Welcome to the Dating & Relationships section on City Connect
We have a wide range of contributors including the reknowned relationship expert & life coach Sloan Sheridan-Williams offering their advice on issues about love, dating, relationship, marriage and break-ups. Articles also cover all types of relationship from personal relationships to work relationships.
For a list of all Dating & Relationship articles, see below.
For those of you who know me, you will know how this article is going to go.  As Valentines draws closer and closer I can see the glint in my friend’s eyes.  The hopes and dreams they excite of, candlelit dinners, red roses, marks and spencer’s dine in for 2, followed … Continue reading
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Now on top of flirting, playing it cool and trying to feel empowered all at the same time there is a little media foreplay added to the mix. Camera phones, Skype and Facebook. Whatever did we do without all of these media mixes? We can talk to guys on-line without even having … Continue reading
Proactive or Perverse? There seems to be a rise in the amount of pregnancy dating sites now broadcast on the internet. It seems to be the next trending thing on the market. No longer are pregnant singles content with being left to sit with buckets of ice cream and cankle … Continue reading
In this era of technology, flashy phones and social networking, instant friendships have come to form an important part of the fabric of our youth. Many young people, at one time or another, believe they are truly in love even if with someone they hardly know. Can young adults really … Continue reading
I remember asking my nan about dating and relationships and how she and my granddad got together. It was a completely different world back then. The men would pick up the women from their houses up with no less than a bunch of flowers.  Normally having to have the awkward … Continue reading
What is it about men and the F Word? And by that I mean Feelings. Why are we unable to get an emotion out of a guy? Is it something they are born with, or something they learn over Xbox and packets of pork scratchings. Trying to get an emotion … Continue reading
The definition of infidelity (according to Wikipedia) Infidelity (colloquially known as cheating, adultery, or having an affair) most commonly refers to a breach of an expectation of sexual and or emotional exclusivity expressed or implied in an intimate relationship. So the definition states that to cheat is to have an affair whether it be emotional … Continue reading
Struck by the way his dark mocha skin complimented her porcelain complexion, Her conservative image creatively disturbed by his sinuous dreadlocks and loose-fitting jeans, Struck by their contagious smiles, magnetised by their togetherness, I come to a halt, caught myself staring and wondered. Most of us can summon up a … Continue reading
Halloween is my favourite time of year and always has been. The thing with Halloween is why us girls love it so much because, let’s be honest it’s the one day of the year we can dress up in next to nothing and have nobody pass judgement on us. It’s … Continue reading
Today is my birthday but what is it about a birthday that brings out the diva in us girls? It’s all about me, me, me for 24 hours, the world is mine and I shall do with it whatever I choose (or tell you to do). It’s like our inner … Continue reading
Having recently returned from a week in Portugal I noticed how full of Brits and Irish people it was. I can’t say that this was what I was expecting, I never really choose to go abroad to be surrounded by people from my home town. Nevertheless I was with my … Continue reading
Being single is something we all seem experience at some point in our lives; regardless of how we end up being alone its inevitable for most. But like most things in life being single has its ins and outs, up and downs and miss and preconceptions. We all know better … Continue reading
It’s 2 am. It’s Friday night and the only thing you’ve had down your throat this evening is vodka tonics and the dirty blonde who’s name you don’t care to remember. The bar is ready to close up soon but the two of you are not done partying. The choice … Continue reading
One in 5 Britons has had therapy and the number of qualified counsellors has tripled in the last 10 years to keep up with demand, but does therapy work in the long term? Hypnotherapy is often used to help obese clients and those with eating disorders, obsessive disorders or generally … Continue reading
What makes us want to date people in the workplace? With the office being the forefront of most workplace shenanigans. With nothing but computers, photocopiers and paperwork to focus on from 9-5, is it any wonder we suddenly have a look around elsewhere. Steve from accounts has always been a … Continue reading
How much emphasis do we put on money when searching for an appropriate suitor? Is it a factor inbred into our nervous systems when looking for our prince (or pauper)? Oh none I hear you cry? Money doesn’t matter it’s the person inside and that’s all that matters you say?  OK I believe … Continue reading
How often have you been on a night out with your girlfriends or with your man, and have woken up to your news feed covered in pictures of you from the night before? Starting the beginning of the night looking like Angelina Jolie, eyelashes pristine and clutch bag intact, fast … Continue reading
Remember when Aristotle claimed that ‘Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies’? Well no, of course not, but we have all heard the quote, we have all dreamed and desired to love someone as passionately and ferociously as that, but have we all lost faith in relationships … Continue reading
What are peoples top New Year’s resolutions for 2013? It seems that losing weight is at the top and things like finding a new job that kind of thing. However hunting for a new man appears to be high on the agenda for singletons in the UK. According to Match.com … Continue reading
Today I want to discuss a topic that’s never really in the public consciousness much, if at all. So I wanted to bring this little talked about subject into people’s mind to open it up for debate and give it the consideration it deserves. I want to talk about gay … Continue reading