Storytelling is in our nature. We do it to avoid unpleasant things and to make ourselves appear more enticing to others. We do it because we want something to be true. We do it to admonish ourselves. Sometimes we do it knowingly. Other times it sneaks up on us and we don’t even realize we’re… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: The Stories We Tell
Category: Relationships
Hump Day Crush: The Grown-Up Crush
The Grown-Up Crush–Also known as the Adult Crush. This is the main crush the book will deal with. It entails realizing your crushing on someone and using that fantasy relationship to explore aspects of yourself (like what you want and need in a relationship, what you can contribute to one, what really turns you on… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: The Grown-Up Crush
Hump Day Crush: More Than Just Pining
I spent a good many years standing in the corner gazing longingly at the object of my affection. That girl wouldn’t even give me the wrong time of day. She wouldn’t breathe in my direction if she didn’t have to. She’d set up walls of friends so she wouldn’t even have to look at me… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: More Than Just Pining
Hump Day Crush: New Year Romantics
For those not in a relationship (or in one that’s not quite fulfilling), the holidays can be a time when that very special depression rolls in and causes all sorts of havoc. Even those like myself who are generally pretty content being single get twinges of the “What if”s and “Why not me?”s. Those of… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: New Year Romantics
The Prom (Part I)
Starting in 6th grade, there wasn’t a single regular school dance that I missed. The only one I would have missed, they canceled. For those first three years, I did no dancing at all. I pined away in a dark corner, watching the girl I was infatuated with happily dance away with other guys. Except… Continue reading The Prom (Part I)
By any other name…
Growing up in the middle of nowhere, it was always the people on the fringe that interested me most. That was often the “bad” fringe–they were more exciting and often seemed to have a bit more depth than the preppy, cookie-cutter, bright clothes and scrunchies/penny loafers set. This, of course, meant that a good many… Continue reading By any other name…
And So It Begins…
Over the weekend, I was doing some quick research regarding the marketability of the book I’m working on. You know, the one about crushes that I’ve mentioned a few times now to some people (tentatively titled “How to Crush Without Being Crushed”… working on website ideas, too). This involved browsing the “Relationship” stacks at Borders… Continue reading And So It Begins…