Shipwreck’s Guide to Understanding Men

Ladies, buckle up your bra straps, throw away your Cleo magazine, powder your nose, and get ready for a series of useful, highly entertaining, insightful and inspirational thoughts on what really makes males tick… Australia’s very own Shipwreck is at your service!

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Archive for the ‘relationship advice’ Category

Greeting Your Partner in Public

By Shipwreck • Jun 2nd, 2008 • Category: hints & tips, lead Story, relationship advice, relationship troubles, scoring points

As silly as it sounds, many couples (and singles) just don’t get this right. It’s a very simple way of making or breaking a healthy relationship, or just totally embarrassing the opposite sex, and ultimately yourself.



Nice Girls Also Finish Last - by Shipwreck’s Sharon

By Shipwreck • Apr 1st, 2008 • Category: dealing with ex's, hints & tips, lead Story, relationship advice, relationship troubles

Shipwreck’s beautiful girlfriend has been let loose on the blog and is here to give you her opinion on why nice girls also finish last. A must read for all!



Guys Must Lie or Girls Will Cry

By Shipwreck • Mar 14th, 2008 • Category: how to please your partner, lead Story, relationship advice, scoring points

A few months back a reader asked me why guys tell girls what they always want to here, as opposed to the truth.  It’s true, I do it, all guys do it…but we do it for a reason. 
We do it because generally we get emotionally blackmailed, resulting in a no-win situation.  Which means ladies, yes, […]



What To Tell Your Partner This Valentines Day

By Shipwreck • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: buying gifts for guys, lead Story, relationship advice

Forget flowers, forget the chocolates, maybe a hotel room, but definitely nothing else. There’s something more important you can give your Valentine this Valentines Day…



How to Break Up with a Guy

By Shipwreck • Jan 26th, 2008 • Category: dealing with ex's, hints & tips, lead Story, relationship advice, relationship troubles

So you’ve plucked up the courage, you know there’s another Mr Right out there, you’re ready for your freedom, and you don’t care what other people think….it’s time to cut ties.



What Constitutes Cheating in a Relationship

By Shipwreck • Jan 21st, 2008 • Category: lead Story, long distance relationships, one night stands, relationship advice, relationship troubles

Cheating is an un-written rule, and like all good un-written rules, they have their areas of grey. How far can I go? Will they find out? Who else knows? What would Shipwreck do?



First Dates Tips - What Guys Look For On Your First Date

By Shipwreck • Dec 17th, 2007 • Category: dress sense, first date tips, relationship advice

You’ve met a guy that you’re interested in, he’s worked his magic and you somehow agreed to a first date. Normally you’re a skeptic and think that most guys are %#&?heads, so you think “I wonder what makes this guy so special”, knowing full well that he’s probably just trying to get in your pants. That’s what the devil side of your head is telling you…



The Forgotten Secret to Successful Relationships

By Shipwreck • Dec 11th, 2007 • Category: how to please your partner, listening, relationship advice, relationship troubles

Ladies, here’s something you should contemplate. Us guys can sometimes become very caught up in our own worlds, and despite showing our affection towards you, we may do so without absolute clarity. A change of environment to one that enables a guy to fully focus on you can sometimes be daunting to a guy, and he may become a bit nervous because of the supposed pressure he is being put under.



Being Male & Single, Even When We’re Not

By Shipwreck • Dec 5th, 2007 • Category: features, how to please your partner, relationship advice

A good mate of Shipwreck’s, ‘Disco Stew’, has kindly offered to be a guest writer. The best way to describe Disco, is he’s full of charater, has a keen dress sense, and is very much a lady’s man.
Without further a-do, Shipwreck’s Guide to Understanding Men is proud to present…
“Disco Stew’s Philosophy”
- by Disco Stew

Now […]



Long Distance Relationships - Do They Work?

By Shipwreck • Dec 1st, 2007 • Category: long distance relationships, relationship advice, relationship troubles

Well here I am 3,500kms away from home in the fashionable, funky, culturally-diverse city of Melbourne. Full of young people, business execs, sports stars, celebrities, and fortunately no rain (yet!). I’m doing a full weekend course on the ‘Building Relationships for Life’. I just flew in and am sitting on a bus heading to the […]