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Relationships

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Host Better Dinner Parties With Friends With These 5 Steps

Move over Martha. Follow gathering guru Priya Parker’s counterintuitive advice for throwing memorable dinner parties with friends instead.

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The Hits and Misses from Our Unconventional Wedding

If you’re open to unconventional wedding ideas and activities, here’s some input based on the hits, misses, and mishaps from of ours.

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The 4-Step Approach to Stop Nagging (But Still Get Your Way)

The simple, 4-step W.A.R.T. Technique: Wait, Agree, Remind, and Thank is how to stop nagging and still get what you want.

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The Step-by-Step Approach to Actually Change Someone’s Mind

How to actually change someone’s mind using proven psychological and negotiation techniques (and patience).

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How (Not to) Win an Argument: A Neanderthal’s No-Brainer Guide

The trick to knowing how to win and argument is to be aware of our neanderthal-ian instincts and then do the opposite.

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Massage Tips & Techniques: Simple Tricks That Work Surprisingly Well

Basic massage tips and techniques we learned from an expert for how to give our partners surprisingly good massages.

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Daily Gratitude: The Corny but Potent Relationship Fixer

How a simple, corny daily gratitude practice saved our struggling relationship in surprising ways and could possibly fix yours, too.

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Relationship Hacks: 19 Unconventional but Proven Tricks to Try

10 surprisingly simple and unique relationship hacks that have rescued our relationship, plus 9 top love life savers from around the web.

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