Post about stereotyping, clichethinking gets stereotyped,cliched image Let’s say you view love as a battlefield. Okay, more like a football field. Dating, sex, relationships, marriage– they’re all a series of skirmishes against the other team, aka the opposite sex. You compete with others on your own team as well, fellow […]
Read MoreForward Thinking: What is the purpose of marriage?
Libby Anne and Dan Finke at Patheos have started a project called Forward Thinking, which is a series of questions they put to bloggers to encourage them to think productively. The replies to these questions are then rounded up and a new prompt posted. This is my second crack at it. The first can […]
Read MoreReview: Hope Springs
I went to see Hope Springs this afternoon with my mother, who has been married to my father 44 years. Kay and Arnold, Meryl Streep’s and Tommy Lee Jones’ characters respectively, have only been married for 31 years, a fact which Arnold slings around throughout the film in order to […]
Read MoreHow not to be creepy
I listened today to the inaugural episode of the podcast for one of my favorite blogs, Dr. Nerdlove. The podcast is called Paging Dr. Nerdlove, hosted by Harris O’Malley, and the first episode is about how to avoid coming off as creepy when meeting new people– specifically, how nerdy males can […]
Read MoreSome actual good relationship advice on the web
I know, it’s hard to believe. But hear me out in appreciating Madame Noir for the article 8 Dynamics That Should Never Exist in a Relationship (formerly “8 Things Women Think Are Normal In A Relationship That Aren’t,” which was a wise change). Since it’s a list, each item must have a […]
Read MoreDealbreakers
What’s the point of having a dealbreaker list that you share with the world? I’m mulling this question over in my head after my blogroll linked to a post called “Dealbreakers” on Big Think. It was inspired by a post with the same name at Pandagon, which was in turn […]
Read MoreSome random musings on “forever”
When I lived in Denmark, a friend told me that no one there receives a prison sentence longer than fourteen years, regardless of their crime. I’ve since learned that that’s not true, but the idea still baffles and appeals to me, and that has nothing to do with the specific […]
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