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 ripe… Continue reading Breaking the Silence: 5 Steps to Announcing Your Crush
Year: 2010
Mending a Broken Heart
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 how… Continue reading Mending a Broken Heart
International Crush Day: February 20
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 advance… Continue reading International Crush Day: February 20
Getting a Picture of Online Dating
First impressions count for a lot. If you’re meeting people online, there’s a good chance your profile picture is a hefty part of your first impression. The crew over at OK Cupid (you know them–they’re a dating site and also one of the big producers of silly meme-quizzes) has dipped into their massive user-base and… Continue reading Getting a Picture of Online Dating
A Real Broken Heart
While this isn’t directly tied to what normally gets discussed here, I think it serves as a fantastic reminder that our emotions and our bodies are firmly linked together in ways we don’t always expect. Far too often, that’s a fact we forget as we get caught up in the moment–be it an emotional one… Continue reading A Real Broken Heart
A Quick Video: Internal Crush Dialog
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 our… Continue reading A Quick Video: Internal Crush Dialog
Crushing Into the New Decade
Here at WithoutBeingCrushed.com, things have been a little uneven over the past year. If you look back through the archives, you’ll see that there was a long period of sporadic posting. All that dead air is something we’re going to try to avoid in the coming year. Also in the future for the site are… Continue reading Crushing Into the New Decade