Quotes of the Day

The eight essential compatibility characteristics: romantic impulsivity, personal energy, outlook, predictability, flexibility, decision-making style, emotionality, and self-nurturing. The first four of the eight key personality characteristics are linked together because they usually produce compatibility when they are shared by each person in a couple. However, when a couple does not share the second fours characteristics, the relationship can still thrive; in fact, these differences between them might add to chemistry or attractiveness of the relationship. [2006] - Pepper Schwartz

Here are some reasons you may have chemistry but no second date: 1) The person is on a serious hunt for "the one." He doesn't think that's you, and he doesn't want to waste time, no matter how great you are. 2) The person is still emotionally attached to someone else. 3) The person is just charming. Everyone feels chemistry with him, but he's actually very picky about who to get involved with. 4) Some crisis intervenes, and the person is no longer in the mood for dating. Don't take it personally; move on and don't worry about it. Look for a true connection. [2014] - Pepper Schwartz

If two properties are comparable in size and location, yet one property (on a dollar per sq. ft. basis) is much more expensive or much cheaper, it's your job to figure out why. The cheaper property may be in a slightly worse location. Or it could be on a noisier street, or near a garbage dump, or in a position where it gets less sun, etc. These are some of the things you'll need to determine to figure out value and possible rent rates. [2013] - Julie Broad

Who needs a sleeping pill? This list is fairly short: 1. For brief periods of acute stress secondary to clearly identifiable stressors or sleep disruptors: loss of a loved one, loss of a job, divorce, chronic pain, and so on. 2. Environmental issues: sleeping in a hotel, camping with your family, or other episodic events that temporarily put you in an environment where sleep is difficult. 3. Shift work disorder. 4. Jet lag. 5. There are some who would add "primary insomnia" to this list. I'm not buying it. I believe there are patients who have higher-than-normal arousal than others. These patients need cognitive behavioral therapy, not a pill. [2017] - W. Chris Winter

Insomnia usually goes along with depression. Sleep lab studies show some changes in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep: It tends to start earlier in the night, and there's more than usual in the first part of the night. The amount of deep (slow wave) sleep is usually reduced. With some types of depression, a different pattern occurs-one of hypersomnia (excessive sleep). For example, with seasonal affective disorder, which is depression that occurs with winter darkness and lifts with longer hours of daylight, people often sleep more than usual and have trouble waking up in the morning. [2021] - Judith R. Davidson