Archive for the ‘Relationship’ Category

Are You A Lover or Player?

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

by Samuel L. Brown, MSW

What does your sex life reveal about your relationship and personality? Are you a lover or a player? Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love, but what does it mean for people who confuse love and love making or having sex. 

Amid the flowers, candy, perfume, poems, and love songs, there also exists the sad reality of many struggling through the anxiety of romance and heartbreak. (more…)

Are You Taking Your Spouse For Granted?

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

by Samuel L. Brown, MSW

Wedding RingsAfter several years of marriage you decide that it is no longer necessary to continue being charming, exciting, entertaining, or maintain a level of humor and fun in your relationship. You feel unappreciated, frustrated, and angry. Your relationship begin to lose its flavor and turns sour. You and your spouse are bored with your relationship and start taking each other for granted.

Your marital relationship becomes just another routine of sharing a house for economic, social, and legal reasons. Like infidelity, money problems, lack of effective communication, and boredom in some relationships ranks high among the major conflicts leading to divorce. You stop trying to improve your relationship and believe that you married the wrong person. You wonder if you have fallen out of love and that illusive “one perfect person” is out there somewhere, who can make you feel whole and complete. (more…)

The Best for America

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Bride and Groomby  Samuel L. Brown, MSW

In a recent news article, it was reported that couples married for more than twenty years filing for divorce in Malaysia were offered up to $440.00 each to take a free honeymoon on the government as an effort to help save their marriage. This made me ponder the feasibility of similar actions in such a great country as the United States of America, which rank number one among divorce statistics. (more…)

The Chemistry of Love

Monday, October 5th, 2009

by Samuel L. Brown, MSW

heartHave you ever been so deeply in love you felt intoxicated?

You meet someone for the first time and immediately feel mesmerized. Even after your first date, you stutter while talking. Your breathing is deeper. Your heart beats faster and you stumble while walking together. You never grow tired of being with this person whom you admire, respect, and make you feel special. You think about this person even when you are not together. You had experienced physical attraction and intense sexual energy before, but never to this extent or intensity. When the two of you touch or kiss, an adrenaline rush makes you feel a total body sensation of pleasure. Many refer to your feelings as “lust,” others call it “the chemistry of love.” (more…)