"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…
"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
"Assumptions are the termites of relationships. ~ Henry Winkler Often when we speak to each other we make so many assumptions about shared understandings and experiences that we're basically speaking in code. This became clear to me some years ago, while working as an office manager, when I supervised a young woman with a learning… Continue reading Alien Language
"Real Life is actually a lot more like high school. The common denominator prevails. Excellence is not always recognized or rewarded. What we watch on our screens, whom we elect, are determined to a large extent by public polls. Looks count. A lot. And unlike the best of the college experience, when ideas and solutions… Continue reading You Should Care What Other People Think About You
"Conflict is inevitable, combat is optional" ~ Max Lucade I struggle with conflict. Not even with conflict, with simply expressing that I don't like something, or that somebody or something has hurt my feelings. The prospect of telling somebody that something that they have done or said has made me feel something other than good… Continue reading Agreeing to Disagree
PRO: My mental health. 2012 was the year that I finally sought proper, professional help for the mental health problems that I have suffered for most of my life. I received a diagnosis, so now I know for sure that there is something wrong, it's not just that I'm wrong as I'd always feared. And I started therapy and… Continue reading 2012: A Pro/Con List
"I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner." ~ Maria Bello We hear a lot of criticism of chick-flicks, chick-lit, and the Disney movie franchise for giving young women today unrealistic expectations about love. We hear about how the generations born from the seventies and onwards have… Continue reading Ever After
(Image Credit) "Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem. " ~ Aaron Carter, showing an unexpected level of wisdom for a Backstreet Boy...* I've spent a good part of this… Continue reading Jealousy Does Not Become You
Make-Up & Mirtazapine 