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
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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
Once Upon A Time: The Root of the Myth of The One
Tweet Once upon a time, before humans could crisscross the globe in a matter of hours and chat with one another instantaneously from anywhere on the planet, geography was a severe limitation. Where you were born was more or less where you’d grow up, reproduce, and die. Until the high days of seafaring exploration, someone… Continue reading Once Upon A Time: The Root of the Myth of The One
The Myth of The One (and the truth behind it)
Tweet We’re often told in fairy tales and pop culture that there is some One Great True Love out there for us to find. Some people spend their entire lives waiting for it to show up on their doorstep. Others burn through relationships like flash paper seeking that divine choir that will indicate their quest… Continue reading The Myth of The One (and the truth behind it)
Hump Day Crush: Transitions
Tweet It has been said that the only constant is change. If that is true of life in general then it is doubly true when it comes to our relationships. Contrary to the over-arching romantic notion of there only being one person out there for you, experience has shown me that, while at any given… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: Transitions
Hump Day Crush: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Tweet When I was in high school, every year at about this time the business club would hand out a bunch of surveys in homeroom. Those would be collected and, when Valentine’s Day rolled around, for a couple of bucks you’d be able to pick up a “Computer Dating Fun” sheet from the school store… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Love and Stuff…
Tweet It occurred to me that all this talk about crushes and romantic comedies and such could lead to a little bit of confusion about how I look at the world, relationship-wise at least. The base of my relationship (any type of relationship) theory is Trust. Without Trust, there’s really no relationship at all be… Continue reading Love and Stuff…