How to Crush Without Being Crushed
The Art of Relationships, Real and Imagined
Flirting was one of those things that always mystified me. I was always too dense to notice when it was directed at me and too nervous to carry any out growing up. In college, I was just getting the hang of flirting when I ended up in back-to-back long-ish relationships. (Still too dense to notice [...]
Last time, I talked a bit about figuring out what you bring to the table in a relationship. That focused mostly on your particular self-image and how much you can give when you get involved with someone else. There’s another component that everyone always complains about in other people, but few take the time to [...]
When you have questions about love and relationships, where do you go for answers? Who do you trust for advice? What makes you listen to or disregard advice that’s offered? Are you someone who people come to for relationship advice? Why do you think that is or isn’t? I ask because I’m curious. (And because [...]
Every now and then a show comes along at just the right time and matches almost perfectly what you’re going through. The Wonder Years was one of those shows for me. Sure, I was a little older than Kevin Arnold when the show started in 1988, but the memories of starting middles school were still [...]