Kelly Gonsalves

Here's how a sex therapist would answer this question.

Husbands, pay attention.

The stats may surprise you.

Do they really work?

Do you know your love language?

Once a week? Once a month?

29 Online Dating Tips For Successfully Finding A Relationship Online dating—aka meeting people through dating apps and websites—can feel like an overwhelming, chaotic mess when you jump in for the first time, and it can be disappointing when you don’t connect with anyone right away. But trust the process: Committed couples are meeting each other online all the time these days, and as many as a third of U.S. marriages start online now. So it’s worth giving it the ol’ college try.If you’re new to…

This pattern in relationships requires some serious introspection.

Do we know anything about a person just based on their number?

No. 1: Friendships don’t happen organically.

There’s always more to learn about your family.

10 Truths About Sex In Long-Term Relationships & Why It Decreases What is sex supposed to look like in a long-term relationship? Chances are, if you’re asking the question, your long-term relationship sex life is probably encountering some issues.Maybe sex has decreased in your relationship, or maybe sex is just feeling dull, uncomfortable, or obligatory instead of actually fun. Let’s talk about the facts when it comes to sex in long-term relationships: Sex generally improves relationships, but…

Every relationship goes through comfort cycles and growth cycles.

Some words carry with them histories of meaning that are hard to shake.

“I want to start by saying that good sex is what’s important. Bad sex that is obligatory, going through the motions, painful, resentful, hostile, or worse, isn’t going to provide benefits.”

How To Love Your Body: 20 Small Ways To Start, Even When It’s Hard Maybe you hate your body. Or maybe you just wish your body looked different. You’re not alone: Research shows up to 84% of American women experience body dissatisfaction in their lifetimes.Learning to love your body when you really don’t is no easy task, and it’s not as simple as the body positivity movement can sometimes make it seem.Going from “I hate my body” to something more positive will take time and conscious effort. Here…

It’s actually a relatively common experience.

Splitting the physical chores in half isn’t enough.

How Long It Should Really Take To Get Over A Breakup The grief after a breakup can be devastating, especially when it feels like months or even years have gone by without any substantive change in your emotional state. I once casually dated a guy for just five weeks before our communications tapered off, and now nearly four years later, I still have dreams about him and often catch myself wondering where he is and how he’s doing. When he comes up in conversations with others, I can hear the ange…

11 Books About Love & Relationships That Marriage Experts Swear By When it comes to love, there’s always more to learn. If you’re looking to get better in this department, we reached out to our network of relationship experts—including couples’ counselors, psychologists, sex therapists, and more—and asked them to share one book they see as essential reading for anyone looking to improve their relationships. These are books that delve into the psychology of love and sex, the theories and framewor…