Tweet Last year, I mused a bit about the usual need for an endgame in the initial stages of a relationship. That spawned some interesting discussion and, in the past twelve months, has been a near constant point of wonder in my own interactions. Every time I have one of those metro crushes or other… Continue reading Forward or Sideways?
Category: Relationships
Out and About
Tweet Getting some good answers about your time lines for dating->relationship definitions via the various places these posts show up. Next week, I’ll aggregate all the answers… so keep ’em coming. Today, since I’m still far from my normal stomping grounds and just subjected myself to a couple of hours in a more or less… Continue reading Out and About
What’s Your Time Line?
Tweet I’m off on a business trip this week, so long posts are going to have to wait. Of course, that doesn’t mean that things don’t come up in conversation. It was one of those things raised in a conversation today that made me want to know: How long do you wait between interest/crush and… Continue reading What’s Your Time Line?
Death, Taxes, and Love
Tweet It is commonly accepted that there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. While I greatly respect Mr. Franklin for the sentiment, I respectfully submit that there is one more certainty: Love. Much like death, Love can be a very scary thing to talk about. Much like taxes, the general population rules for… Continue reading Death, Taxes, and Love
Balanced Views
Tweet While I’m still collecting some feedback and shuffling around my own ideas about how (or if) I should rearrange my seven types of crushes, I dug back through my archives of bookmarked articles and found a neat one from Psychology Today. The basic idea of this article by Pepper Schwartz, is that there’s a… Continue reading Balanced Views
Wink-Wink, Nudge-Nudge, Grin
Tweet Flirting was one of those things that always mystified me. I was always too dense to notice when it was directed at me and too nervous to carry any out growing up. In college, I was just getting the hang of flirting when I ended up in back-to-back long-ish relationships. (Still too dense to… Continue reading Wink-Wink, Nudge-Nudge, Grin
Handle Your Baggage
Tweet Last time, I talked a bit about figuring out what you bring to the table in a relationship. That focused mostly on your particular self-image and how much you can give when you get involved with someone else. There’s another component that everyone always complains about in other people, but few take the time… Continue reading Handle Your Baggage