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Researchers who have examined cross-sex friendship say that any initial sexual tension tends to fade over time or become irrelevant. "If a friendship is going to become romantic, studies show it usually does so in the beginning," says Heidi Reeder, a professor of communication at Idaho's Boise State University. "The longer the friendship lasts, the more likely each person is to see the other as a friend." (One study, however, suggests that at around the two-year mark, platonic friends often reconsider their romantic options.) Moreover, Augenblick's friend-spark idea has a basis in academic theory. According...
...journey, from security to baggage claim. Exercises include Heavy-Luggage Hand Stretches, Red-Eye Foot Flexes and Deplaning Pep Walks. Drawings accompany the easy-to-understand text, and many moves use available props like waiting-area chairs, meal trays and barf bags (the last are wrung to release wrist tension). The stretches are effective, yet the book's attitude stays light (a benefit of the Mile High Thigh Tone is that it develops "sexy stewardess legs"). One quibble: we would prefer a spiral-bound version, given that there's not enough room at most airline seats to hold the book...
...also resent the hell out of them. But social psychologist Susan Newman, author of Nobody's Baby Now (Walker & Co.), exhorts adult children to build a meaningful friendship with Mom and Dad. In researching her book, Newman interviewed 150 adults, ages 27 to 55, to investigate the tension between parents and children as they grow older. TIME spoke with Newman about barriers to a friendship with your folks and why it's critical to overcome the hurdles...
Creating a warm relationship will also make it easier as your parents age to talk about the tough questions, should they become ill or need your assistance. But on a day-to-day basis, much of the joy of becoming a peer will come from the reduced tension and guilt you feel, and you'll have more fun being together, provided you keep in mind that no one is perfect...
Live Long and Prosper "It is evident that the simple Asian arithmetic for a long life is to take happiness, subtract tension, divide worries and multiply exercise." K. Chidanand Kumar Bangalore, India...