Tweet Storytelling is in our nature. We do it to avoid unpleasant things and to make ourselves appear more enticing to others. We do it because we want something to be true. We do it to admonish ourselves. Sometimes we do it knowingly. Other times it sneaks up on us and we don’t even realize… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: The Stories We Tell
Category: How to Crush
Hump Day Crush: The Grown-Up Crush
Tweet The Grown-Up Crush–Also known as the Adult Crush. This is the main crush the book will deal with. It entails realizing your crushing on someone and using that fantasy relationship to explore aspects of yourself (like what you want and need in a relationship, what you can contribute to one, what really turns you… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: The Grown-Up Crush
Hump Day Crush: More Than Just Pining
Tweet I spent a good many years standing in the corner gazing longingly at the object of my affection. That girl wouldn’t even give me the wrong time of day. She wouldn’t breathe in my direction if she didn’t have to. She’d set up walls of friends so she wouldn’t even have to look at… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: More Than Just Pining
Hump Day Crush: New Year Romantics
Tweet For those not in a relationship (or in one that’s not quite fulfilling), the holidays can be a time when that very special depression rolls in and causes all sorts of havoc. Even those like myself who are generally pretty content being single get twinges of the “What if”s and “Why not me?”s. Those… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: New Year Romantics
Hump Day Crush — An Intro
Tweet For a long time now, I’ve been interested in relationships, crushes and all those other things that make us do silly things for totally illogical reasons. This is mostly because for a long time I was obsessed with the idea that I would not be a complete person until I found that perfect relationship.… Continue reading Hump Day Crush — An Intro
By any other name…
Tweet Growing up in the middle of nowhere, it was always the people on the fringe that interested me most. That was often the “bad” fringe–they were more exciting and often seemed to have a bit more depth than the preppy, cookie-cutter, bright clothes and scrunchies/penny loafers set. This, of course, meant that a good… Continue reading By any other name…
6 + 6 Rules for Crushes
Tweet Every thing has some sort of rules to play by. The problem is, none of us are handed a rule book when we’re born; let alone when we really need it–like when we’re teenagers. The only way to figure out the rules for something as tricky as a crush is by trial and error.… Continue reading 6 + 6 Rules for Crushes