Like intellectual Negligence or physical Mercenary behavior, which are vices about burdening a partner with a kind of laziness, shunning duties through the use of the excuse, "I don't know how", Failty is a character "vice of deficit of Resilience". It is "without resolve" to the point of being "win/lose" or destructive to the goals of the relationship. It is built on the laziness and cowardice of a person [Read more...] about Failty

Faineance is a vice of deficit related to the corresponding virtue of Aspiration. It is a bit different from Stagnation, in that it is not just about physical sloth or laziness, inability to "get off the couch," but rather, a kind of "mental laziness."

Marriage and commitment have a way of forcing us to reconsider our long-held goals, sometimes to align them better to the needs of a partner, but [Read more...] about Faineance

Faith is more prone to action than Hope. It is closer and may bridge into action strategized first by Hope then by growing Faith. 

In a sense, Faith = Hope + Courage. 

Hope and Faith - both can be used for good or bad or from either optimism or delusion. Where both lead to free willed decisions: they are the mirror reflection inside the boundary of the equal statistical potential [Read more...] about Faith

Like intellectual Charlatanry ("sneaky behavior") or physical Abdication, which are vices about "bailing on" someone, not stealing their resources, but dishonoring them, disregarding them, disrespecting them or their actual possessions, it is at the cost of their joint success. Like its reference virtue of Resourcefulness, Fallowness involves cleverness, but means "unsown, or not pregnant."  One is not "baking anything up" or growing anything "in their heads." It is a character [Read more...] about Fallowness

When people have the tendency to retreat into fantasy in order to resolve their inner conflicts, or outer stresses, this is also the way of teens who take to science fiction or romantic fantasy media to keep themselves from being overwhelmed. If something dabbled in as a guilty pleasure, there is something to be said for the enriching of the creative mind, however, since the intellectual attraction phase of courtship [Read more...] about Fantasy

Femininity is a set of Feminine Gender Instincts, which make women feel more alive, passionate, sexually attracted, and sexually attractive to those who are masculine.

Consumer spending studies clearly show that there are major differences between the genders, not only in what types of items are purchased (for example, beard-trimmers versus tampons) among the genders, but within major product categories (automobiles, homes, books, films) there are also specific, quantifiable differences [Read more...] about Feminine Instincts

A source of energy in females which is the equivalent of passion or "life force," and which is more than just a "style" of behavior. It is inborn, an instinct, not learned. It is the same as "passion," but not in any vague sense of the word. Femininity is female passion specifically coded as an inborn set of instincts that unconsciously guide those who have it, to successfully reproduce, and [Read more...] about Femininity

Unlike Tyrrany or Usurpation, which are vices about a takeover of the resources of your partner, Foolhardiness is a character "vice of excess" that sees us doing the equivalent of "stealing from ourselves" in terms of time, energy, money and everything else psychological.  Then of course the partner loses out too. We pick our partner's pocket by picking our own pocket first.

In being unjust as a partner [Read more...] about Foolhardiness

One of the hardest virtues of all to practice when one has been hurt by divorce, or emotionally abused, insulted or offended by one so close to them. This semi-conscious tendency to see that harboring revenge is a win/lose proposition, and that there comes a time to let go of resentment, indignation or anger is the only way to thrive in the real world of mistakes that people make, including [Read more...] about Forgiveness

The vice of deficit of Resilience is called Frailty, where one is "weak, due to a lack of elasticity, or rigidness", where such a person may seem like "a party pooper" who throws "a wet blanket on everything we dream of and try for." This becomes an incredible spiritual burden on the other partner, in terms of ineffectiveness that turns into chronic "losing."

Its opposite, the vice of excess [Read more...] about Frailty