My main squeeze is moving in! Our finances are starting to be a little more comingled and I'm looking for the best, healthiest way to start having a regular "money check-in" as part of our new life together. He is on board with this. How do we structure the conversation? Is there a sample agenda? Do we make it a date night? Help, please.
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posted by amoeba
on Mar 26, 2013 -
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Moving in with my SO - but worried that I'll end up in the unhappy situation my parents were in. What do you do when you didn't grow up with a positive example of marriage/co-habitation?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 5, 2012 -
13 answers
Is it really that big a deal for a Chinese and an Indian to be dating/potentially getting married?
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posted by picarosado
on Jul 10, 2011 -
26 answers
In the past, my partner and I have had a casual approach to shared socializing - we have a lot in common intellectually and emotionally, but our work and our hobbies are pretty different. Also, I hate parties and my partner loves them. So we spend time together as a couple a lot, but we see our friends separately and don't usually go to big social events together--although we do go to weddings, holidays, etc as a couple. This has gone on (happily, as far as I knew) for years.
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 21, 2011 -
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I'm looking for books and articles about (for back of a better term) "couples bonding" - the way in which couples befriend other couples and reinforce one another's relationships through social interaction and emotional bonding. Is there a real term for this? Are there any folks who have written about this that aren't too pop-psych?
posted by mykescipark
on May 28, 2009 -
4 answers
How can we get our friends to put their 4 year old to bed so we can have grown up evenings together?
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posted by lilyflower
on Jan 18, 2009 -
45 answers
Couples counseling without the counselor: My SO and I have some conflicts that keep reoccurring. We really need some counseling, but we're in a long-distance relationship and we only see each other on the weekends, so meeting face to face with a counselor would be very difficult right now.
Do you have any suggestions for REALLY GOOD books or websites to help people navigate through relationship issues and settle conflicts?
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posted by chara
on Nov 2, 2008 -
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I'm looking for movies and television shows that featured memorable, star-crossed heterosexual couples.
The man and woman must either: a) never get together, or b) get together only to have everything go horribly. No long-term relationships or on-and-off again romances, please.
Bonus points for obscurity, but well-known examples are also appreciated.
Examples:
- Red (K. Kieslowski)
- Titanic
Thanks for your help! :-)
posted by coizero
on Aug 1, 2008 -
64 answers
Are you in a long-term relationships? If so, how satisfied are you, how much of the time?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 13, 2007 -
43 answers
My girlfriend and I are friends with another couple whom we'd like to become, er, more
intimate with. Unfortunately, they, like us, are very reserved, and don't tend to talk about sex, so we have no idea how to begin to broach the subject. The friendship is very important to us, and we don't want to ruin it. What should we do?
posted by anonymous
on Jan 26, 2005 -
38 answers
I'm recently engaged and my fiancée and I are stuck between families. Ideally we could see both sets of family for Christmas but geography rules it out.
How do you handle sharing the holidays with a minimum of stress or hurt feelings? Rotating, where you go to one house on one year and the other house the next year? Split each holiday into halves and see both each year? Any ideas?
posted by jmevius
on Dec 10, 2003 -
19 answers
