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Originally published at How to Crush Without Being Crushed. You can comment here or there.



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Originally published at How to Crush Without Being Crushed. You can comment here or there.

Just the other week, there was an article that pointed to a study making the claim that listening to romantic music (love songs) increases a person’s predisposition to entertain romantic thoughts and accept romantic advances.

I don’t find the idea all that ( Read more... )

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This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series The One
The main problems with the idea of The One True Love of your life come from a watering down, glazing over and outright manipulation of the myths that once upon a time laid out a pretty sensible picture of love, ( Read more... )

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Once upon a time, before humans could crisscross the globe in a matter of hours and chat with one another instantaneously from anywhere on the planet, geography was a severe limitation.

Where you were born was more or less where you’d grow up, reproduce, and ( Read more... )

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We’re often told in fairy tales and pop culture that there is some One Great True Love out there for us to find.

Some people spend their entire lives waiting for it to show up on their doorstep. Others burn through relationships like flash paper seeking that ( Read more... )

Sixth grade introduced me to a completely new kind of Hell ( Read more... )

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The Grand Romantic Gesture is a key component of most hopelessly romantic fantasies.

Even if you haven’t heard it referred to like that before, you know what I’m talking about. This is the “wouldn’t i tbe great if I…” bit where the “hero” rides in on the big ( Read more... )

Being the glutton for punishment that I am, I am once again attempting National Novel Writing Month. I've been doing it for about four years now and I have yet to actually get through all 50K words. Usually, it seems, I don't even break 10K. Going to try to at least get half-way there this time around.

Anyway, if you're doing it, you can find me ( Read more... )