http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/relationships/ en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:52:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392606/posts Question: Who was Gretchen Carlson's guest on FOX and Friends this morning 11/23/09? Gretchen had an author on the show this morning discussing his new book about marriage and relationships. I don't recall the book title or the author name, but the book sounded like it was funny. I think the book had something in the title like; how to get a good husband? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392606/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:52:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386211/posts No, I'm not referring to marriages between blacks and whites, or Christians and Jews. I'm talking about marriages where one person is liberal and the other is conservative. To be more specific, I'm writing about my own marriage and I invite my esteemed AT readers to offer their advice. My husband and I were liberal Democrats for most of our lives. On occasion we used to talk about couples who were not politically aligned and wondered how they dealt with that in their relationship. Did they argue? Did they just not talk politics? Were they able to have interesting discussions... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386211/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:05:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359611/posts Low-quality females prefer low-quality males, at least in the avian world. This is according to research published in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, testing female zebra finches' taste in males. As adults, the low-quality females showed a preference for the songs of males of the same quality, and for the male birds themselves. Evolutionary biologists previously thought that females would always opt for the best male available. The study was led by Marie-Jeanne Holveck from the Centre of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, France. She explained that low- and high-quality birds differ in almost every important characteristic, including... news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359611/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:50:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2345386/posts FOXSexpert: The Real Reason Women Have Sex Monday, September 21, 2009 Print FNC “Why Women Have Sex.” Given the stereotype that women are never in the mood, it’s not surprising that this book title is grabbing people’s attention. Written by researchers Cindy Meston and David Buss, the work flushes out the results of a survey of 1,006 women. And their findings are all over the board; the authors highlight 200 reasons. RELATED: New Book Reveals the Real Reason Women Have Sex So why do women have sex? The vast majority (84 percent) have sex to guarantee a quiet life or... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2345386/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:47:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2293532/posts "Washington, July 11 : Always wondered why some guys always manage to get the best of girls? Well, the secret is not good looks or a well-defined six pack, but the fact that women simply get attracted to certain personality traits and flock to men who possess them." NewKerela.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2293532/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:10:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259860/posts FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky -- At Fort Campbell, an installation on the Kentucky-Tennessee line, at least 11 Soldiers have committed suicide this year - the most at any Army base. Commanders have set aside routine duties for three days to find and help Soldiers at risk of killing themselves as they struggle with the stress of war. From January to March, the base averaged one suicide per week, Brig. Gen. Stephen Townsend said Wednesday,.... "But last week we had two. Two in a week," Townsend said. "This is not a place where Fort Campbell and the 101st Airborne Division want to... Military.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259860/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 15:10:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235817/posts BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, April 22, 2009 – Afghan National Army and U.S. servicemembers conducted meetings with local elders and villagers in the Zormat district of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia to discuss the recent establishment of Combat Outpost Kalagu and to address their concerns. Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Attauallah, commander of the 1st Company, 1st Kandak, 203rd Corps, hands out radios to elders of the Kalagu area in the Zormat district of Afghanistan’s Paktia province April 13, 2009, after meeting with them to discuss the establishment of a combat outpost. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Andrya Hill  (Click photo... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235817/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:20:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2233380/posts Click to watch video poem. When her razorblade scrapes rough, she grabs another standing by. Why does she waste her youth on such a weak pathetic guy? When her chewing gum goes bland, she doesn't wait to spit it out. So why does she stick around when this loser starts to shout? When her inkpen starts to leak, she will not let it stain her hands. Why does she tell herself she can't find a better man? Her old friends tried to help, but, no, he cut them off instead. He isolates his captive, pushing buttons in her head. Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2233380/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:12:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224428/posts BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, April 7, 2009 – Soldiers from Task Force Catamount recently met with village elders to address concerns, build relationships and inform residents about ongoing operations in central Afghanistan’s Wardak province. The province’s Nerkh district comprises several remote areas that are known safe havens for Taliban. During a recent mission, soldiers from Blackhawk Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, noted the importance of building relationships with villagers in remote areas. “In the past, Taliban have found sanctuary in remote areas of Wardak province,” Army Capt. James McCune, Blackhawk Company commander, said. “The summer fighting season is approaching... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224428/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 23:17:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218135/posts Washington, DC -- Some women decide to have abortions because they think having a baby will contribute to problems in their relationship with their husband or boyfriend. However, a new national study finds abortion causes more future relationship problems than carrying the pregnancy to term and parenting. Dr. Priscilla Coleman, a professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Bowling Green State University headed up the study. "For both men and women the experience of an abortion in a previous relationship was related to negative outcomes in the current relationship," they write. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218135/posts#comment Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:21:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185219/posts WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2009 – As Iraq becomes increasingly self-sufficient, U.S. forces remain on hand to offer training and guidance aimed at building relationships and a better future for the nation. These relationships often are fostered at meetings and conferences, where Iraqi and U.S. forces exchange ideas, establish partnerships and bring issues, such as women’s rights, to light. A recent meeting in Kirkuk province laid the groundwork for a military partnership. Army Col. Ryan Gonsalves, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, met with two Iraqi generals from the 12th Iraqi Army Division earlier this month to... On the Ground http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185219/posts#comment Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:04:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170551/posts WALID — Shaykh Sa’ad, Walid tribe leader in Anbar province, sponsored a Coalition forces medical assistance visit for the citizens here and the nearby Palestinian camp, Jan. 16. “The 179 patients we saw during this visit ranged from newborn to geriatrics,” said a Coalition forces member. “It’s rewarding to do visits like these; they help provide a valuable service to the community as well as solidify the positive relationships we’ve established in this region.” Visits like these provide access to basic health care. With no functioning medical facility in the village, the Coalition forces converted several rooms of an available... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170551/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:13:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2162796/posts NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Wedding bells meant Taco Bell for Paul and Caragh Brooks. Customers inside a Normal outlet of the fast-food restaurant continued to order tacos and burritos as the couple married yesterday in 1 of its booths. Thirty-year-old groom Paul Brooks said he and his bride have an off-beat relationship and thought an off-beat setting would be appropriate. Employees displayed hot sauce packets labeled with the words "Will you marry me?" Twenty-1-year-old Caragh Brooks wore a $15 hot pink dress for the $200 wedding. KWQC-TV / The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2162796/posts#comment Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:32:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156006/posts n Part I, I made the argument that any woman who is married to a good man and who wants a happy marriage ought to consent to at least some form of sexual relations as much as possible. (Men need to understand that intercourse should not necessarily be the goal of every sexual encounter.) In Part II, I advance the argument that a wife should do so even when she is not in the mood for sexual relations. I am talking about mood, not about times of emotional distress or illness. Why? Here are eight reasons for a woman not... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156006/posts#comment Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:11:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153070/posts Given our preoccupation with politics and economics, it is easy to forget that for most of us micro issues still play a greater role in our lives. So here are some thoughts that, as heretical as they might sound, have been found extremely helpful, sometimes even marriage-saving, from listeners to my radio show, which features a male-female hour every week. The subject is one of the most common problems that besets marriages: the wife who is not in the mood and the consequently frustrated and hurt husband. There are marriages with the opposite problem -- a wife who is frustrated... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153070/posts#comment Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:09:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150708/posts Los Angeles, CA – A new study in the journal Personal Relationships reveals that women prefer mates who are recognized by their peers for their skills, abilities, and achievements, while not preferring men who use coercive tactics to subordinate their rivals. Indeed, women found dominance strategies of the latter type to be attractive primarily when men used them in the context of male-male athletic competitions. Jeffrey K. Snyder, Lee A. Kirkpatrick, and H. Clark Barrett conducted three studies with college women at two U.S. universities. Participants evaluated hypothetical potential mates described in written vignettes. The studies were designed to examine... Personal Relationships http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150708/posts#comment Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:33:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113778/posts The ProtectMarriage.com—Yes on 8 campaign today criticized the "No on 8" campaign’s new television ad, released yesterday, which features California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell. The ad raises a new standard for using a small, cleverly worded kernel of truth to foster the Big Lie. Specifically, the discussed whether schools are "required" to teach anything about marriage, and states that they are not. By this logic, presumably, they would argue that no one in California is required to have a drivers’ license, only the people who want to drive cars are. The real fact, as stated clearly in the... ProtectMarriage.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113778/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:03:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111327/posts Barack Obama and his supporters have tried to claim that his associations with people like Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, James Meeks, John Lewis, Alcee Hastings, Bill Ayers, Mahdi Bray, and Nihad Awad, and his connections with organizations like Trinity United Church of Christ, ACORN, the Muslim American Society's (MAS) Freedom Foundation, and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), were all innocuous. When people question Obama's character vis-à-vis these relationships, his campaign and followers retort that he is being unfairly accused using guilt by association. In fact, Obama has had long-standing relationships, and/or relationships of convenience, with such people/entities, and... netwmd.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111327/posts#comment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:45:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108498/posts BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Oct. 17, 2008 – For the soldiers in the dangerous terrain of Afghanistan’s mountainous Nurestan province, improving their outposts is important to security and relations in the area, as the Pakistan border is a common entrance into Afghanistan for terrorists. Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division’s 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, pack dirt into a barrier along the perimeter of their combat outpost in northeastern Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Building relationships with local residents helps to deny the terrorists sanctuary along the Pakistan border, Army Sgt.... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108498/posts#comment Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:26:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2102024/posts It's that time again ! Tricky Treats for Kitties,relationships and more !! Finneran Lane http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2102024/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:13:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2093614/posts Nice Guys Don’t Have to Finish Last Posted By Brett On September 28, 2008 @ 8:26 pm Oftentimes, when a man sees yet another bombshell on the arm of a dude who from all appearances is a complete d-bag, he is compelled to shake his fist at the sky and wonder if there is any justice in the world. “What does she see in him?” he asks in exasperation. The poser of this question is often a self-proclaimed “nice guy” who doesn’t understand why men of his breed so often seem to finish last while the moronic tools of the... artofmanliness.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2093614/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:12:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2054699/posts Our two celebrities-Leo the Lion and Gentle Ben-list their grievances as we wonder: Can This Alternative Relationship Be Saved ? Finneran Lane http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2054699/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:13:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051065/posts Torn from the pages of "The Ladies' Hmmm Journal" - a hard-hitting photo essay !! Finneran Lane http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051065/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:43:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040690/posts This audio was played this morning on WMAL's "Grandy & Andy Morning Show" and I was laughing so hard I almost fell over. You will totally enjoy this. Here's the YouTube blurb: "This was sent to me by a friend, its legit... following is the story from him. Okay guys here is the info on this voicemail. One of my friend's from work and her friend were out one night in the SF Marina district and were hanging outside of the bars trying to find a cab. One of the girl's, Olga ends up meeting this guy Dmitri and they... YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040690/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:20:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035383/posts BAGHDAD — Time had little effect on the strands of razor-sharp concertina wire that spanned hundreds of meters and split Ali’s farmland except to dull its original purpose - security. Located on the outer wall of Camp Slayer on the Victory Base Complex in Baghdad, the fence was originally constructed sometime during the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom more than five years ago. But until early June, it served no purpose but to divide. In the small community of Radwaniyah, west of Baghdad International airport, an Iraqi farmer simply wanted to be able to access his fields without the seemingly... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035383/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:11:43 GMT