Recently, Eboni Williams, the newcomer to the "Real Housewives of New York" franchise told Wendy Williams that she dumped her fiance because he quarantined with his children instead of her.
Research has found that different personality types responded very differently to the pandemic. There were even some troubling responses from sadistic and narcissistic personalities, who derived some pleasure from watching others have a difficult time. You might have learned things that either impressed you, or upset you, during this crisis. Was your partner a martyr who wanted to do all he could to help others? Or did he selfishly slam the door on a neighbor asking if he could spare some toilet paper? Did he panic and prepare for the worst, building a bunker in your home and ordering weapons built for the apocalypse? Or did he remain calm and trust things would work out?
Comfort is, of course, a part of a healthy relationship. But when you get too comfortable, it’s easy to feel like you’ve become siblings or college roommates instead of the young lovers who once couldn’t keep their hands off each other. Is that you?
You may be dealing with more stress, sadness and exhaustion than you think.
Perhaps there were many things that, before the pandemic, you may have said, “I can’t live without that.” But then, you had to and…you survived, didn’t you?
“Whenever a problem arises, we think, ‘What can I do about it?’” says Dr. Jackson. But, with the pandemic, she says, “Now there isn’t much we can do. So we look inward. It’s a way of having control. It’s a feeling of ‘Things are ok so long as I can work on something.’"
Tonight on "Married At First Sight," we'll watch as the couples deal with being quarantined with one another. Things got incredibly tense for Olivia and Brett when something caused him to leave the house.
In two weeks, choosing veggies over sugar and other small but important adjustments in Kenya Moore's diet and activity have already helped her to start losing those 25 pounds in quarantine weight.
Repetitive routines are the ultimate romance killer, and can leave you feeling as though you're living with a roommate rather than a romantic partner. It's never too late to change that. But first, you have to recognize the signs that things are getting stale.
Kenya Moore has put on a few pounds (okay, maybe a little bit more than a few) in quarantine, and she's not afraid to show them off.
In our exclusive interview, we spoke to actors Jazmyn Simon and Dulé Hill about everything from what it's like working together as husband and wife, to prenatal depression, breastfeeding, racial unrest and more. See what they had to say about all of it inside.
Innovators and finding new ways to socialize, be ambitious, work out, and maintain some “normalcy” during these abnormal times, but it’s admittedly all just a little harder to do. It's possible these supplements could help.