Picture if you will: It’s early October. The smell of autumn is brisk and sharp in the air, breaking through the oppressive humidity of the last few weeks. You no longer arrive at work with your head all sweaty, looking like a used hankie. Your shoes have stopped sticking to the street. Thank god for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘love’
Just When You Thought You Were Over Him …
February 12, 2010Do you feel guilty towards parents?
January 15, 2010Guilt is a feeling of self-blame. How can adult children blame themselves for having certain obligations to their family or for harbouring feelings of irritation which they’ve had for twenty- five years or more towards their parent? Feelings are neither good nor bad, they are facts. It is a fact that you feel A or [...]
Why old(er) people are not like children
December 13, 2009It is often said that older people are like children. There is as much truth in that as there is in saying the moon is square. I think what is really meant, is that older people sometimes react in ways that seem irrational — and this is equated with the reactions of children. It is [...]
Why is my parent/my child only difficult with me and not with others?
December 13, 2009How often have I heard that said! Parents were astounded when I said little Jack was no problem to teach – in fact, a pleasure to have in the class. I was assured that that was not the case at home. Little Jack was difficult, rude, disobedient.
Happily Married
November 28, 2009No man is so virtuous as to marry a wife only to have children. To the contract of marriage, besides the man and wife, there is a third party — Society; and, if it be considered as a vow — GOD: and, therefore, it cannot be dissolved by their consent alone.
Elderly Parent Social losses
November 23, 2009The emotional world of the elderly parent is continually threatened with impoverishment by the loss of siblings, friends and spouse. These losses are compounded by the loss of social functions. Loss of a familiar world and its bonds and loss of recognition aggravate the situation. These losses hurt far more than the pain endured by [...]
Why Girls Love Guys, Five Reasons to go Continued
November 20, 2009Because they hurt when we hurt. When something bad happens in our lives, our female friends are always good for commiseration and advice. “That stinks,” they’ll nod sympathetically. Or, “You should just march in there and give her a piece of your mind,” they’ll say indignantly. When you tell a guy about the latest trauma [...]
Why Girls Love Guys, Five Reasons to go
November 20, 2009Because they put up with us. Face it: What seems like perfectly normal behavior to us is bona fide alien-nation stuff to them. And yet, often, with great grace and good humor, men do their level best to accommodate the needs of these strange female creatures. One woman recalls how a guy she befriended in [...]
A Current Affair (or, Cheaters Never Prosper)
October 7, 2009So far, we’ve seen him refuse to a) give you the love you need, b) modify his behavior, c) say one nice thing to you, and d) make a commitment. But wait, there’s more. The last bomb on the heartbreak minefield has yet to explode. Brace yourself—many consider it to be the most combustible of [...]
The Real Breakup
October 7, 2009The Force-outs So here we are, hitting the hard stuff —real breakups, we mean. This is the classic passive-aggressive maneuver: One member of a relationship wants to sever ties but refuses to say so. Finally, things get so bad that the other member is forced to do the dirty deed. This is tantamount to a [...]
