Have you started a friendship with a married man (or with someone who’s in a committed relationship) and you’re wondering if that friendship is inappropriate? What’s the proper etiquette for being friends with a married man or woman, and can you even be friends with someone who’s married if you are single? Let me start by saying that I’m not…
Getting back together with someone with whom you have history and baggage is a fantastic, but delicate and arduous endeavor. After 2 years apart, my ex came knocking at my (figurative) door one Sunday afternoon, wanting to get back together. It had been 2 years since we had last seen each other (we live in different countries); 2 years! And…
I see trust as part of an unfinished sentence. The full sentence, in my mind, would go like this: “I trust that you will not harm me”. Notice I didn’t say “You will never harm me”? I said, “You will not harm me”. What is trust? Building trust is like befriending a wild animal Building trust is kind of like…
About a month ago, my sister announced that she was pregnant, and now weird things are happening “inside” of me. Is it love? That strange (and strong) thing I feel for this baby that’s not even born yet? One that’s not even my own? It’s as if I can already picture all the ways that I will love that little…
If you are wondering whether or not you should remove a certain person from your life, or put some distance between you and this (these) person (people), then you probably should. Chances are, you feel at least some degree of discomfort around this “friend” or you wouldn’t be asking that question. And if you are asking Google advice about a…
