A friend just found me trying to be logical, safe, and buttoned down. She shook me up a bit. She reminded me that what I want is not to be safe but to be fearless in my life, my love, my affections. It's a scary idea because it means I can and most likely will be hurt but if I don't? I might as well already be dead. To paraphrase her: If others ( Read more... )

How to Have a Happy Relationship by tacit 
It is possible to deeply, profoundly, genuinely, truly love someone, and yet that person might still not be a good partner for you.
It takes more than love to make a relationship work. A person you love, but who is incompatible with you, or who lacks good relationship skills, or who can't communicate with you, is ( Read more... )

America's Fidelity Crisis
Moral hypocrisy aside, American men and women still battle a fidelity crisis. While our church and state expect monogamy, we know that this is an ideal rather than the nature of our real lives. We witness men in power ride the waves of temptation, get caught, proclaim contrition and eventually catch more waves. Advertisers ( Read more... )

Very interesting. I'm not sure if this fits or not because sometimes my skin hunger is pretty powerful. However, I've always known I was kind of a cerebral girl so...

I feel loved when...
The Five Love Languages
My Primary Love Language is Words of Affirmation
My Detailed Results:Words of Affirmation: 9Quality Time: 8Acts of Service: 7Receiving ( Read more... )