Archive for the ‘Love and Relationship’ Category

Avoid Becoming Penniless after Christmas

Posted 04 May 2007 — by MrDixon
Category Blogs, Channels, Featured, Love and Relationship

It has finally reached the time of the year when many of us are thinking about what gifts to give for Christmas. For some, choosing a gift for a friend, family member, husband or wife is easy. However, there are others that are brought to a boiling point when the gift-giving season comes around. Understandably, Christmas season has the potential to be very stressful and thought provoking, especially if you get caught in the position of choosing a gift for someone that enjoys the “finer things” of life. If you are in a similar predicament, don’t worry help is on the way. I’ve taken the liberty of putting together a list of four suggestions on how to shop for someone that enjoys expensive items.

Buy what you can afford
Let’s face it! You have bills to pay and basics necessities to purchase before and after the gift-giving season. If after State, Federal, Johnson Day Care Center, Social Security and Medical taxes have been deducted from your paycheck you can only afford to give a gift that cost Ten Untied States dollars. Buy it, and don’t leave yourself penniless or depress after Christmas just because you wanted to please a materialistic individual. Read More

How To Get Out Of An Abusive Relationship

Posted 04 May 2007 — by MrDixon
Category Blogs, Channels, Featured, Love and Relationship

by: Lia Thomas

I had known her since high school days. We use to eat lunch together, pair up in gym class, have double dates every other weekend, and occasionally do the sleep over thing at each others house. We both graduated high school with honors, and each earned a full scholarship to the college of our choice. We’d spent that last summer after graduation ‘living it up’ since we knew that our time together was limited. At the end of that time, though infrequently, we’d felt certain and promised that we would see each other again. We’d parted ways, with stars in our eyes and lofty goals in our minds to be the best in our professional and personal lives.

But the unthinkable happened 5 years later. I received a call from my dear friend’s mother one morning, and what she told me made me slump onto my sofa: my friend had been beaten beyond recognition by her boyfriend of 3 years, and was in critical condition in the hospital. Read More