This is going to sound like pretty common knowledge, but people like happy people. No one really goes out looking for love, relationships or dating experiences with someone who acts like life is never in their favor. It’s just not the way we operate. Dating and relationship coach Evan Marc Katz made a few really great points recently about why happiness is so essential and how you can ensure that you’re conveying that in the relationships and partnerships that you’re involved in.

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Most people in the world have been in relationships that didn’t go according to plan. This can happen for a number of reasons. Maybe you didn’t get to know them well enough and you weren’t very compatible when everything boiled down. Maybe you realized that you had different values. Maybe you were just better as friends. There are plenty of reasons that relationships fail. The problem is when you realize that all you’re attracting are super-unpleasant individuals.

I say this is a problem because typically people complain about it, asking their friends and family why they only end up with a**holes, but the issue with this statement is that the reason this is happening is because you’re probably reflecting those qualities yourself.

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Alright, so chances are you’ve all brought a guy or girl home to meet the family only to realize that no one particularly likes them except for you. This puts you in a really rough spot because you will probably start second guessing whether or not they are a decent human being and even wondering why you’re interested in them. Once you’ve done that you’re left with a pretty complicated decision. Here’s the breakdown for you!

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Being single doesn’t have to be a bad thing. In fact, there are a ton of reasons why being single is an amazing thing! Rather than sulking around and convincing yourself that you’re missing out on some spring or summer lovin’, check out this list of reasons why you’re the luckiest person out there!

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Oprah Winfrey is loved and respected by a lot of people out there. Everyone is bound to have their critics, but I have to say the woman knows what she’s talking about. TMZ recently chatted with the superstar talk show host and now face of her OWN network and she had a lot of great things to say that could benefit just about anyone in the dating world right now.

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Every woman has their own idea of the perfect first date, what love feels like and how things are supposed to shift from a dating relationship to married with children, but is there really a right way? As little girls we grow up watching the helpless female leads in Disney movies get rescued and/or swept of their feet by a man who’s not only good looking, charming and sweet; he’s also a prince or some other form of accomplished.

Are these fairy tales acknowledged as fiction or do we severely set ourselves up for relationship letdowns as soon as we’re old enough to sit through an entire film?

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Relationships come with all sorts of challenges and struggles. For this reason it is absolutely essential to learn to roll with the punches. I think women especially tend to get caught up in planning all the details of a date or romantic night and when things don’t go exactly right, it becomes a devastating experience. Here are a few pointers to keep you out of your own way and your relationship happy and healthy!

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