"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence." ~ George Washington I've been trying to counsel quite a few people lately whose problems fundamentally stem from the fact that they have crippling low self-esteem. This tends to make them obsess about what… Continue reading I’m Not Confident So Much As A Control Freak
"There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin a series of dates with a great deal of entertainment, a moderate amount of food, and the merest suggestion of affection. As the amount of affection increases, the entertainment can… Continue reading Dating Advice For The Willfully Stupid
(Image Credit) "A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship." ~ Ranier Maria Rilke Having spent most of the last year watching some of my closest friends mercilessly flogging the dead horses of relationships they should never have been in… Continue reading Let Me Tell You A Secret About Relationships…
"Dylan (Justin Timberlake): Why can it not be like that? It's a physical act. Like playing tennis. Two people should be able to have sex like they're playing tennis. Jamie (Mila Kunis): Yeah! I mean, no one wants to go away for the weekend after they play tennis. Dylan: It's just a game. You shake hands, you get… Continue reading Why Having Sex Is Nothing Like Playing Tennis
"Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing." ~ Jean-Jacque Rousseau I am very bothered when I think of all the bad things that I have done in my life. I haven't been able to get that line out of my head since I studied the poetry of Simon Armitage in school.… Continue reading I Am Very Bothered When I Think
"Being with an insanely jealous person is like being in the room with a dead mammoth." ~ Mike Nichols A couple of weeks ago I introduced you to The Imposter from My Life As Imposter. She talked about her life as a British Asian, and how she struggles with the Muslim Guilt Monster over matters of love… Continue reading By All Means Step Over My Cold, Dead Body and Save Yourself, You HARPY!
It's probably inadvisable to read this post at work. "I believe that sex is the most beautiful, natural, and wholesome thing that money can buy." ~ Steve Martin You remember those spam adverts and pop-ups offering me sex that I told you about the other day? Well, in addition to assuming that their offer presented… Continue reading You Keep Using That Word, I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means
“I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being--neither white, black, brown, or red; and when you are dealing with humanity as a family there's no question of integration or intermarriage. It's just one human being marrying another human being or one human being living around and with another human being.” ~ Malcolm… Continue reading Love, Sex and Organised Religion
"Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion." ~ Scott Adams I've noticed lately that I'm getting significantly more spam, both on the blog and through my email. There also seems to be an ever larger… Continue reading Dating Advice For The Diffident
Image Source "The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." ~ Ernest Hemingway I've really not been as lax at blogging as it looks lately. I've actually written a few things but can't post them just yet in case it somehow messes up something for me. I've just… Continue reading Nobody Tells Anybody Everything
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