Tweet If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s how easily I can fall back into old patterns. And my old patterns when it comes to romantic feelings are far from beneficial to me or anyone else who may be involved. I can very quickly fall into an obsessive, self-destructive crush mode. On… Continue reading Rules of Engagement: 5 Checks and Balances
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Forty-five Second Metro Crush
Tweet She walked down the aisle, passing me, to get off the train at Metro Center, her long brownish skirt flowing around her every step. For a moment, our eyes met,then we were both distracted by the not-quite-dapper young men horsing around by launching themselves out the open door and onto the platform. She stepped… Continue reading Forty-five Second Metro Crush
Dance Floor Crush (or Maybe They Should Play More Couples Songs at the Goth Club)
Tweet It wasn’t so much an accident as it was a gesture. Not a Grand Romantic Gesture. More of a “it seemed like the right thing to do” gesture. Whatever it was, it lead to me being on the dance floor with a beautiful woman in my arms, both of us laughing a bit and… Continue reading Dance Floor Crush (or Maybe They Should Play More Couples Songs at the Goth Club)
10 Minute Metro Crush: August 22/23
Tweet Her dress was a bright, primary blue, low cut and just barely made it midway down her thigh. After my normal Saturday night out, I hopped on the Metro and sat down in a seat near the middle of the car. The girl in the blue dress was already there, one seat ahead and… Continue reading 10 Minute Metro Crush: August 22/23
Old Habits and the King of Wishful Thinking
Tweet You’d think that with three years of a totally obsessive and self-destructive crush behind me, I’d have learned my lesson. Especially with everything else that I started to learn in high school. Well, you’d be wrong. I still had a habit of fixating on people. Usually people I was interested in dating and horribly… Continue reading Old Habits and the King of Wishful Thinking
Crush Genesis
Tweet With my nearly three year long destructive crush fading behind me, I discovered I had a whole lot more energy to dedicate toward thinking about relationships with other people. High school, with the plethora of pop culture mythology I had firmly loaded in my head by the time I started, struck me as the… Continue reading Crush Genesis
On Flirting
Tweet Once upon a time, I was an incurable flirt. It was after high school, not too terribly far into my college career. I’d finally gotten comfortable enough with myself that I could be comfortable with others. I also discovered that, hey, I’m not an unlikable troll–some women respond positively to interaction with me! (Yeah,… Continue reading On Flirting