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One of the best things about being in a relationship is having someone that you can communicate with freely, openly and honestly. However, being open and honest doesn’t necessarily entail being mean or disrespectful. While you may have legitimate concerns and issues to address, HOW you talk to your partner can set the tone for your relationship…and ultimately its success. Men have feelings, just like we do, and if you don’t watch your mouth, your words can hurt him…and your relationship. If you are known to “pop off at the mouth,” think before you speak and keep in mind these things to NEVER to say to your man….

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What’s one of my favorite things about being single? Not having to deal with the emotional roller coaster that is a relationship. Constantly worrying about someone else’s well being, not to mention having your happiness so closely tied to someone else’s treatment of you, is exhausting. Just one road trip with your man—the arguing about directions, the wondering why he has been silent the past hour, the hoping he actually wants to visit your friends he agreed to visit—can make you need a Prozac. Essentially, relationships can give us anxiety. And men in particular can give us anxiety in these areas: