Category Archives: Family & Relationships

You Are Who You Spend Time With

For those of you who’ve watched older Disney movies – remember the beginning of 101 Dalmatians (the cartoon, not the live action remake) where Pongo is watching the women outside walking their dogs? Yeah, them. The women and their dogs look damn near identical. Yes, I know it’s a cartoon and an over-exaggeration, but tell me you’ve… Continue Reading

Stop Dumping People and Look in the Mirror

Stop Dumping People and Look in the Mirror

Do you have a hard time finding or staying in a good relationship? Do you tell yourself, and your friends, that you just have high standards and aren’t willing to settle? Do you go through boyfriends (or girlfriends) faster than you can spend your paycheck? After all, life is short and you can’t waste time… Continue Reading

Quit Whining Already

Quit Whining Already

Don’t you hate to listen to people whine about their lives? I’m betting, like me, you do. I mean, the occasional complaint is fine, and bitching about a bad day once in a while is to be expected, especially from someone in a high-stress situation. I’m not about to deprive someone of their release valve… Continue Reading

Why Arranged Marriages Should Make a Comeback

Why Arranged Marriages Should Make a Comeback

The perfect relationship consists of two people who don’t know each other. Let me clarify.  You can know each other in the familiar sense, like when someone asks you, “Do you know Frank?” and you say, “Yes, I do.”  You can even know each other in the biblical sense, if that’s what you prefer.  But… Continue Reading

Love Is NOT Unconditional

Love Is NOT Unconditional

I hate to be the one who has to tell you this, but all that crap about how love should be unconditional is just that.  Crap. Yes, I should love you for who you are and not what you can do for me.  Yes, I should accept that you’re not perfect and that I won’t… Continue Reading

This Post Is An Apology

This Post Is An Apology

Well, it’s really TWO apologies, but that doesn’t make for much of a title, now does it? I apologize to the regular readers of this blog who enjoy it as it stands (and, let’s face it, there aren’t that many of you.  A generous estimate numbers you at about 15.).  I have a few subscribers… Continue Reading

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