Two friends discuss relationships and other mysteries of life.
Posted in Uncategorized, men, relationships, women on Nov 8th, 2010
Mike’s post about losing your identity in a relationship (or defining yourself as a person looking for a relationship) brought to mind something I wouldn’t have previously connected to adult dating relationships. As my daughter made her way through middle school, I was repeatedly dismayed by the amount of time and energy that teenage girls [...]
Posted in relationships on Nov 7th, 2010
“If you don’t love yourself, you can’t love anyone else”. That saying meant nothing to me until I experienced it first hand. At a time in my life when I had closed myself off from the world and had unknowingly become desperate, I met someone. Someone who I thought I had fallen [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, relationships on Oct 26th, 2010
Mike’s post about communication problems made me laugh. It wasn’t that I disagreed with him: for the most part I don’t. It was the idea of a man suggesting that the “simplest” way to avoid misunderstandings was to ask questions. He even gave examples, such as “What did you mean by that?” Quick show of [...]
Posted in relationships on Oct 17th, 2010
Have you ever felt like you were misunderstood in a relationship? There is a reason for that, they just don’t know you. It’s all too easy to make generalizations based on experience. Remember those logic test questions like “If an apple is a fruit, all fruits are apples”? Of course the [...]
Posted in relationships on Aug 24th, 2010
I’m almost certain that Tiffany held back on her post about the “alleged” ten reasons that you shouldn’t date (Or, as I like to call it, “How the Grinch stole dating”). I’m sure she can think of way more than ten. Like, Your date happens to fall on a day that ends with the [...]
Posted in men, relationships, women on Aug 13th, 2010
One thing I like about Mike’s latest post is that he unwittingly concedes my point on an earlier issue. I love when that happens, and am always vigilant for inadvertant concessions. Some time ago, I wrote that there was no such thing as the “friend zone“. By that I meant that all of the efforts [...]
Posted in relationships on Aug 12th, 2010
I was at the local home center looking for seeds to start my garden when one of the store workers asked me if I needed any help. I wasn’t entirely certain what I wanted to grow in this garden, I was going to make that decision based on what I saw. However, I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, gender differences, relationships on Aug 4th, 2010
Sometimes Mike and I seem to be speaking two very different languages, but I don’t think it’s because he uses blue type and I use pink. I think it’s just that we’re two very different people with very different ideas about things. Today, I encountered one of those differences that proves that differing views don’t [...]
Posted in relationships on Aug 3rd, 2010
I wouldn’t say that I have had failure when it comes to dating but a lack of success has me ready to take a time out. I decided to take myself out of the race and focus on myself for a little while. It’s easy to get caught up in the chase and [...]
Posted in relationships, single parent dating on Jul 22nd, 2010
In his last post, Mike wrote about people “staying together for the kids”, and how it often doesn’t turn out to be good for the kids or anyone else involved. I agree, but I think his reasoning (though very common) is way off base. This is an issue I’ve had cause to consider in great [...]
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