Dede Sophie

Seeing other motorists using mobile phones while driving is the top thing that gets our goat, according to a recent survey by parking and tolling company Easytrip, writes Brian Byrne. It seems more than a fifth of respondents gave that as their top no-no, followed by non-use of indicators (17pc), driving too close to other cars (12pc), and not using roundabouts correctly (10pc). Only 6pc complained about other drivers going higher than the speed limit. And if you have views about your partner’s driving, do they tally with these three uncovered in the survey? Not cleaning the car was the top complaint with 20pc, thinking they are the better driver (10pc) and driving too slowly (12pc). Really, best to say nothing …

Readers, please join me welcoming Maria Andrade, author of Heart Magic: Keeping Love Alive and Well who’s guest blogging here today! This book describes the 8 important principles for a healthy partnership along with “Do’s and Don’ts” for keeping love strong. The “Heart Magic Skills” To A Lasting Love By Maria Andrade There are three basic things we are not taught to do well in life. These three basic things are: 1. How to get along with the person we hope to live with the rest of our lives. 2. How to raise healthy, creative, children who have self-respect and respect others. 3. How to deal with stress and anger. We know this is true because of the unfortunate divorce rate (one out of two marriages fail in America), the river of children abused in our society and the high degree of addictions and crime, which reflects the stress and rage in our society. Yet, our hunger for information is reflected in the billion dollar industries behind, se...