A typical Valentine’s Day in HK is sending flowers to the office, booking a nice restaurant, buying a gift or buying each other a gift.

Your partner might be just clueless: Don’t assume they know what you want. Sometimes men really have no clue how important it is that they do something on that day. For some of them, it’s just another working day.

Gift or no gift?
If you would like a certain gift, tell him sweetly. But remember to ask what he would like to have too. This is when you are in a long relationship or married. Men generally will give you a surprise when they are chasing you.
For a couple at the dating stage, who want to give surprise to their partner, you can ask common friends what they would like. Or try to recall if they hinted at anything in the previous conversation.

Tell him exactly what you want:
Ladies, if he really did not do anything and you love him, don’t get upset. Be sweet and suggest a place you would like to go. He will be happy to do that if he can afford it and he loves you. If he doesn’t….no big deal, as long as he is not spending that day with any other woman.

Be extremely easy going:
If he suggests a gift or a restaurant you don’t like, find a way to appreciate it and share how you feel a few days later. Because if you don’t take the first offer, he might not suggest another because he doesn’t know what you like.

Whatever happens that evening, keep happy and feel fortunate!

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Nasal hair:
Nothing is more of a turn off than sitting across a romantic dinner setting and noticing a few curly strands of nasal hair protruding from your date’s nose. Grooming is about keeping good habits. Make sure you keep unwanted hair in check.

For hair style reference: http://www.ties.com/blog/hair-terminology-tell-barber-exactly-want

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If you look at the many couples who remain in a happy relationship, they are, individually, a generally happy person. They are satisfied with who they are, individually, and they choose to share of themselves with a partner. Those who miss a chunk of wholesomeness and can’t figure out what is lacking might believe that if they find someone who can make then happy, by completing them and filling their inner gaps, then they will be happy. This expectation is the biggest killer in a relationship. Because our confidence and wellbeing spring from within.

When we meet someone and fall in love, only a part of our life and our partner’s overlap, perhaps 20-30% of it. We need to maintain a space to cultivate interests outside the relationship so as to cultivate ourselves.

If we are totally preoccupied and interested in the other at the expense of all other interests and relationships, for example with friends and relatives, disaster will ensue. The partner will feel a huge responsibility to fill all your needs. It becomes exhausting!

Many believe that to form a happy relationship, you need to complete each other. As if you can only be complete with a partner! Not true! A happy relationship is a meeting of two complete, that is, secure, persons.

How to spot that special person? Here are a few tips:

1. If he/she get upset at small things, and it becomes noticeable very quickly, say within a short period such as 3 months from the first meeting, it is a red flag. When someone generally smiles and appears to be very close to their family, go for it!
2. Whenever you notice some of your dating interest or love’s habits, the last thing you want to is to change that person. Never do that. Appreciate the person in their fullness, for who they are.
3. H.M Harwood once said,“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.”
4. If you are career driven, it is extremely important that you find a supportive partner who has a similar understanding of life and of your values and brings positive energy into your daily life. That’s why most successful people are carefree in their 20s, find love and build a family around the age of 25-35, and then build wealth. Be sure that your values and aspirations with regard to career and family match the other and that he/she will be supportive of your aspirations!

A happy partner and a healthy relationship will support your satisfaction with life and success.

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It is usual to find a long line outside of this place over the weekend as people are fancy for healthy brunch choice.

However, their dinner did surprise me by the food quality and the good vibes.

Address: G/F, 95 Catchick Street, Kennedy Town, Western District
Tel: 2855 1289
Opening Hours: Mon-Thu: 18:00-23:00 Fri: 12:00-23:00 Sat-Sun: 09:00-23:00

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Some women thought after marriage life, it is ok to not to work too hard on their appearance because they are not in a dating status anymore. But based on my experience and studies, men generally appreciate beauty over a mom looking figure.

A client of ours once said (Ricky, 188cm, CEO of 200 staff computer component company) “Rachael, can you please ask your clients to eat only vegetable?” I asked “why?” He replied “Because I will be proud if my future hot wife is being looked at by other fathers during my kids school open day.”

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