Tell us your truths - the winning truths
The five winning tips from our very first Valentine's Day competition are below. The winners will each receive a signed copy of Kate Figes' new book Couples - The Truth.
- Know your partner before you bed them. Be friends. Speak with love - even if you are angry.
- Talk to each other and other people especially those who don't just parrot back what you want to hear.
- Being a hands on dad. Helping out. Work at things together.
- Keep a sense of humour and be honest with yourself.
- When arguing (and sometimes this is simply unavoidable) remember that you are the adults in the family and not to revert to acting like children.
Many thanks to all those who entered the competition and congratulations to the winners who will receive their signed copies of the book shortly.
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busymumof2 on 26 February 2010 at 10:52pm said...
I was with my ex for nearly 7 years, and we have a daughter together who is now 7 and 1/2. we separated over 4 years ago as i was brave enough to leave him as he had a tendancy to become intimidating and violent. However, due to my unhappiness 18 months before we split, i started seeing someone else. which i suspect fuelled the fire. to cut a long story short, i am now in a relationship with the person i was seeing and have been for the past 4 years, we now have a son together, who is 3 years old. he is a great daddy and has always accepted my daughter from my previous relationship. we are not getting on, and we havent been for over 12 months... Throughout this relationship i have always missed my ex. he is now married to someone else, who he met shortly after we separated. i was happy he had met someone, but absolutely devastated when he told me they were getting married. he has been married since october last year. my daughter has told me she misses me when she goes to her daddys and that she misses daddy when she comes home, and that she thinks we should live together. i have explained to her that daddy is now married and that wont happen, but both mummy and daddy and our partners love her very much and she is very lucky to have us to care about her.... but inside i want the same.... i know my ex holds a grudge against me for seeing someone else while i was having problems with him (who im now with) and i understand..... but i cant help but miss him so much and wish i was with him with my daughter..... (i consider the fact that my son is involved and that this would affect him) my feelings are my feelings and i love both my children the same.... how would i ever go about letting my ex know how i feel and is this all ridiculous and better off on my own....????