Tweet There was an article that ran last week on ABC.com’s health section. It said, in part: Research shows that women have a harder time coping with a breakup, but the guys are the ones who feel more stress and strain when the relationship hits a rough patch, researchers found. On the upside, men also… Continue reading Men & Women: Breaking Up
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The Sex Monster
Tweet Sex complicates things. Back at the beginning of the month, I said I’d be talking about sex a bit. That hasn’t happened. There are a number of reasons for that, but the primary one is that sex complicates things. For a while, as we pass through puberty, sex is one of the most all-consuming… Continue reading The Sex Monster
Brief Thoughts Inspired by a Full Weekend
Tweet We preempt the previously scheduled sex talk to bring you the following set of semi-random thoughts brought about by a very full weekend filled with good times, good friends, and a surprising number of relationship discussions. (Also, sleep deprivation, I’m sure.) We all make choices. Sometimes, we don’t quite think them through all the… Continue reading Brief Thoughts Inspired by a Full Weekend
Forward or Sideways?
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?
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