Today may be the day I invest the time to explore eHarmony. I am ready for a change in my life. Time to invite someone to share it with me again ( Read more... )

Been a lonely day. It was gloriously beautiful outside. However, I could not motivate myself to do anything away from the apartment. I truly wish I had a relationship with someone. It would help with having someone to share activities with. Someone to entice me to leave my abode to live. ~sigh

* It is interesting once I learn a person's age how my perception of them changes. The blond barbie who sits next to me is in her early sixties. Now that she has lost approximately twenty pounds while being on a 500 calorie a day diet her clothes fit her much better. I wish I could afford to shop where she does ( Read more... )

pretty ( Read more... )

"We have this idea that love is supposed to last forever. But love isn't like that. It's a free-flowing energy that comes and goes when it pleases. Sometimes it stays for life; other times it stays for a second, a day, a month, or a year. So don't fear love when it comes simply because it makes you vulnerable. But don't be surprised when it leaves ( Read more... )

courtesy of "dear abby"

CLASSIC SIGNS OF AN ABUSER(1) PUSHES FOR QUICK INVOLVEMENT: Comes on strong, claiming, "I've never felt loved like this by anyone." An abuser presses for an exclusive commitment almost immediately ( Read more... )

people in relationships post less frequently in LJ than when they were single.

i wish i was one of them! ;p

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UKTV in britain commissioned a survey to produce a list of the top 20 romantic books. what is fascinating is that eight of the twenty were written in the 1800's. i have actually read the majority of these books. a few of them more than once.

( mmm... jealousy, sex and violence )

i found the following article in the new york times. while they specifically use the word "marriage" i think it applies to any serious relationship between two people who are sharing a life and household. i know i should have asked some of these questions before i was married... it would have saved me much grief as i learned answers after the ( Read more... )