Down-n-Dirty Blog on Relationships

Published by admin on March 27, 2017

Live Perilously

Live perilously– close to the edge. That doesn’t mean irresponsibly, though it may appear that way to others.   In the words of Johnny Cash, walk the line– between sane and insane moderate and immoderate safety and danger.   For a ship is safe at harbor, but that’s not what it was designed for. You’ve never truly lived unless…

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Published by admin on March 6, 2017

How to Get Off the Rollercoaster of Relationships

During the final months of my last relationship, I noticed that when I was unbelievably happy, she was almost never happy; and when she was in splendorous moods of joy, I was totally down and out. It’s like our cycles were inverted. And it was hell.  How did it get this way, I wondered. We started off so…

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Published by admin on March 2, 2017

Perhaps You’re Not as Far as You Think

  I’ve been struggling lately. It’s my age-old nemesis of not having enough money. It’s a sad, boring story that has become my life: on auto-repeat. Insert yawn here. (And it was just made worse hearing a good friend tell me how his teenage son is making $2,000/mo., whilst in high school, with an online yard-cleaning…

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Published by admin on February 5, 2017

The Woman Who Wasn’t Afraid of Punctuation

  I’ve always wanted to date a French woman. The accent… I can just stop there, right?   Well, today was my lucky day. Her hair was thick and wavy, and black, like fertile soil. With big, blue eyes and the long, elegant fingers of a pianist, or perhaps a cello player. It was a…

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Published by admin on January 10, 2017

Be a Mean Fucking Fighter Jet

Total click-bait, I know. Sneaky, I’m not. But, shit–it’s the internet age. You have to practically slam people into oncoming traffic to get them to pay attention. Even to themselves. Especially to themselves. I won’t disguise this one in metaphor. The worst thing you can possibly do–and that which you do incessantly–is to poop all…

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Published by admin on December 31, 2016

The New Sexy: Upgraded (2017)

  Here’s The New Sexy: Upgraded. (If you’re coming from my old site please scroll down to where it says, new.) Until recently, when a woman over 40 checked out my dating profile, the first thought that automatically popped up in my head was too old–and then I quickly moved on to the next profile. I would literally think, Why is she…

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Published by admin on December 27, 2016

Unbecoming

It came to me while writing my morning pages today. I have been calling myself spiritual for years. What’s the essence of being spiritual, though? It’s about growth–constant, non-stop growth in an effort to be the best possible you. At least, that’s what I’ve been telling myself. But I’ve realized that we’re building mansions on sinkholes. What we think…

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