Tweet So I’ve talked about how to tell someone you have a crush on them and why you’d want to do that. I figure now it’s time I share a couple of stories from my own life. Just a little while ago, I told you about one that didn’t go so well. Now I’d like… Continue reading Failure and Success: Telling Someone About the Crush (Part II)
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Failure and Success: Telling Someone About the Crush (Part I)
Tweet So I’ve talked about how to tell someone you have a crush on them and why you’d want to do that. I figure now it’s time I share a couple of stories from my own life. One when things went pretty darn wrong and another where they went considerably better. A Failure to Understand… Continue reading Failure and Success: Telling Someone About the Crush (Part I)
Why Speak Up
Tweet After last week’s post about how to tell someone you have a crush on them, I was met again and again with two major questions: Why not just ask them out? and Why tell them? The first I answered a while ago here. In a nutshell: dating isn’t something everyone enjoys doing. At least… Continue reading Why Speak Up
Breaking the Silence: 5 Steps to Announcing Your Crush
Tweet With International Crush Day having just passed, I hope some of you let fly with declarations of wild interest to some of your crushes. Me? I discovered that I really don’t have many actual crushes around I haven’t told about my crush on them. And those that I do have… well, they’re not quite… Continue reading Breaking the Silence: 5 Steps to Announcing Your Crush
Mending a Broken Heart
Tweet Those who’ve read through here regularly know that a crush doesn’t need to lead to heartbreak. Heck, the end of an actual relationship doesn’t need to go there, either. But it happens to the best of us, no matter how prepared we think we are. And when it does, we have to figure out… Continue reading Mending a Broken Heart
International Crush Day: February 20
Tweet My fellow DC Blogger The Restaurant Refugee created a holiday, by official blog decree last year, called International Crush Day. So says he: So it’s that time again. I encourage all of you to spend some time this Friday (International Crush Day is the rare holiday that ought to be celebrated a day in… Continue reading International Crush Day: February 20
A Quick Video: Internal Crush Dialog
Tweet Here’s a quick little something from Reckless Tortuga that does a nice job of illustrating something we all do once in a while: let our imaginations totally run away with us. The best part, really, is the reality check right at the end. That’s the part we all have to remember to do on… Continue reading A Quick Video: Internal Crush Dialog