I feel within me

A peace above all earthly dignities,

A still and quiet conscience.

— Shakespeare, Henry VIII, 111, 2

AH, how many persons can say that when they’re involved in a relationship? For many couples, so many of their waking hours are spent hissing and snarling at each other, and there is no peace. And if not, there is a quiet undercurrent of discord, a looming dark cloud, or a seething resentment that just won’t go away. At least that’s what I’m told by many frustrated couples, plus research corroborates this.

Happily, not everyone is like that, and joyful is the person who can echo the above quote and feel a peace, experience a still and quiet conscience.

But how do you achieve that? Well, one way is by adhering to a strict protocol when you’re seriously involved with somebody. But what protocol, you may ask? Now we all know, or at least you should that Mr Merrick Needham is the man you consult when you want matters of protocol answered. He will tell you what to wear at certain functions, how many steps behind the…

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