Even though it was pretty obvious that something had gone wrong with our friendship, I was really clinging to Rebecca's theory that K was just busy with work as the explanation for why I had not been getting responses from her to my messages ( Read more... )

I first began to suspect that K was avoiding me a couple of months ago, when it suddenly became very hard to get her to reply to texts.  But I also knew she was really busy with work, and I didn't want to be an annoying nag.  I asked Rebecca, our only mutual friend, if K had said anything or if Rebecca had noticed anything, and she laughed and said ( Read more... )

My brother-in-law recently got engaged to his girlfriend Erin, who has been living with him for a few months now.  (I can't remember exactly when she moved in, but it was definitely before my move to Utah.)  All I can say is CONGRATULATIONS and IT'S ABOUT TIME.  I'm being a little facetious on that second bit - they only started going out at the ( Read more... )

Out of the blue, one of my former coworkers sent me a message on Facebook asking for relationship advice ( Read more... )

It always seems weird to me when people I don't really know start talking about their relationships. I don't mean when it's done briefly, as an aside, like if I'm talking to a classmate and he says, "Last week my girlfriend and I went to the mall and did this and that." That's fine. It's when someone I've literally *just* met starts gushing "Oh ( Read more... )