How To Cope With Family Drama
Bella Breakdown Everyone has that family member. You know the one: that uncle who makes you feel awkward, the grandma who’s political views are vastly different than yours, the cousin who gets too drunk. When families get together, it can be a time for celebration but also a time for extreme drama. If this is the case for you, follow these steps to help yourself deal with the struggles for your family. 1. Stand up for yourself and your beliefs Although it might be appealing to avoid confrontation in your family, you will get pent up anger if you...
Are You Daring Enough To Try This New Wedding Ring Trend?
Bella Breakdown There’s a new trend emerging in the wedding ring community. It’s not that people are ditching rings or replacing them with tattoos. No, it seems people are keeping their rings, but just getting them pierced instead. That’s right, couples are now choosing to get dermal piercings with diamonds that appear to float atop the finger as a new trendier way of wearing their wedding rings. While the ring piercing may seem like a good idea at first, experts say that the ring finger takes roughly a year to accept the embedded ring. In order to perfectly get...
Are Dating Apps Killing Our Love Lives?
Bella Breakdown Finding love in the internet era should be easy, right? There are simple to use and free apps, you can create a profile in a minute, upload a photo and voilà! Your prince/princess is just a few swipes away from you. At least, that’s what we are supposed to believe, according to a $2.7-billion-a-year industry. But, can matters of the heart translate into algorithms? Bumble, Blendr, and Tinder offer a chance to filter your interests, so instead of bar hopping, or relying on destiny or your friends, you get to meet a proper mate with similar interests and...
Unique Date Night Plans For Valentine’s Day
Bella Breakdown Valentine’s Day is around the corner and you can celebrate with a memorable date night that isn’t just drinks and dinner. Instead of simply celebrating with a meal you can have a unique date night experience with these fun couples activities. Instead of only getting one bouquet of flowers, you can incorporate a variety of flowers at your local botanical garden. Taking a relaxing stroll through a botanical garden will give you and your loved one a chance to smell the flowers. This fun date helps to support your local botany community and some botany gardens offer...
Don’t Tell Your Partner You Love Them, Show Them!
Bella Breakdown We often tell our partners that we love them, but how often do we show them? There is an age old saying that actions speak louder than words. This is often true when it comes to expressions of romantic love. After all, think about the five different love languages: words of affirmation, quality time, touch, acts of service, and gifts. Only one of those involves speaking to someone. All of the other love languages have to do with action. If you often verbally communicate love to your partner but you don’t do anything to express your love,...
Relationship Warning Signs
Bella Breakdown Being in a relationship is difficult, but rewarding. It can have really high highs and really low lows. Sometimes it can be hard to tell if your relationship problems are normal, or if it is a sign that your relationship is going south. There are some warnings that you should look for that might be telling you it’s time to call it quits and say, “Thank you, next!” 1. You put in more effort If you are always the one making plans, paying the bill, solving the problem, or admitting defeat in a fight, then you are...
Let’s Get It On! Surprising Foods May Boost Your Libido
Bella Breakdown While aphrodisiacs like chocolate and strawberries are already common foods when one is trying to get in the mood. However, there are some foods that you have passed in the grocery store that will definitely boost your libido. Surprisingly, walnuts can be used for more than just your bakery needs. The walnut contains B vitamins that are responsible for your overall energy and the sexual health of men that should please their partners. The nut also contains zinc, which if you don’t know is responsible for the normal activity of prostate and sexual activity. While too much...
These 3 Things Will Make You The Happiest Person
Bella Breakdown For some people finding true happiness isn’t as easy as it seems, however, for others they have found that desire. The saying “money doesn’t buy you happiness” seems to be true because health and marital status do. According to a survey, people have now prioritized marriage over having a job, which five years ago topped the list of things that made people happy. In order to measure happiness, a questionnaire is given to responders who then give a mark out of ten for how happy they are, how satisfied with life, how far they feel their lives...
