Best Relationship Advice

'You are two imperfect people making an imperfect union, and that's wonderful.' - Preacher

NVDL: We still need to learn how to 'Polite Fight'. When we fight it's gun drawn and blazing.

clipped from dating.personals.yahoo.com No doubt, there are days when you feel as though you deserve the "Best Partner in the World" award: You make sure dates with your mate stay fun, you settle arguments with amazing grace and you don't always go into whining mode when you find his dirty socks next to, rather than in, the hamper. How did you get so smart? You were given some stellar advice from friends and family. Here, the nuggets of relationship wisdom you've stayed faithful to over the years. #1. Polite Fight If my husband and I disagree about something, we stay focused on the issue and skip the personal put-downs." -- Melissa Gitter Schilowitz, 31, Metuchen, NJ #2. Fit to a Tee #3. Tabletop Trick "My aunt told me that if I'm running late when it's my turn to make dinner, just set the table. #4. Boob-Tube Brilliance #5. Pop the Question #6. Nix the Nit-Picking #7. Space Smarts #8. Agree to Disagree #9. Comic Relief "Before I headed down the aisle, my stepfather told me to always laugh and never take myself too seriously.

Happiness is contagious - but is it contagious online?

NVDL: My guess would be no.

Obesity and smoking habits spread socially as well. Interestingly I seem to be having a positive impact in the sense that my girlfriend has quit smoking, now her brother is too, and he is no trying to lose weight too. If he succeeds perhaps her mom will be next....

"You can save your money," Christakis said. "Being around happy people is better."

clipped from news.yahoo.com LONDON – When you're smiling, the whole world really does smile with you. A paper being published Friday in a British medical journal concludes that happiness is contagious — and that people pass on their good cheer even to total strangers. American researchers who tracked more than 4,700 people in Framingham, Mass., as part of a 20-year heart study also found the transferred happiness is good for up to a year. "Happiness is like a stampede," said Nicholas Christakis, a professor in Harvard University's sociology department and co-author of the study. "Whether you're happy depends not just on your own actions and behaviors and thoughts, but on those of people you don't even know."

2 Quotes on a Slippery Slope

Once you start comparing yourself to others, you are on a slippery slope to nowhere. My coach Rick Demont has a saying - To win is to be the best in the history of your body, which I find very true. - from Ryk Neethling's blog

...it is essential for South Africa to move its centre of gravity away from a culture of entitlement to an ethic of excellence. - David Shapiro