Dear Lauren,
Me and my boyfriend have just recently moved in together. I feel like I have been putting everything I have into our relationship and he is just along for the ride. I feel like he has fallen out of love with me. What can I do to get the TRUTH out of him? How [...]

Dear Lauren,
I put an ultimatum on my boyfriend that I wanted 100% from him or nothing at all. He pulled away and finally told me he’s been confused about whether he wants a relationship at all. He says he’s overworked, stressed, and doesn’t feel he’s able to make me happy. I told him to not [...]

Dear Lauren,
I am 27 and have been single for 3 years. I go between wanting to be in a relationship but not finding a good guy to not wanting a relationship at all. But every time Saturday night rolls around I think about my lack of a date and it bums me out. I don’t [...]

Dear Lauren,
I’ve been dating this guy for 4 months. Then he got very busy at work and after 6 weeks of spotty contact I told him my feelings were hurt.  I emailed/texted him multiple times a day asking what had happened and when could we talk?  He sent an angry email saying he was working 14-hour [...]

Dear Lauren,
I’ve been hanging out with this guy for 4 months. He’s a fashion designer and writer so he’s always busy. Everything’s great when we spend time with each other. We do get intimate when we see each other and at other times we just hang out. About a month ago I asked him if [...]

Recently a woman wrote Mars Venus Living to ask, “How can I deal with the ups and downs of living with my guy? One day, he is the wonderful, sensitive man I married. The next day, he is uncommunicative, forgetful, or downright rude.  Don’t get me wrong: I love him very much, but there are [...]

Over the last two days we have discussed giving our partners the support they need, and how and why we try, at times successfully, and other times not, to please one another. To conclude this series we want to focus on another topic covered in John’s new book Venus on Fire Mars on Ice, the [...]

Without improved communication skills, relationships are much more difficult than they need to be. Here is an easy set of words and ideas that will help ensure the best communication in your relationship.
Women should remember to use the four P’s: pausing, preparing, postponing, and persisting. Men, on the other hand, should remember the four D’s: [...]

If you want a wonderful example of how different men and women are in their approach to daily life, just look inside a man’s wallet and then look inside a woman’s bag. Venusians often carry large, heavy bags, covered with beautiful colors and decorations, while Martians carry lightweight, plain black or brown wallets that are [...]

Most arguments occur not because two people disagree, but because either the man feels that the woman disapproves of his point of view or the woman disapproves of the way he is talking to her. Most men have heard the expression, “I just don’t get you sometimes,” and most women at one point can recall [...]