Divorce Panel

You're in a great relationship. He just might be "the one." So how can you be sure he's marriage material?

Psychotherapist Dr. Garry Corgiat says you should approach your relationship like a business. It might not be the most romantic idea, but treating your mate like a business partner just might work. Here are some ideas to think about before taking the marriage plunge.

1. Is this the kind of person you would want to open a business with? Could you run a company together? If not, he's probably not the right guy.
2. Does he communicate?
3. Is he a team player?
4. Does he have a good work ethic?
5. Can he handle finances?

Think About Money

The intimacy might be great, but you're not going to think about what happens between the sheets if you find out you're in financial trouble. Money coach Lynnette Khalfani says the number one thing people need to do is check their partner's FICO score. That three digit number tells you just how how financially healthy your partner is (or isn't) and you can decide how to move forward from there.

Make A Decision to Love

Father Ken Deasy says you have to commit to love. If you decide to love, you'll always have to work on compassion.


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hey tyra, i have guy problems. i like this 1 guy and we have our times to geather he has held my hand many times and told me that he likes me! but the problem is that we never talk and when we do its just different. know what i mean. please help me thanks kristen
 
Hi tyra, I really love your show, please keep it up.
 
dear tyra hi what i want to talk to you about is i'm married i live in cincinnati and he lives in arizona we been saperated for four months and i need to know if i should stay with him of course he wants to come back to me but he really hurt me.he left me,i had to fight him to get my ticket back home.so know he wants to come here with me but i dont know what to do please help me.
 
hey tyra i have this issue wit my boyfriend and another guy ive been wit my boyfriend for a long time and i love him but sometimes we get into argumentsand i hate that and then he just sometimes does not get me and thats awful but on the other hand theres someone else that is there for me wen ever i need him and i feel like wanting to be wit him but wit my boyfriend to they are both diferrent but i just dont know who i want to be wit any nore please i need ur advice ur my idol and i will listen to ur advise thnk you tyra
 
Dear Tyra actually i do not know how should i start it off but i wanna let you know that your show is a great one although i don't watch it very often but i love it,i really do.i'm currently in singapore.i'm only 18 this year and i have an ex boyfriend.i don't know why after we broke up,i have a hard time dealing with this heartache.i can easily point out what he had done me wrong but still hard to get him out of my mind.is it because he was my first??i really don't know what to do.sometimes feeling really sad and upset as well.i keep thinking how should i react if one day i meet him again.i just do not want to behave so childish because of this.i hope you could give me some suggestions about this matter,thank you.
 
Dating over 30 - Gusty or Ghastly? by Kelli Muhammad -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After being married for nine years, I found myself back on the dating scene in 2000. What a new world it was for me. My ex-husband and I had been together for a total of thirteen years, and he had been the only man I had known most of my adult life. I found myself approaching the idea of starting to date again with a lot of trepidation. And to make matters even more interesting…I had relocated to Atlanta…the Black Mecca of the South. I decided to move to Atlanta with my son because of the career opportunities the city had to offer and, most of all, because my support base is there. I have three older sisters who all live in Atlanta. One is divorced and two are married. Each one had plenty of advice to offer their baby sister in the area of …getting back out there. Some of the comments I heard were…”Girl, you need to just focus on your career.” Another one was, “Just wait and be patient, a good man will show up.” And finally, the comment that had the greatest impact was from the divorced sister. She said…”Each day gets better. I can’t tell you how long it will take to heal, but when you are ready to date again, you will know.” So for the next nine months, I spent the majority of my time getting my son settled in his new environment, reading a lot of inspirational and motivational books, and deciding what it was I wanted and didn’t want in my next relationship. By this time, I had made a lot of friends and was hanging out a little in the social scene in Atlanta. This was the perfect opportunity
 
Hi Tyra, I just saw your show on doomed for divorce and had to laugh at the quiz. I scored 4. The thing is, is that I have been married to my high school sweetheart for over 34 years and it has been a great marriage! The thing about the quiz is that it ignors the personalities of the two involved.
 
hey tyra, i love the show! i have some guy truble i really like this on guy and he said that he has liked me since we frist met but now that we both know that we like each other things have just been different we don't talk anymore and when we do it just feels different we hold hands but never look at each other we haven't spooken or seen each other since auguest and i don't know if i shoul call him or not? help me please thank you and luv lots kristen
 
hey tyra... i've been with my boyfriend for nearly 10 months and i know its not very long but we're not planning on getting married anytime soon. i can see myself with him for the rest of my life! we just connect in so many levels. we just get each other! I've never been happier in my life. i know we still got a long way to go but there really isnt any rush to get married:) thanks for the awesome shows. keep up the good work! from a dedicated fan who is very in love:)
 
Hi Tyra, Let me first start by saying I love your show. Although I didn't quite agree with the cosmo quiz.I am 31 years old and my husband is 33.We have been married 7 years, together for 16 years.We have four of the most beautiful children.our love for each just keeps getting stronger everyday.And get this we both scored a zero.
 
Hi Tyra! Your show about being doomed for marriage was very informative. My boyfriend and I were watching it and the part that got us the most was the situation with the mother being in the relationship. I agree w/ the lady when she said that her mom will always be there no matter what and her mom only has the best intentions for her. Her mom doesn't want to see her get hurt like she was. My boyfriend agrees with the man of course. What the judges were saying sounded just like my boyfriend and the counselor we talked to were saying. I also took note of what you said about setting boundaries between you and your mom. That's a great idea but it's hard to do that w/o seeming like you're disrespecting your mother. It does seem like I care more about my mother than I do my boyfriend but I really love him and want to be w/ him forever. Your show was very true...it still hurts to know the truth about things.
 
Tyra - I must say that I found your endorsement of the Cosmo Quiz, quite dissappointing. It is one thing to take a meaningless quiz, just for the sake of having a little fun, but to seriously endorse that quiz as something that should help an individual determine whether they are "doomed for divorce," seems absurd. Your show reaches so many young people and I am concerned that your endorsement of that quiz may be sending a dreadful message of impending doom to a lot of people that still have a fighting chance for succeeding in marriage. I would have liked to see questions that had more substance. Questions that should seriously be considered. Questions that could have prompted millions of viewers to seriously analyze personal barriers that may hinder their present and future success in marraige and committed relationships. My intentions are not to butcher your efforts, I just wanted to share my opinion with you, in hopes that you and/or the Tyra Show staff, will dig a little deeper to ensure you are sending a meaningful messages regarding issues that truly inflict so many of your viewers. Thanks.
 
Hey Tyra~ I just wanted to ask what should I do with my relationship. I love my boyfriend and we have been together for 4 years and we have 2 beautiful girls together. But I can not stand his family. They absolutely make me feel like I am going to go crazy and they stress me out to no limit. Any advice? Thanks a lot and by the way I love your show. Karen~~very confused
 
hi tyra, well im not sure if you read this or not, but i hope you do. i have been with my husband for a year now and things are great. but the distance is hard. he just deployed to iraq. and i just wanted to say that you should know if hes the one because of what your willing to handle. you cant control who you fall in love with. but anywho if you have any advice on how to make time go qicker that would be great.
 
Hello Tyra,I have been in a 3 year relationship with my boyfriend. We have have been through a lot with each other . I know this might sound like a typical relationship issue but its a big deal to me. Anyhoo, at times i get insecure because he would show signs of not wanting to be bothered. Such as, whenever i call i would have to start the conversation ,he is quick to get off the phone , and he is mostly gone. We are now about to have our first child together and you would think he would be encouraging ,but instead he just the same except now its an excuse for everything and i have to hunt him down almost everyday. We were each other's first true love and both of our immediate family cant stand one another. What can i do to tell if he is really cheating? I really need some advice.



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