Comments on: The Seven Deadly Sins of a Relationship

By: mental_floss Blog » April 28th, 2008

mental_floss Blog » April 28th, 2008 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:26:03 +0000

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By: Simple

Simple — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:56:54 +0000

relationship is not a sin its a blessing for me…

By: Brianna

Brianna — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:48:12 +0000

I assume that these “sins” apply to all intimate relationships and not just marriage. What do you think?
By the way, I am not married. My BF and I have been in a relationship for 6 years and have a 4 yr old daughter. We don’t really get time alone together and we are terrible communicators. In fact I think we’ve fallen into every one of these seven (8) sins. Not sure how to crawl out. I’m not really 100% sure why we aren’t married other than the fact that marriage is meant to be a “guarantee” of life together, and in life there are no “guarantees” (no insult intended to those who choose to be married, this is just my observation for our relationship). Instead, what it takes is hard work, every day, hard work to stay together. Sometimes it’s not so hard. Some days it’s really hard. I have no clue how to implement these ideas on a day to day basis.

By: Os 7 erros que destroem um casamento ou um namoro | Curta Vida

Os 7 erros que destroem um casamento ou um namoro | Curta Vida — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:10:48 +0000

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By: Terence

Terence — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:30:43 +0000

William Blake said it better than I ever could: Jesus Christ is the only God, and so are you, and so am I.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:54:06 +0000

I am a new reader to your blog (love it!). I came across this article in your archives and just wanted to add a note for others who may be reading this that are not married or are considering marriage. If two people can not successively navigate these “sins” prior to marriage, then perhaps one should reconsider getting married in the first place. I personally have been “guilty of sins 1, 3 & 8 in prior relationships and have been subjected (for lack of better word) to all “eight” sins. Any of these issues that are not resolved prior to marriage or during a LTR, should cause one to rethink the relationship altogether. Come to think of it, these sins could be damaging to all personal relationships albeit spouses, lovers or friends. I am just grateful that the older I get the more I learn and the better my relationships become.

By: Cole Croft

Cole Croft — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:34:13 +0000

Very great advice!

I’ve found myself experiencing every single problem on your list. I’m a very resenting person. I start out letting little things blow over, not really making it an issue; but as time goes by, every single thing that I find difficult I tend to resent my partner. The jealous issue is something that gets me all the time. Mostly by bringing past relationship baggage into my new relationship. I set my expectations way to high, that’s something I know not to do the next time. I’m completely opposite on not making enough time. I postponed by not getting a job for a month just so I could spend as much time with this girl that I could. I know that people need space. I need to work on it, I’m pretty dang clingy.I think I’m way to big on communication, my last two girlfriends said I talked way to much. I just always needed to hear things. I always spoke for myself. I just don’t know when to much, is to much. I show my gratitude when I feel I need too. I show affection way to much where it seemed I might have been to clingy, and I’ll tell you what, I’m a stubborn as they come, I can be a complete ass..

To sum it all up, I know full and well what I need to do to have a healthy, fun, and loving relationship. This writing you’ve done shows me how to be the best I can be. The problem is when it comes down to the nitty gritty, I completely fail. I seem to always put lust before love.

I’m always lost in relationships, I’m always fuming to my friends and don’t know where to makes ends meet.

Your writing put a lot in perspective and it’ll help me out in the future. Thank you very much.

I you ever give advice to the individual, please give me some.

Thank you once more and have a good day! : )

By: Kathy Mead

Kathy Mead — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:41:10 +0000

“Not making time” is the key problem

By: Psh, cha.

Psh, cha. — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:45:49 +0000

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