It turns out happily ever after can also translate to healthier ever after as married couples enjoy all types of physical and mental health benefits. Studies show marriage can help protect against heart disease and stroke and that those who say “I do” have lower levels of cortisol (aka the stress hormone). Married people even have a better shot at long-term happiness, according to one study.

It’s safe to say science believes in love. And, to that end, researchers and licensed counselors have spent a lot of time figuring out what contributes to happiness in marriage. Here are 10 of those expert-backed tips for a happy marriage.

1. Go on double dates

Friendships with other couples make for happier marriages, according to research and interviews done by University of Maryland professors. The study found that healthy couple friendships have potential to make marriages more exciting and fulfilling by increasing attraction, providing a greater understanding of men and women in general, and allowing partners to observe the way other couples interact and negotiate differences. With that said, topics like sex and money tend to be taboo in these kinds of friendships with other couples, the researchers concluded.

2. Assume the best about your spouse

When you’re having a disagreement with your partner, assume he or she has good intentions, suggests Paul DePompo, a board-certified clinical psychologist and an author and researcher on relationships who is based in Southern California. Giving your partner this benefit of the doubt will allow you to seek clarification, learn from your partner, and move forward. He or she might take a different approach that could look bad to you at first glance, but is actually well-intentioned, explains DePompo, the founder of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Institute of Southern California.

3. Have sex at least once a week

The conventional wisdom has been that more sex means greater happiness in a marriage. After all, sex releases endorphins and feel-good hormones. So, exactly how much sex should you and your spouse be having? A study published by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in 2015 found that couples who have sex weekly are the happiest. “Although more frequent sex is associated with greater happiness, this link was no longer significant at a frequency of more than once a week,” lead researcher Amy Muise said in a news release. “Our findings suggest that it’s important to maintain an intimate connection with your partner, but you don’t need to have sex every day as long as you’re maintaining that connection.” The study was based on surveys with 30,000 Americans.

4. Argue with one another

Yup, you heard that right. One thing that makes a healthy relationship is your ability to fight well and resolve conflicts, says David Klow, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Chicago, owner of Skylight Counseling Center, and instructor at Northwestern University and Adler University. Plenty of people can find connection or excitement with another person, but the true test is being able to work through life’s challenges together.

“Similar to working out a muscle, if you can effectively survive tears in your marriage and then repair them, then it makes the relationship stronger,” says Klow, author of the new book “You Are Not Crazy: Letters From Your Therapist.”

Keep the fights fair, reminds Julie Gurner, a doctor of psychology who also works as an executive and performance coach in the Bay Area and New York City. When you fight fair, you keep your dispute focused on the topic without devolving into personal attacks, she says.

“If the fight is kept to the topic, it fades and passes in the relationship,” she explains. “But people remember personal attacks long after the fight ends, and these types of personal insults chip away at the mutual respect, love, and trust you have for each other.”

5. Enjoy happy hour together

The next time you and your spouse go out for the night, call a Lyft. Here’s why: Researchers from the University of Michigan analyzed feedback from 2,767 married couples who participated in a survey and found that those with similar drinking habits enjoyed happier lives together. The study revealed that if one partner remained sober while the other enjoyed drinks, they weren’t as satisfied in their marriage. All that to say the key to a happy marriage could be enjoying a happy hour here and there — without requiring one spouse to be the designated driver.

6. Make your spouse your priority

There will always be demands bidding for your attention and requiring your time, says Talya Knable, a Maryland-based licensed clinical professional counselor with expertise in relationships and life transitions. “In the end, though, your life partner is just that and you need to make sure that you give the relationship the attention it deserves,” she says. To do this, go on dates. Spend time talking after the kids go to bed. Schedule time to have lunch during a busy work week, Knable suggests. “A healthy marriage can be a foundation for a happy life, but that doesn’t just happen,” she says. “You need to prioritize it.”

7. Happy wife, happy life

A Rutgers University study found that the more content the wife is with a long-term union, the happier the husband is with his life. When a wife is satisfied with the marriage, she tends to do a lot more for her husband, which, in turn, has a positive effect on his life, the researchers concluded.

8. Don’t prioritize material things

The Beatles were onto something when the group crooned “Can’t Buy Me Love.” A Brigham Young University study found that higher levels of materialism are associated with less satisfaction in marriage. For the study, 1,310 married individuals were asked to rank how strongly they agreed or disagreed with statements such as “having nice things today is more important to me than saving for the future” and “having money is very important to me.” The researchers’ takeaway was that materialistic spouses may be seeking happiness in possessions, rather than people. That could mean they end up investing less time and energy into making their marriages successful.

9. Take dance lessons

Body language is essential for communication, points out dance therapist Erica Hornthal, with Chicago Dance Therapy. “The dance floor is a metaphor for how we dance in life with our partners,” Hornthal says. “You can quickly see if there is collaboration, consideration, compassion, and compromise.”

10. Text your partner sweet nothings

Go ahead and send those kissy-face emojis and “thinking of you” text messages. Expressing affection through text messages enhances relationships, according to research published in the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy. But, on the flip side, using text messages to apologize or sort out differences is associated with lower relationship quality for women, the study found. As for men, more texting doesn’t translate to a happier relationship. In fact, too much texting is associated with lower relationship quality, according to the study.…

Advice can differ. Family and friends have only good intentions and support in mind; others can spoil a relationship by giving bad advice out of jealousy. However, even the most sincere words of wisdom can sometimes have a very negative impact on a relationship.

Bright Side decided to figure out what kind of advice psychologists recommend avoiding at any cost if we want a relationship to be healthy and last longer.

1. “You should find someone better for yourself.”

If you’re only in a relationship because you want some personal profit, maybe you’re on the wrong track. Profit-seeking, according to psychologists, cannot be an adequate reason to start or end a relationship. In doing so, you can destroy a really happy marriage or start a life that doesn’t bring you any happiness at all.

2. “Show them who’s the boss. Don’t let them push you around!”

First of all, love partners have different fields of responsibility in a relationship, and it seems normal that each of them takes a leading role from time to time.

Only mutual understanding and respect of the partners can make a marriage work and make it really strong.

3. “Demand that your partner is romantic!”

Psychologists claim that there’s a certain romantic period in any relationship that commonly passes after some time. Partners can’t live forever like they’re in a romantic comedy, going crazy when they see each other.

That’s why you can’t demand that your partner is in the honeymoon phase of your relationship all the time. Every relationship has different phases of development, each with its own advantages.

4. “Stay quiet. Don’t make it worse.”

It’s almost impossible to avoid conflict in a relationship. However, it is better to resolve conflicts when they occur. You shouldn’t suppress your feelings and wait until they break out one day because this will cause more damage to the marriage. Don’t play the victim card. Discuss your feelings with your partner instead.

5. “Just read their chat. You have the right!”

Such interference in a partner’s personal life – making intrusive calls, reading personal chats, tracking locations – is considered by family law specialists to be the first step toward abusive behavior in a family.

It can be not only physical but emotional too. Don’t listen to this kind of advice, and don’t make your partner a hostage of your jealousy.

6. “Just remind him that what he earns isn’t enough.”

This advice is a great way to turn a little misunderstanding into a big conflict between partners. You know that, if you really want to, you can find a lot of mutual reproaches to make it all even worse.

Specialists say that you shouldn’t discuss such matters on a daily basis, and try not to mention something like this during a big conflict.

7. “Look at me and learn.”

Teaching by your own example works better with kids, not with love partners. You are not a child, and you shouldn’t repeat someone else’s behavior.

When you have marriage difficulties, don’t look at other families and try to copy their way of life. However, this doesn’t mean that you can’t try to avoid some of the mistakes they make.

You know better from the inside.

So why do we tend to listen to words that might bring us nothing good? Maybe because deep inside we believe that people can see better from the side, giving us rational advice.

However, it’s a very misleading feeling because your relationship is very complex and full of details no one knows but you two. That’s why you should listen only to your mind and your own heart.…

Men: A change in thinking may improve your sex life. Get the details on seven common mistakes guys make with women, and learn how to avoid them.

Mistake 1: Sex Starts in the Bedroom

Men may turn on like a light, but for women, arousal doesn’t happen so fast, says sex therapist Ian Kerner, PhD.

Pave the way during the day by hugging, kissing, and holding hands. Have some fun together, and show you appreciate her.

Feeling safe and secure in the relationship is key for a woman to really let loose during sex, Kerner says. A long hug can go further than you’d think. “Hugging for 30 seconds stimulates oxytocin, the hormone in women that creates [a] sense of connection and trust.”

Mistake 2: Assume You Know What They Want

“Just as many women are faking orgasm today as 20 or 30 years ago,” Kerner says. So, if she’s not enjoying herself, you might not know it.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions like “How does this feel?” or “Do you want something different?”

In other words, ask for directions.

Mistake 3: Stick to Your Plan

Don’t think that “if it worked the first three times, it will work the next three times,” says sex therapist Sari Cooper, LCSW.

What turns her on may depend on her mood, and where she is in her monthly cycle. “Perhaps her nipples are more sensitive or her genitals are less tingly,” Cooper adds.

Pay attention to your partner, says psychologist Lonnie Barbach, PhD. “Try different things and see how she responds.”

When you find something that works, linger on it. Women often complain that men move on to the next thing just as they really start to enjoy an activity.

Mistake 4: Keep It Strictly Physical

Expand your idea of foreplay. Some men “focus on physical stimulation and often ignore mental stimulation,” Kerner says.

While men get stirred up by what they see, “women fantasize a lot during sex as part of [the] process of arousal.” Join in — share a fantasy or a sexy memory.

Mistake 5: Expect Intercourse to Give Them an Orgasm

For 80% of women, intercourse alone won’t do the trick. Why not? Most sex positions don’t directly stimulate the clitoris.

There are other ways to pleasure her. “Women orgasm much more consistently from oral sex than from intercourse,” Kerner says. Also, try sex with the woman on top, or a vibrator made for couples to use during sex. “Men should feel comfortable, not threatened, with sex toys,” he says.

To help her hit the high note when you do have sex, take time to get her going before you make your entrance. “The closer women are when they start intercourse, the more likely they are to have an orgasm,” Barbach says.

Mistake 6: Skip the Seduction

Women like to be seduced. “Seduction is as important as, or sometimes more important than, technique,” Cooper says.

It helps to know what kind of turn-on your partner likes, whether it’s oral, visual, or mental, she says. “Does your partner like it when you talk dirty over the phone or text? Trace your finger slowly up her chest? Flirt with her at a bar?”

Also, if you like what you see, say so. “Let a woman know how desirable she is,” Barbach says.

Mistake 7: Focus on Ringing the Bell

Most women need clitoral stimulation to have an orgasm, but it’s more complex than you may think.

Some men “don’t understand the anatomy of the clitoris,” Cooper says. It’s more than the small “button” you can see. Its nerve endings spread throughout the vulva and inside the vagina. All are potential pleasure points worth exploring.

“You can go back and forth,” Cooper says. Paying too much attention to the glans, at the top of the vulva, can take away from pleasure for some women. It’s so sensitive, that too much stimulation can hurt.…

There are countless books, instructional videos, and colorful diagrams devoted to answering the question, “How can I please my lover in bed?” While plenty (if not all) of this advice is helpful, perfecting your lovemaking techniques isn’t the sole path to having better sex—especially since not everyone’s brought to a mind-scrambling climax the same ways.

“Sex has no goal but pleasure and fun, and doesn’t always involve genitals, penetration or even orgasm, either,” says Dr. Chris Donaghue, sex and relationship therapist, podcast host, and author of Rebel Love. “Good sex is about play.”

In the spirit of enjoying the ride, we asked experts to recommend the best sex tips for women.

Get to know your own body, first and foremost.

Yes, “this means masturbation,” says Gigi Engle, certified sex coach and author of the upcoming All the F*cking Mistakes: A Guide to Sex, Love, and Life.

Knowing what brings you pleasure doesn’t just make sex more satisfying for you; it boosts your confidence during an encounter, making things more fun for everyone involved.

“So many women don’t spend time with themselves, nor do they devote enough time to really get to know what brings them pleasure,” Engle adds.

Ask your partner what they like.

Whether you’ve been together for years or just started seeing each other, it’s likely you’ll learn something new about your bedmate’s desires by…simply asking.

“Communication is a huge cornerstone of good sex,” Engle explains. “Asking each other what you like is pretty much the only way either of you is going to get what you want.”

If you’re sheepish about broaching the subject, preferring to go by moans alone, remember that it’s a chance to learn more about each other and make sex better in the long run. “We have a lot of shame and embarrassment in general around sex so talking about it can be nerve-wracking,” says Engle. She says,”Approach your partner with empathy, and express a desire to bring them the most pleasure possible. Then, share your desires as well.”

Sext your partner during the day.

Tap your phone’s potential as a seduction tool by sending sexy texts—a.k.a “sexts.”

“Sex and arousal can begin long before you’re face-to-face,” says Donaghue. “Building arousal prior to sexual engagement will lead to peak sexuality.”

You can share a fantasy, or describe—in detail—what you’d like to do to them later. If you’re both new to exchanging sexts, you might want to start off PG-13 and let things naturally escalate at your own pace. Only you can speak to the specific vibe of your text exchanges (such as whether peppering in some eggplant emoji will be met with laughter as opposed to confusion), so the main rule is to keep it playful.

One more tip: Fix your phone’s notification settings to prevent new messages from displaying on your lock screen. It’ll keep your steamy exchange away from coworkers and/or kids’ prying eyes.

Use (and ask for) multiple levels of stimulation.

You might strike up a dialogue about the speed or pressure your partner enjoys when you’re stroking them down there. And don’t neglect the rest of their body, either—skin is the body’s largest organ, after all.

“While performing oral sex or during intercourse, use your hands to stimulate other areas of the body, and ask partners to do the same to you,” Donaghue advises. Rub their thighs, stomach, and any other place they’ve let you know they like to be touched.

If your partner has a prostate, pay it some attention.

The prostate—the typically-walnut-sized gland located between a man’s penis and bladder—is most often discussed in a medical context. But Donaghue urges people not to “shame or avoid this powerful, pleasure-giving body part. It can lead to bigger, and even multiple orgasms.”

Some men are able to experience a prostate orgasm—as the International Society for Sexual Medicine points out, this earns its nickname as “the male G-spot.” You can massage the prostate with your hands, or stimulate it anally by inserting a finger or clean sex toy (you’ll want to get consent in a conversation before you try this, of course).

Lube makes everything go more smoothly.

It cannot be stressed enough: Lube is great for adults of every age.

“Too many women act under the false assumption that they should be getting so ‘wet’ that they don’t ‘need’ to use lube,” Engle says. “This is completely wrong. You should be using lube no matter the situation.”

Skipping personal lubricant can lead to vaginal tearing, irritation from friction, and pain during sex, Engle explains. “Lube also helps everything slide and slip more easily, providing a barrier between skin and fingers or toys,” she adds. To find the lubricant that’s best for you, here’s a lube 101 primer—and ten great options.

Follow your fantasies.

“What’s your fantasy?” isn’t just the title of an incredible Ludacris song; it’s a question you should know the answer to when it comes to your own. Sexual fantasies are far from unusual—in fact, here are eight of the most common ones.

Donaghue calls fantasies the “most honest parts of our sexuality.” While not every fantasy needs to be acted on in real life, they can serve as a valuable guide. “The arousing thoughts and ideas in your head, the types of porn that you watch, and the things out in the world that turn you on are all important aspects of your sexual psychology,” he says.

Try out new sex toys.

If you’ve never used a sex toy in the bedroom before, Donaghue recommends them to “amp up arousal and to explore diverse sensations.”

Once considered the province of perverts, toys have come a long way in terms of image, features, and the materials they’re made from. There’s an exciting product out there for every taste—like these 20 for couples to enjoy, for example.

Resist falling back on what “works.”

Donaghue says that though our turn-ons are “always evolving and changing,” it’s easy to “fall into sexual habits and routines, reinforcing the same sexual behaviors over and over.” Shake things up with different positions, role-play, or even just get busy in a new room (in or away from home). “Sex can be new and novel even with repeat partners,” he says.

Harness your attraction to other people.

Even those who are wholly devoted to a significant other can find themselves attracted to someone else. Instead of beating yourself up about your natural, hormonal reaction (or worse, acting on it and cheating), redirect those fired-up feelings and love the one you’re with. “If you’re turned on at work, or by someone you see at the gym, carry it with you and take that sexual energy home to use with your partner,” Donaghue says.

Don’t forget that “sex” means way more than just penetration.

“Sex doesn’t have a hierarchy wherein one act is better or more important than the other,” Engle says. To that end, she recommends more oral sex all around—not just giving, but receiving, too.

Your pleasure will be a turn-on for your partner, and Engle urges you to “take as long as you need to fully enjoy yourself, and orgasm, if that’s on the table. Getting fully aroused is crucial before having intercourse, as the vagina naturally lubricates and expands, and oral sex can get you there.”

Don’t fixate on orgasm as the only goal.

Intense Os are great, but they’re not the be-all and end-all, and pressure to perform is like a cold splash of ice water on an otherwise good time. “Putting focus on orgasm puts you into a negative feedback loop,” Engle explains. “You pressure yourself to orgasm, which gives you anxiety about not having an orgasm, which in turn makes you too anxious to orgasm.”.

“Instead of thinking of sex as a performance with a big finale, think of it as a journey,” says Engle. “This will actually make you more likely to orgasm. When you don’t feel pressured, you can experience your full range of pleasure.”…

Perspectives on love, sex, and all things relationships vary around the world. So we talked to ladies and gents from nine countries about the basics on love, sex, foreplay, and more. Their answers are below.

How would you define love?

America: A magnetism toward someone/something with whom you feel an intimate, fair, warm oneness, who regards you comparably and whose heart capacity you find extraordinary and dynamic.

France: An infinite connection between two people, romantic or not.

Romania: Attraction. Mentally, physically, sexuality.

England: I would define love as a state in time where you feel your most comfortable with someone, if that’s emotional or physical.

Canada: When two people would do anything for each other and accept each other for their weaknesses.

Germany: Love is like that stupid song that is stuck in your head that you just have to hum or sing the entire time without knowing why. You pretend to be annoyed by it but you totally enjoy it. Or it is like cake, it is delicious but it is going to ruin me…

China: When you care enough about somebody to want to make their life better.

Spain: Sharing the same interests with someone and connecting spiritually.

Holland: I would define love as something beyond everything — it’s the reason behind life.

Do you believe you can truly be in love with more than one person?

America: Possibly. I think too often people mistake infatuation for love.

England: Honestly no, I think you can lose your attraction to someone and fall for another but never love someone at the same time equally.

France: Yes.

Romania: Hell yeah, it’s the gypsy way.

Canada: Absolutely, there’s millions of people to choose from, there’s obviously going to be more than one person you can fall in love with.

Germany: Yes. You are not the same person for your entire life. You change and so do your feelings.

China: Yes.

Spain: No I don’t believe you can. Not in a serious deep love. Only in lust maybe but not love.

Holland: Of course you can be truly in love with more people but it’s up to you to choose between them because i think you can’t be in love with 2 people it’s not fair for the other.

Do you think you can fall out of true love? Have you ever stopped loving someone?

America: Not True Love because it’s our underlying nature.  However, Romantic Love… yes, and I have fallen out of Romantic Love with more than one person.

France: Yes.. Time changes everything. You should embrace the moment when you have it.

Romania: I don’t really think you can ever stop loving someone, but the intensity of the love can die down, you might be less attracted to them but you’ll always have love for them

England: I believe you can, even if it’s true love. However, you’re always going to have a degree of love for the person no matter what. I think personally, I have been in this situation where I’ve loved someone so much and then it just didn’t work out, and now I’ve found myself where I’ve lost the attraction I once had so strongly. I’ll always still have deep down that love and spark with them though just not at the degree we had before. This is why I believe it was true love.

Canada: Hard question to answer because I’ve never been in deep love. But as Finding Nemo would quote, “You got yourself in there, you can get yourself out.”

Germany: I don’t think you can ever really stop loving someone you once loved. Your feelings may change but a part of you will always be attached to that person. You have shared too much and even if it is in the past, it is still part of you. Feelings change, the past does not.

China: Yes.. Depends on if a person changes or if you fundamentally change, like if you go through a life event that fundamentally changes who you are. No, I have never stopped loving someone.

Spain: I believe so.. 100%.  No I haven’t.. I have been frustrated and angry but never stopped loving.

Holland: Love is something magical , and i truly believe you can’t fall out of love if you really love that person so much! But everything is different for everyone, this is my view on it. Love for someone would never fade away but it can become a lot less if someone hurts you.

Choose one: loving yourself or loving someone else?

America: Loving myself… technically… all we have is ourselves and what’s behind our own eyes.

France: Yourself.

Romania: You gotta love yourself first! 100%. You have to love yourself above all.

England: Loving yourself. As vain as it sounds, It’s important to know your balance before you move to someone.

Canada: I believe you can’t love someone else if you don’t love yourself.

Germany: I think you have to love yourself in order to love someone else. True love means giving all of you to someone else. If I would not love that (for the most part) why would I give it to someone special? My partner deserves the best, so I have to be my best self only to become even better through my partner.

China: Love yourself first. In the sense of being comfortable with who you are, not in the narcissistic way.

Spain: I would rather love someone else.

Holland: Loving yourself first because how are you going to love someone else if you can’t love yourself.

What do you value most about a relationship?

America: Kind, giving, understanding, trusting, sharing behavior and intense physical attractiveness.

France: The intimacy.

Romania: Honesty and trust, knowing that that person is going to be there for you

England: The adventure that comes with it and just being able to be on a level of comfort that you’re not with anyone else continuously.

Canada: Trust, without it any kind of relationship will fail.

Germany: Loyalty, trust and understanding. To me a relationship should be a partnership where both sides bring out the best in the other and help fix the worst while tolerating it.

China: Being able to depend on someone.

Spain: Trust.

Holland: The connection between each other and being yourself.

What is the most important – mental attraction, physical attraction, emotional attraction, spiritual attraction?

America: Emotional and Physical attraction.

France: I am usually initially attracted physically, but I have to mentally attracted to develop a relationship with them

Romania: Mental. No question. If they aren’t mentally stimulated, its not happening.

London: Spiritual attraction 100%!

Canada: Although they all play a role, I would probably say emotional attraction. You can’t be in love with someone you don’t have any emotional connection or feelings for.

Germany: Physical attraction is important to some extend but love is a combination of all of them with an emphasis on mental and emotional attraction. I don’t just want to look at my partner, I much prefer having a conversation or being with them in general.

China: Emotional.

Spain: All.. it has to be all.

Holland: They all matter a lot.

Most important quality you look for in a companion?

America: A caring, understanding, giving, loving heart.

France: Intelligence and pure intentions

Romania: Someone who is in line with my morals and qualities

England: Uniqueness. Confident uniqueness, someone who’s not afraid to be themselves and will show it.

Canada: Their personality is definitely the most important, but more specially I look for someone who is on the same mental level as me. Whether that’s sharing the same opinion on important life decisions or just their sense of humour.

Germany: A unique brain that is equally as weird as mine is.

China: Trust, dependant, fun..enjoy each others company and have a common interest.

Spain: Responsibility.

Holland: Beautiful from the inside is for me much more important than the outside.

Would you ever have an open relationship?

America: Probably not.

France: No, what is the point?

Romania: Not if I cared deeply about her, however the gypsy culture allows males to stray but the female must stay loyal.

England: Yeah, as long as no one’s getting hurt.

Canada: The only reason I see for an open relationship is a commitment issue, so I would consider it depending on if that issue was distance or just infidelity.

Germany: No. If I commit to someone, I commit. If you want to be with other people, be single and enjoy yourself. If you are in a relationship, be happy and enjoy each other.

China: NO.

Spain: No, it wouldn’t be fair to either.

Holland: No never, it’s like ordering a tea and everyone can take a sip of it. That’s a no for me.

Hardest thing you’ve dealt with in a relationship?

America: My own trust and jealousy issues.

France: Keeping interest and not losing the spark.

Romania: Balancing several girls at once [blame the gypsy way].

England: Distance by far.

Canada: Lack of trust, which is key to a relationship.

Germany: Trying to be something I am not to avoid hurting someone but in the process losing myself and prolonging the separation that turned out to be best for both of us. Also, long distance…

China: Trust and mutual respect.

Spain:  Accepting their flaw when they started to affect my well being.

Holland: To find out that they were cheating, that was pretty sad.

Have you ever cheated? Have you ever been cheated on? What caused them and/or you to do so?

America:  I have never cheated, but I have been cheated on once when I was very young.  I was at home sick, and she was out with a group of older folks and grew tempted.

France: Yes I have – I was not fully invested in my relationship and I had a stronger connection to someone else at that time. I broke up with my girlfriend shortly after. No, I have never been cheated on.

Romania: Yes.

England: No I have never cheated nor been cheated on. I don’t see why people do it

Canada: I’ve been cheated on. Simply because of immaturity and they weren’t ready for a relationship.

Germany: I have never been cheated on and I have never cheated. I would not commit to someone only to betray them. If I want to be free then I don’t commit. A relationship is more than sex and a cool facebook update. It is about trust and being able to rely on someone. I have no intentions of ever betraying someone like that.

China: No I have not. No I have not been cheated on, not to my knowledge.

Spain: No I have not, but yes I have been. Why? Probably lack of communicating and not spending quality time together.

Holland: I have never cheated on someone but someone did on me, I was heartbroken but hey, things happen with a reason, i’ve learned from it and need to go on with life.

Do you believe in soulmates?

America: I believe we have lots of soulmates or people with whom we share a grand communion… lots and lots of people.

France: Perhaps, if you are lucky enough to find yours.

Romania: Eh, not really. You gotta make it work and a lot of people match up with what I like but I don’t know if they are my soulmates.

England: I believe there’s a certain someone for everyone, so yes definitely.

Canada: No. I mean yes, there are going to be people out there that are perfect for you, but there is an abundance, not just one you are destined to be with

Germany: Yes, just not only one.

China: Yes, goes along with connection.

Spain: I do. I believe it’s connected to spirituality.

Holland: Yes, I really do.

How does your culture view sex? (i.e. should it be sacred, exclusive, an act of casual pleasure, etc)

America: Sacred, Exclusive, and Casual… But it is very tough to say exactly.…