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How To Prepare for Blind Dates
Almost everyone has a horror story of a blind date gone awry. But, with the explosion of social media, are any dates really blind anymore? Let’s be realistic, the internet has changed everything, including the dating game. But even though we may have caught a glimpse of our prospective date, it still doesn’t quell our fears or stop us from being nervous meeting someone for the first time! But blind dates don’t have to be from hell…
By Heart Centered Universe8 years ago in Humans
Being in Love With More Than One Person
Can you be in love with more than one person at the same time? This is a question I have been asking myself since I was very young and I have come to the conclusion that there is no simple answer because everybody has there own experiences, beliefs and feelings but I am writing this in the hopes that I can shed some light for even just one person going through something similar to what I’ve experienced over the last year.
By Poppy Hopgood8 years ago in Humans
The Great Loves of My Life
I'm lucky to have experienced a lot of love in my life– beginning with loving parents and a caring, involved extended family, right up to now, with my husband and close network of friends. Throughout our lives, we're often told that marriage (or an equivalent) is the ultimate expression of the ultimate love. However, having experienced a healthy, monogamous marriage as well as many other variants of what we call love, I've seen again and again how platonic love is far, far underrated.
By Ellie Cook8 years ago in Humans
3 Benefits of Being Single
There's a stigma in our society around being single, as if one is incomplete without a partner. It's often met with a kind of sympathy that suggests there's something terribly wrong with it, and subconsciously we buy into that belief. We find it difficult to appreciate our aloneness, and spend a great deal of time and energy searching for companionship, while at the same time feeling as if we're inadequate without someone to balance us, to fulfill us, to compensate for all the things we feel we're lacking in ourselves. Sometimes we're willing to be with anyone rather than be alone. And so there's such a desperation about it that we don't always choose with discernment. It's like we're in a rush and there's no time to waste.
By Nandan Das8 years ago in Humans
A Love That Never Was, Lost Forever
So you didn't want me in the end and nothing I said or did could change your mind. You left me lost and hungry for your touch that I could never have. The chance to talk all night long until the sun rose high into the early morning light, to laugh and hold you tenderly. Now I am numb, my words are choked, they can't come out. I've loved you for so long yet I barely know you. A mystery wanting to get so close but so far out of reach from you. Now my heart feels full, when it comes to you, I have maxed out my emotions, beaten myself to a pulp for not being good enough for you to want to share my thoughts and desires. To love you from afar is soul-destroying, it cuts through me like a knife.
By Clare Ellis8 years ago in Humans
Everything I Haven't Said
I'm sorry that you don't want me anymore. I truly am. It must be hard to be able to easily throw someone away once you have had your way with them. I know that you are trying to make me hate you but in all honesty, it's not working. I would still go to hell and back to see you smile. I never thought that you would leave. Especially the way it all played out. You pretended that you didn't love me, yet you came back. You came back over and over and over again.
By Emma-Leigh C.8 years ago in Humans
Boys and Me
My "adventure" with boys really kicked off in seventh grade. I'm a high school senior now, so that was five years ago. In seventh grade, I was bullied by a boy that wanted to date me. But I didn't want to date him. Back then, I wasn't scared to say no to a boy. I didn't realize that doing so would make boys so much scarier to me. I was never scared of the various men in my life because they never gave me any reason to be scared of them. This was the first time I had ever been scared of a male figure. The bullying was all mental. I was scared of the boys who bullied me because they bullied me in a way that made me hate myself. Growing up I loved being me, so the bullying caused a whole bunch of conflicting feelings. I started questioning myself every single day. I became self-conscious about every part of me. My brain was fighting against me.
By Reyna Cannon8 years ago in Humans
