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How to Say ?No?
2009-04-01 10:22:00 Continuing the topic about being assertive in a relationship here are 7 tips to disagree if you don?t like something. To become a good no-man the following advices are for you: 1. Tell your opinion even in small things! Most relationship problems are about small stuff. Those who does not nod to everything prevent small differences ... More About: Relationships
Learn to Say ?no? to Your Partner
2009-03-31 12:20:00 Many partners in love cannot say ?no? in their relationships. Psychologists call this phenomenon ?the tragedy of a happy couple?. Countless relationships fail because of the inability of partners to reject something sometimes. In the seemingly happy couple, there must not be any serious ?No?; partners respect each other and there is no place for ... More About: Relationships , Partner , Learn
Dating Tips for Singles
2009-03-30 12:19:00 Many singles are not sure if they really want a relationship. Have you ever wished something with all your heart - a top job or a house? Then you know the will power that could be set out free. You develop patience, discipline, and sacrifice your time and energy. You keep working despite possible setbacks ... More About: Dating Tips , Dating , Tips , Singles
Secret of Happy Relationship
2009-03-25 09:28:00 What is the secret of happy relationship? Surely it is an realization by each partner of needs of the other, and determined effort to meet them. The primary need of human beings is need for bodily comfort. So, everyday domestic work do contribute to a happy relationship as it takes time and effort that proves ... More About: Relationship , Happy , Secret
Does your Relationship need a Change?
2009-03-24 09:54:00 Life is unpredictable and you never know where you could be this time next year. The same happens to our relationships: they change as our life goes. Some people find it sad and the other are happy about this fact. The secret of long-lasting happy relationships, to my mind, is to keep them dynamic, flexible, ... More About: Relationship , Change
To Work in a Relationship
2009-03-23 17:08:00 What does it actually mean to work in a relationship? Is it to go and earn money? Or maybe work it is a house work? And when both work in a relationship it looks like this: he goes out and works and she stays at home and also works? I suspect it should be ... More About: Relationships , Relationship , Work
How to Stop an Argument
2009-03-20 12:06:00 Any argument is unpleasant and annoying. People often regret about words told in the heat of an argument, but very few can overcome pride and admit their mistakes. Maybe it would be better not to bring up the argument? Let us try to figure out in what ways you can stop the argument. 1. Deeply breathe ... More About: Stop
Mutual Respect in a Relationship
2009-03-13 12:21:00 Mutual respect is a foundation for long-lasting successful relationship. Humans have emotional need for love and recognition that forms their purpose and meaning to lives. Respect , my mind, means to treat your partner with consideration, to have a regard for other persons? feelings and to be treated similarly. Treat your loved one fairly. ?Do unto others ... More About: Relationship , Mutual
Russian-British Couples Communication
2009-03-12 09:00:00 Communication and mutual understanding within relationships is one of the most important elements for marital satisfaction. For Russian -British couples, communication could present another challenge to overcome as communication styles in Russia and the UK vary considerably. The misunderstandings in intercultural couples are inevitable, since a common basis of understanding ? common language ? is primary ... More About: Communication , Couples
Difference in Attitude to Money
2009-03-11 09:00:00 Another difference that would require attention in an intercultural relationship is attitude to money and money management. Money and economic values are of high individual interest and hence important in the UK. For Russians, with concepts of equal material conditions still prevalent among the society, personal happiness is not connected with the standard of living ... More About: Attitude , Difference
Cultural Differences of Russian-British Couples
2009-03-10 09:00:00 Today?s Russian -British couples have a much easier time meeting and marrying than spouses of decades past. Where Russian women look for strong, caring and sober British husbands, British men are attracted to feminine, romantic, ?old-fashioned? Russian women. However, like many other intercultural relationships, they still bring different expectations, values and cultural traditions to their union. ... More About: Cultural differences , Couples , Differences
High Versus Low-Context
2009-03-09 10:18:00 Speaking one?s mind and telling the truth in low-context communication requires individuals to be open with others. Openness is not characteristic of high-context communication (Gudykunst 1996:31). Earlier we have mentioned that collectivistic cultures tend to be high-context and individualistic are low-context. Despite the fact that Great Britain is an individualistic culture, its communication tends to ... More About: Versus , High , Context
Collectivistic Russia and Individualistic Great Britain
2009-03-07 09:00:00 Individualism-Collectivism interrelates with aspects of immediacy and the use of space. Individualism is characteristic of those from the UK. British emphasize the importance of individuality and privacy; they have been used to having more ?personal space?. They display a relatively reserved behavior and value individual autonomy. Collectivistic cultures, such as Russia , are interdependent and as ... More About: Britain , Great Britain , Great
Immediate Behaviors in Communication
2009-03-06 09:00:00 We employed a theory of differences in communication based on three intercultural dimensions, drawn from theories of Hofstede, Hall, Andersen, Gudykunst and others: immediacy, individualism-collectivism, and high and low context. Despite these three cultural dimensions being incomprehensive for a qualitative cultures? comparison, they could provide a conceptual framework by which thousands of intercultural differences in ... More About: Communication
Communication Problems of Intercultural Relationship
2009-03-05 09:39:00 Individuals learn the norms and rules of appropriate and inappropriate interpersonal communication and behaviour within their culture. Our entire repertory of communicative behaviors is dependent largely on the culture in which we have been raised. As Ballard-Reisch and Weigel state, couples negotiate the roles, power, and climate within their marriages through communication (Ballard-Reisch 2003:262). Their ... More About: Communication , Relationship , Problems
Money Issues in Russian-British Relationships
2009-03-04 09:00:00 The first factor of divergence is the outlook of the Russian s and the British to material values. Money and economic values are at the heart of the British value system (Weisser 1978:11). The standard of living and ?things? are crucial elements in the British definition of personal happiness and personal happiness is, in turn, a ... More About: Relationships , Issues
Financial Problems in a Relationship
2009-03-03 10:46:00 According to Blood and Wolfe?s study (1960:224), of the eight possible areas of husband-wife disagreement ? children, recreation, personality, in-laws, roles, values, sex, and money ? money causes the greatest number of problems. Budget and the planning of financial goals, reflect what is important in the life of an individual and what are the couple?s ... More About: Relationship , Financial , Problems
Gender-Related Issues in Russian-British Couples
2009-03-02 09:00:00 The equality that Russian women want, differs from that desired by Western women. Russian women see themselves as far more traditional in their dealings with men and their views on domestic life (Richmond 2003:59). As it was argued earlier in this work (see chapter 2.1.1), Russian women would prefer not to work if the economic ... More About: Issues , Gender , British , Couples
Intercultural Differences in Gender Roles
2009-03-01 09:00:00 Many issues in mate relationships are directly or indirectly concerned with gender imbalances. Gender roles have changed tremendously in the last thirty or forty years both in the United Kingdom and Russia. Both British and Russian societies have large numbers of two-earner families. In both countries, younger men are gradually becoming more involved in household ... More About: Differences
Cultural Differences. Impact On Relationships
2009-02-28 09:00:00 Relationships between Russian women and British men present a series of fundamental issues of conflicting attitudes and beliefs which could become the cause of conflict. We consider those cultural differences which might become critical issues when left unresolved in a Russian-British relationship. The comparison of gender role differences, attitude to money and communication between ... More About: Relationships , Cultural differences , Differences , Cultural
Dress Sense in the UK
2009-02-27 09:00:00 As a rule, British people tend to dress in a more conservative manner when they are on business and more causal in everyday life. The way people dress, alongside with what magazines and newspapers they read, how and where they spend their leisure time, where they live, where they went to school, what cars they ... More About: Sense , Dress
British Reserve
2009-02-26 09:00:00 The British , especially the English, are more reserved than nationals of many other countries. There are established rules for everything and this gives a sense of stability to life. British life involves lots of ceremonies. ?British reserve? could be considered one of the forms of privacy that underlines many aspects of British life (Fox 2005:401). ... More About: Reserve
British Communication Style
2009-02-25 09:00:00 In Britain, ?please?, ?thank you?, and sometimes ?thank you very much? are involved in just about every human transaction. They are necessary and expected in communication with the British . British politeness has a ritualized predictability and expected formality (Weisser 1987:5). People in Britain are very time-oriented, respecting deadlines and punctuality. As for tone of voice: ... More About: Communication , Style
Language and Class in the UK
2009-02-24 09:00:00 Generally, in Britain, very high value is placed upon how the language is used. Vocabulary and pronunciation indicate your class, educational background and status. People in modern Britain are very conscious of class differences. They regard it is as difficult to become friends with somebody from a different class. It results from the fact that ... More About: Language , Class
Attitude to Money in the UK
2009-02-23 09:00:00 Research conducted in Great Britain by Vogler and Pahl (1999:133) identified five basic systems of financial management in marriages: 1. The whole wage system, whereby either the man hands over his wage and the wife is responsible for all the finances of the household or the husband has sole responsibility for managing all household finances. 2. The allowance system, ... More About: Money , Attitude
Division of Domestic Work in the UK Families
2009-02-22 09:00:00 As to the division of responsibilities at home, the survey of Devine (Devine 2004) has shown for both parents who work full-time, the couple is more likely to share domestic work but if the woman works part-time, she also does the bulk of the domestic work. Most wives consider their divisions of household labor to ... More About: Work , Domestic , Families , Division
British Women Attitude To Work
2009-02-21 09:00:00 The female employment rate in UK stood at 72% in 1999 (Aassve and Burgess 2004:1). The majority of women work outside the home before and after having children, regardless of marital status (Storry 2007:123). According to research ?Employment Patterns of British Families in 2001. Family Change 1999 to 2001?, conducted by Alan Marsh and Jane ... More About: Women , Work , Attitude
Relationships in Great Britain
2009-02-20 09:00:00 Here we attempt to describe love relationships in Great Britain . What are men?s and women?s roles in a relationship, what are their beliefs about money and their styles of communication? Over the last half century, women?s and men?s gender roles in Great Britain have changed significantly in a number of aspects. This is particularly so in ... More About: Relationships
Meaning of Punctuality in Russian Culture
2009-02-19 09:00:00 Time in Russia is not as highly valued as in most of the western world. ?Time is money? is alien to Russian thinking. Russians find the importance of punctuality greatly exaggerated (Visson 1998:144). Russians are notoriously late, and people are more tolerant of delays. Punctuality is not considered essential; patience, on the other hand, is ... More About: Culture , Meaning
Russians? Manners
More articles from this author:2009-02-18 09:00:00 Manners and politeness take different forms in different societies. In the Russian language, polite requests are expressed primary through the rise and fall in intonation or through expressions such as ?be so kind? (Visson 1998:136). Consequently, West Europeans could find Russians rude because they hardly ever say ?please? and ?thank you?. Russians do not smile ... More About: Manners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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