell Themselves Before Actually Becoming Parents

Dec 21, 2024 | yourtango.com | Melanie Gorman

While it’s true anyone can make a baby, surviving the challenges of infancy and toddlerhood is enough to make a good person crack. I know, I’ve been there. We all hear copious amounts of advice about how to be a great parent and let's be honest, most of it isn't just unrealistic. Maybe it’s rooted in a good place, but the difference between talking about being a great parent and being one can be miles apart.
3 Things Gen-X Was Taught About Happiness That Would Make Boomers Roll Their Eyes

Dec 6, 2024 | yourtango.com | Melanie Gorman |Barbara Williams |Joan Jerkovich |Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

Older generations spend so much time looking for ways to be happy and trying to find a shortcut to happiness that we don't even realize when we've missed the mark. Instead of focusing on the internal things we can change to get to feel happier and get to our happy place, we let outside sources dictate how happy we feel.
5 Powerful Ways To Turn The Man You're With Into Your Soulmate, According To Psychology

Oct 16, 2024 | yourtango.com | Arielle Ford |Melanie Gorman

How often do we hear our friends complaining about their partner? And, more importantly, how often do we do the same ourselves? Frustration about "not what I hoped it would be" relationship issues dominates our news feed, backed by a ton of "hang in there" empowerment quotes designed to keep you hopeful that all will get better. But even with all of those "you deserve happiness" good vibes floating around, many people still struggle to find their way out of bad relationships and into good ones.
When People Cheat When They're Happily Married, It's For This Reason

Jul 10, 2024 | yourtango.com | Melanie Gorman |Helen Fisher |Foojan Zeine |Marta Rocha

If the Ashley Madison hack from years ago taught us anything, it's that more people feel the DESIRE to cheat than go through with it. While the former Ashley Madison CEO previously claimed a 1:1 ratio between men and women under 30 on the site, the hack revealed that only 15 percent of Ashley Madison's members were women. The notion that men and women cheat in equal volumes is false.
The Most Powerful Way Couples Affair-Proof Their Marriage, According To Experts

Jun 17, 2024 | yourtango.com | Melanie Gorman |Foojan Zeine |Garet Bedrosian

Infidelity is the big, bad Bogey Man of marriage. On some level, we're all aware that our spouse could cheat, and how badly that would impact our relationship. We also know that WE could cheat on our spouse and all of the harm (and guilt) that would result. Yet, even with this understanding of how badly infidelity shatters trust, connection, and, ultimately, the marriage itself, somehow, in our minds, it's still an option. Why?
Experts Reveal The Tiniest Way To Keep Your Marriage Safe From Divorce

Jun 10, 2024 | yourtango.com | Julie Nise |Karen Finn |Jasbina Ahluwalia |Melanie Gorman

Finding your one true love in life is hard enough, don't you think? But then trying to keep your "happily ever after" marriage happy takes a whole new level of commitment and effort. Divorce rates are discouragingly high (and even higher among second and third marriages). So, how do you keep your marriage from becoming a casualty? Former YourTango Senior VP of Experts Melanie Gorman asked a panel of our Experts this very question.
Experts Say These 2 Small Factors Will Stop You From Falling For Toxic Men

Jun 9, 2024 | yourtango.com | Melanie Gorman |Karen Finn |Julie Nise |Jasbina Ahluwalia

When your relationships continue to fail, you're bound to look back on them and decide what went wrong. It's an endless cycle of the same kind of men with the red flags — they're just too unavoidable! Are you sick of this endless cycle?