People & relationships

The Ciao Cafe is a bit knacked so having unsuccessfully published this review in two other categories, I've dumped it here and will move it on Monday when the Ciao-Meisters are back. Rate as you see fit - it's only a bit of navel gazing nonsense anyway. There’s something about review writing sites that turns us all into navel gazing freaks. I think it has improved over the years, particularly since most Ciao-related discussions are in the café (and hence you don’t get paid anything for them) but there was a time when every third review was somebody reviewing some particular aspect of review ... more

Today I want to tell you something about the Ciao category I'm missing on Ciao.co.uk: People & Relationships. How you can imagine, this category should be in the Ciao Café, because there aren't any products you could really place there. But I think categories in the Ciao Café are as important as the other ones, because they give fun and live to this community! But know I want to tell you something about this category how it looks on Ciao.de and how it would be possible to create the same on Ciao.co.uk. ~~~~~~~ Preface ~~~~~~~ And so it starts how it has to start. Suspecting nothing I looked ... more

It’s one of life’s great ironies that the supposedly romantic days of Valentines and Christmas time are the most likely events to cause lovers to split up, on-in-three couples who do separate in the west citing for divorce in January and February. That’s mostly to do with money and the expected boredom of the year to come but the pressure is on for the man to perform and the woman to expect on romantic present giving days like Valentines and often the pressure valve for couples to judge the past year – turning the tap tighter if it was bad or release steam if he performed. Valentines Day it ... more