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One Big Gamble

Taking Risk is part of everybody's life. Everybody has one way or the other to mitigate the Risk. But the Biggest Risk - The Biggest Gamble that one goes through in life is "Marriage". A combination of emotions, character, habits. These exist in any relationship. But it is only in a Marital relationship that these often come upstream. Accepting people as they are, accepting words, actions, thoughts, opinion is not often easy. Well, that isn't the only factor that makes Marriage a living nightmare...there are more...to list a few.. * Communication is the key to a successful marriage. But how to communicate? There is no thumb rule for 'Effective communication' especially when it comes to spouse. * The flexibility that is there with outsiders is a 'restricted area' for the spouse alone. Why me...and Why not She? * Requests turn into Tantrum only when they are unheeded. * Blame game -> "I don't like this in you...I don't like that in you...

60 Ways to score points with a woman

60 Ways to score points with a woman – By John Gray (Author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus) (It could be your Wife/Girl Friend/Mom) 1. Upon returning home find her first before doing anything else and give her a hug 2. Ask her specific questions about her day that indicate an awareness of what she was planning to do (Like "How did your meeting go?") 3. Practice listening and asking questions 4. Resist the temptation to solve her problems - empathize instead 5. Give her 20 minutes of unsolicited, quality attention 6. Sometimes bring her, flowers 7. Ask what she wants to do on the weekends 8. Sometimes offer to make dinner 9. Compliment her on how she looks (Don't be sarcastic or nasty) 10. Validate her feelings when she is upset 11. offer to help her when she is tired 12. Schedule extra time when travelling so that she does not have to rush 13. When you are going to be late, call her and let her know 14. When she asks for support say yes or no with

Body Balance

If you were to treat your body as your asset, Remember, everytime the weight of the asset grows up, to balance, you might incure more liability. The body is an appreciating asset until some time. But after that, it becomes a depreciable asset. Make provisions now, else you'd be sorry.