At one point or another, you’re going to have a crush that goes from light and fun to downright dark and destructive. It happens to the best of us, no matter how well we know ourselves, no matter how hard we try to keep it form happening. It’s just part of the process. The important… Continue reading 7 Signs of a Crush Gone Bad
Old Habits
Most weekends, I head out with friends to a bar or a dance club. I go because I thoroughly enjoy it. It’s a chance to be social, a chance to meet new people and a chance to be reminded of things that are easy to forget between the week-day rush of work and the lull… Continue reading Old Habits
The Big Game
The first Super Bowl party I was ever invited to happened when I was in high school. The invitation itself was a surprise. The geniality of the other people there–people who generally didn’t have a lot to do with me in school–was even more surprising. I don’t remember who played, let alone who won the… Continue reading The Big Game
Hump Day Crush: Ten Years, Plus Another Five
May of this year marks fifteen years since my high school graduation. As anyone who even casually reads here knows, high school played a large role in setting the groundwork for who I am now. That all became very clear to me when the ten year mark was rolling around and I got involved in… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: Ten Years, Plus Another Five
Hump Day Crush: Talk to Me
I’ve been talking a bit about talking lately, about taking chances, about moving things forward. But now I want you to talk to me. Tell me about two or three times in your life where you learned a whole lot about yourself through your interactions (real or imagined) with someone else. I know you’ve all… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: Talk to Me
Hump Day Crush: Taking a Leap
Things are busy here in WithoutBeingCrushed.com-land. Between Christmas and today, I’ve already fallen into three or four new crushes. And of those three or four, I’ve already taken the chance and pushed one or two of them ahead to the “trying to get to know her better” stage. That, of course, brings the whole process… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: Taking a Leap
Hump Day Crush: Making Plans
I’m about a month and a half away from what I hope will be a successful “official” launch of the Without Being Crushed website. Needless to say, I’m a bit nervous. But I always get like that when I start making plans. I really should know better by now. One of the worst things I… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: Making Plans