“Tell him you want to be tied up and spanked, no more, no less. I can't stress enough the importance of having a pre-sex conversation about your own limits and making sure that he understands them.”— Lane Moore, cosmopolitan.com
“Update him with your calendar. Now, you don’t really have to do this, but telling your man where you’re going or what plans you have for the night will make him feel he’s important.”— Deepika Singhania, newlovetimes.com
“You speak in whens, not ifs. If your guy starts sentences with, 'When we get married,' he's made up his mind: He wants you to be his wife. You may not get engaged the next day, or even the next year, but if your relationship stays on its current trajectory after a statement like that, your marriage…”— Meredith Bodgas, glamour.com
“You have talked about getting married. This is a huge sign. If you have talked about getting married, he has it in his mind that he thinks you are the one he is going to marry.”— Marie Bloom, girlterest.com
“If he confides in you about his work problems and celebrates his successes with you, this means that he both values your opinion and your influence in his life.”— Adriana, badgirlsbible.com
“Ask him to show you with his own hands how he likes to pleasure himself. You can start just watching him, or put your hands over his, or move his hands away to follow his lead.”— Alice, goaskalice.columbia.edu
“Confiding in someone does not mean you are burdening them with your problems. The moment you begin to admit it to yourself or someone else, is the moment you set yourself free.”— Adrienne Blane, thoughtcatalog.com
“Sometimes only a calm presence and compassionate listening are necessary.”— Stan Goldberg, nytimes.com
“Words of optimism may work in the short run, but in the long run they can induce guilt if the cancer is more virulent and defeats a person’s best effort. I was dealing with the possibility that my life would end shortly, or if it didn’t, it would be changed dramatically. False optimism devalued what…”— Stan Goldberg, nytimes.com
“The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“Stay in touch. Feel like old friends (or family) have fallen by the wayside? It’s good for your health to reconnect with them.”— Alyssa Sparacino, health.com
“He’s slowly talking to you less. Though the loss of communication doesn’t hit you right away, if a guy is looking to break up with you, he will definitely slowly reduce the amount of communication you guys have. Maybe he will stop texting you as much and phone calls come to a complete cease. When co…”— Ashley Page, madamenoire.com
“Be clear with your partner that you’re totally into feedback in the moment. As in, ‘a little to the left,’ ‘harder’ or ‘keep doing that.’ Remember: harder is not always better. It depends entirely on the person, but don’t assume that hard and fast always wins the race ’til you hear it from your part…”— Ali, autostraddle.com
“When an ex contacts you, it is likely they are trying to reopen the lines of communication. Particularly, this is true if the reasons that they are contacting you are especially random and pointless, such as asking for your mom’s apple pie recipe.”— Vanessa Tan, wikiyeah.com
“Maybe they’ve been contacting you, trying to apologize or running into you on purpose.”— Jessica Simien, jessicasimien.com
“Your conversations are similar to the way they were before the breakup.”— Sheiresa Ngo, cheatsheet.com
“If your man doesn’t share himself with you, tell you who is, what he likes and dislikes as well as his hurts and successes, this may not be the right man for you. By being cautious and keeping you out of his life, he is giving you the message that you do not count — you are not that significant to h…”— Gail Gross, huffingtonpost.com