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Boundaries define where we end and other people begin, both physically and emotionally. Psychologically, they define a space we see as our own, separate from other people. When we are in love or feel very close to another person through friendship, collaboration, or special circumstances, boundaries may get blurred, as we see ourselves not as separate from them. However, even then boundaries continue to be an important piece of our emotional health.

1. Are introversion and extraversion inherited qualities?
2. In what age does the type of personality peep?
3. Is it possible to be an extravert and introvert simultaneously? Can we get more introverted or extraverted if we want?
4. What are the qualities that determine an introvert?
5. What are the qualities that determine an extravert?
6. What type of personality could you attribute yourself to and why?
7. Can you determine personality type of any person by his behavior?

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Gay marriage declared legal across the US in historic supreme court ruling

Same-sex marriages are now legal across the entirety of the United States after a historic supreme court ruling that declared attempts by conservative states to ban them unconstitutional.

In what may prove the most important civil rights case in a generation, five of the nine court justices determined that the right to marriage equality was enshrined under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.

Questions for discussion:

1. How long does it take for you to understand what the person is really like?
2. What are good conversation starters?
3. Do you like meeting new people and how long does it take you to trust someone?

Questions for discussion:

1. What is your definition of cheating?
2. Have you ever cheated?
3. Why do you think that people cheat?
4. Have you ever cheated in an exam?

Questions for discussion:

1. What is pride?
2. Are you proud of your country?
3. Do you feel more pride in yourself or in others?
4. Are you proud of your heritage?
5. Do you think you were always a source of great pride for your parents?

Questions for discussion:

1. Why do you think body language is important?
2. How do you use body language in your daily life?
3. How does body language help you to communicate?
4. How does your native culture use body language?
5. What kind of body language do you use at school, University and work place?

Questions for discussion:

1. What are three things that make relationships successful?
2. What three qualities did you look for in a partner that you wanted to have a long term relationship with?
3. Do you think conflicts make relationships stronger?
4. What do you think about arranged marriages?

The red hot business of divorce celebration

By Barbara Balfour

After finalising a painful divorce Wendy Lewis decided there was only one way to celebrate - by blasting her wedding dress with a machine gun. To get the job done the newly divorced American gathered her female friends - and the dress - and flew to Las Vegas, Nevada for a long weekend.

1) Which gender do you think makes the best bosses? Can you give a
reason? Have you had any direct experience or is it just an opinion?
2) Would you rather have a male or a female secretary? Why?
3) Does one gender takes more time off from work than another?
4) Which gender spends the most time shopping? Which gender is most
likely to ask strangers for directions?
5) Is one gender unable to "see" unwashed dishes or unmade beds? Is
one gender "overly" concerned with tidiness? What is your experience?

1) Are people from the "older" generation always more wise and correct
in their ways of thinking and choices? Why or why not?
2) Do you ever disagree with your friends/parents/relatives/grandparents about topics such as music, style and values?
3) Is it possible for parents and children to be friends? Or for
people of different generations to be friends?
4) What influences the styles, values and interests of a generation?
How long is a generation?
5) What is an example of a time you and your

1) What is a generation gap?
2) Have you ever felt a generation gap with your friends?
3) How do you over come the generation gap?
4) When do you feel the generation gap the most? Is it possible to
overcome a generation gap?
5) At what point in life does the generation gap seem to be the largest?
6) Do you think you can be a better parent than your own parents in future?
7) Do you think it is OK to date or marry someone of a different
generation to yourself, either older or younger?

Questions for discussion:

1. Do you get annoyed when other people display bad manners? Could you give some examples?
2. Do you get annoyed when someone cuts in front of you when you are waiting in line?
3. Do you get angry when politicians make promises they can't keep?
4. Do you get annoyed when you watch the news on TV and see all the terrible things happening in the world?
5. Does it annoy you when shop assistants try to sell you things you don't need?

Questions for discussion:

1. How do you feel about attending weddings? Are they boring, interesting, a waste of time?
2. When was the last time you attended a wedding? Who was getting married?
3. When you've been invited to a wedding, do you go out and buy a suit/dress and/or a pair of shoes for the occasion? Why do some people feel that they have to do this?
4. After the wedding ceremony itself, in some countries there are wedding feasts or banquets. What happens after the wedding in your country?

1) How often do all the members of your family get together?
2) What differences has the internet made to people's ability to keep relationships going over long distances?
3)The human being is said to be a "social animal". One of the main criticisms made of internet is that we're getting used to relating to people we'll never meet. What are the implications of that?
4)Does it worry you that many children nowadays spend more time in front of computer games than actually playing with their friends?

In 1921, Stone's example inspired the journalist Ruth Hale to found the
Lucy Stone League, an American organization supporting women's rights
to keep and use their maiden names. Mentored by Helena Normanton, and
open to both women and men, the 'Lucy Stoners' challenged in federal
court any government edict that would not recognise a married woman by
the name she chose to use. Their slogan was "My name is my identity
and must not be lost." During the 1920s they succeeded in getting real

1. Why do we say men are from Mars and women are from Venus?
2. Why men and women are different when it comes to communicating with each other?
3. Why relationships became so complicated in the modern world?
4. How can women make mens life different and vice versa?
5. Why women are more verbal than men?
6. Did God make a mistake? Did he "mess up" the master design of sex by making a us so diverse? Does he sit up in heaven and laugh that we can't seem to please each other?

PART 1

1.Would you marry someone of another nationality?
2.Are your parents of the same nationality?
3.What are some advantages of an international marriage?
4.What are some disadvantages?
5.Do you want your husband to know how you looked as a child? Why or why not?
6.Do you believe that having a permanent love between two people who are living in two different countries is possible?

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Over the past 20 years single-parent families have become even more common than the so-called "nuclear family" consisting of a mother, father and children. Today we see all sorts of single parent families: headed by mothers, headed by fathers, headed by a grandparent raising their grandchildren.

Questions for discussion:

1.​ What images spring to mind when you hear the word ‘dating’?

2.​ What are the good things and bad things about dating?

3.​ What can you remember about your first date?

4.​ How do you feel before you go on a first date with someone?

5.​ What is your idea of a great first date?

6.​ What is the most disastrous date you’ve been on?

Questions for discussion:

1. Do grandparents help to look after their grandchildren in your country? Who should take care of old people, in your opinion?
2. Do unmarried couples live together in your country these days? What do people in your society think about this kind of arrangement?
3. Do people in your country ever decide to remain single and not create a family? If so, what does the rest of your society think?
4. Is polygamy allowed in your culture? Is it OK to have more than one spouse? Would you like this life style?

Driving fast, breaking curfew, arguing, shoplifting. Teenagers can push your patience, but unfortunately, some kids go as far as blatantly flouting rules or breaking the law, often with tragic results. What's with this rebellious streak? How can parents funnel it into less risky business?

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Cultural Diversity: Differences in race, ethnicity, language, nationality, or religion among various groups within a community, organization, or nation. It is the mosaic of individuals and groups with varying backgrounds, experiences, styles, perceptions, values and beliefs.It is the variety of human cultures in a specific region, or in the world as a whole.

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“When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why?

Reading:

SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?"
SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?"
SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "If you must know, I make $100 an hour."
SON: "Oh! (With his head down).
SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow $50?"
The father was furious.

Reading: Top 5 reasons for divorce

1. Infidelity It could be argued that infidelity within marriages is a reaction by a spouse to the real breakdown of the marriage, and is not itself the cause. Either way, it is cited as the cause of almost one third of divorces ins the USA (making it the most common reason for divorce). Surveys have shown that adultery occurs in over half of failed marriages.

Questions for discussion:

1. How do you define family, home and life ?
2. What are the five reasons men don’t call their girlfriends?
3. How do you (woman) make sure your man calls you regularly?
4. Why guys don’t think much about future? Why guys don’t like to take commitments?
5. How do you define male child syndrome in a Man?
6. What do you think conformed bachelor men?
7. Is it good for woman to talk to man about sex, marriage, child on the first date?

Reading: Can't Buy Love: Materialism Kills Marriages

Focusing too heavily on the "for richer" part of the nuptial vows could spell disaster for a marriage, according to research published today by Brigham Young University and William Paterson University.

Platonic Friendships: Men & Women Can't Be 'Just Friends, New Research Suggests

Questions for discussion:

1. Do you think that purely platonic relationships are possible between men and women?
2. Can a man and woman be really close and never feel any sexual attraction at all to one another?
3. Do you have many friends of the opposite sex? Do you spend a lot of time hanging out with them?
4. Is it easy to get along with them? How are your male friends different from your female friends?