After weeks of trying to keep your mouth under control — without much success — you finally give up. The funny thing is, no one but you cared about your bluntness. But now you may want to turn your focus toward home, family matters and all things emotional. One of the people who didn’t mind hearing you say exactly what was on your mind has decided to stick around for the long haul.

If the social chitchat is getting on your nerves, why not introduce a controversial topic? You might find some meaningful common ground, or you may just provoke a telling (and possibly hot) debate.

The best kind of argument is when you’re both figuring out how to get the other person what they desire. Your partner’s needs are as important as yours, and vice versa. True love can’t get any sweeter.

With things radically different today than they were a year ago, it takes time to get back up to speed, even for an intellectual like you. Think of the financial world as a total immersion program, where the foreign language is the new market.