I would say it might be the single most frustrating thing in a relationship when you suspect your partner is lying to you. No, I take that back. That’s the second worst thing. The worst thing is when you know they are lying but they still won’t admit it. Sigh.

Even if that has not happened to you, you’ve probably read a book or two, or perhaps you know someone that this has happened to. A head over heels love at first sight meeting. And it didn’t stop there. Oh no! They did something drastic like getting married while riding elephants at the zoo or running away to Brazil. I know, you’re sighing and thinking “that’s so romantic!”. But is it really?

In the dating world of today, it seems to me that most guys get a bad rap. We’re quick to label them as cheaters, players or big babies. While there are undoubtedly a percentage of men who fit these labels, it seems to be almost forgotten that there are also good guys out there looking to meet someone to spend their lives with.

When a relationship is new, we normally talk about the good things about our partner. Whether you met them internet dating or in some other form, when love is new we can never say enough about the person we care about. We go on so much about them that we drive our closest friends crazy with a little bit too much information.

Sex is just as much about what you do as what you say. Since I’m a writer, I love words; and in this I’m not alone. Lots of us enjoy some flirty dirty talk pre or mid romp. Saying the right thing at the right time is a serious super charge to your lovemaking. But, and it’s a big but, saying the wrong thing, or even the right thing at the wrong time, can do a heck of a lot of damage.

No matter how wonderful things are when you begin a relationship, it’s inevitable that a relationship will, over time, lose some of its newness and its sparkle. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that it has to lose all of its fun.

One of the nice things about a new relationship is when you realize that it’s not so new anymore. You have come to think of yourselves as a couple complete with couple habits and routines. At the same time you’ve started to let go of parts of your single life.

There are a lot of questions that come with dating: what to wear, where to go, who pays for what (who knows anymore?)its endless, really, and exhausting. Just going through to steps to get to the place where you start legitimately wondering whether or not to sleep with someone, and how soon, is daunting.