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Relationships

Open Thread: Who’s Your Hero?

By Matt Gartland on August 11th in Open Thread 6 comments

A true and great hero died last week. Most knew him as Robert Succop Whiteside – a decorated (for heroism) World War II naval officer, distinguished graduate of Carnegie Tech (Carnegie Mellon) at a time when it was more prestigious than Yale, successful business man, epic world traveler, and more. I knew him as Opa

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Why Reflecting On Your Relationship Means The End Of It (And What You Can Do About It).

By Arsene Hodali on August 5th in Relationships 4 comments

Why does relationship reflection mean ‘The End’? Easy answer really, it puts it to the test. When you start think about your relationship, you’re taking yourself out of that blissfully happy lovey-dovey state you were in. You start to look at the relationship from a realistic point of view, which for most relationships is bad.

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It’s Not Right

By Colby Gergen on August 2nd in Relationships Leave a comment!

It isn’t often that I’m at a loss for words. In fact, some would consider it a damn impossibility. Right now, as I sit here at 11:57 p.m. on June 2, I’m at an utter loss for words. This morning, I learned that a young woman, about to graduate from the high school I attended,

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Man on the Road

By Graham Phoenix on July 26th in Relationships 4 comments

Standing in the station in Kuala Lumpur, waiting to board the overnight train to Singapore, I saw them pushing through the crowd. They were looking for certainty, wanting to know. They looked American, young, fresh organised and uncertain, a couple travelling. He, especially, looked unsure, but she was more determined, pushing forward to find ‘the

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Why Shoot Yourself in The Back?

By Robert on May 13th in Relationships 6 comments

In reality though, it’s never the people. It’s your values. You place the value of their love, acceptance, approval, opinion or whatever it is that you want from them, higher than you do your own expression.

Doing this really boxes you in. Subscribing to a religion, tradition or any established train of thought can have the same effect. It’s not freeing at all.

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Ding! Relationship, Interrupted.

By Jon Yang on April 7th in Relationships 14 comments

As a writer, my deadlines often fall on Monday mornings. That means a weekend full of cramming, editing, and revising. Guess what that means to the girlfriend who’s been working sixty hours in a stifling office Monday through Friday and wants to take a relaxing trip somewhere? “Sorry, gotta work. Have fun.”

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Finding Community Intentionally

By deadhedge on March 11th in Relationships 4 comments

One does not have to leave mainstream society or even move to find an intentional community. While most on-line community managers have only a few years of experience with digital community-building, there is decades of experience, experimentation (lots of experimentation), and culture within the intentional community world. Intentional communities have adopted the digital tools as their directory is on-line and group message boards allow community alumni members to keep in touch. In other words, there are all the tools of the on-line communities in addition to connections based on sharing housing, food, a way of life, or an idea.

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Travel and the Single Girl

By Steph on March 3rd in Relationships 62 comments

I’m not some sort of social pariah and I don’t have incurably bad breath. Men hit on me occasionally, though not constantly, and I go out every so often. I am totally date-able. But I am also leaving on a year long backpacking trip this summer and I just can’t be bothered to put the time and effort into trying to meet someone when I want so badly to be anywhere BUT here. It seems that in choosing to do this long trip, I’ve signed myself on to being single for at least the next two years.

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Life Lessons From Saved By The Bell: Love Edition

By Scott Bishop on February 22nd in Relationships 30 comments

Everybody has their show, the one they most relate back to kinda encapsulating their childhood. My show is without a doubt, Saved by the Bell. The show itself was revolutionary and groundbreaking, and ahead of its time. It tackled the tough issues that similar shows would never go near: Like caffeine pill addiction, the death of pet lizards, and how it’s ok to date girls that are on the wrestling team.

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