Today, I’ve signed up for torture on the advice of a good friend. Some of you may consider my previous forms of exercise to be torture enough (Rowing, Advanced Pilates, Gyrotonics, Cardio Kickboxing, Core Blast, Wake Boarding, Skiing, Salsa, Swing Dancing, Personal Training, etc.) But I consider almost all of them to be fun. This [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘friends’
December 29, 2009
How To Really Enjoy New Year’s Eve
It’s probably pretty easy to get caught up in wishing a fond (or not so fond) farewell to 2009 and welcoming in 2010 with new resolutions, pant girding parties and all sorts of other mayhem. I’m with you. While I actually had a pretty splendid 2009, I’m looking forward to an even better 2010. Everything [...]
August 24, 2009
Can You Ever Date a Friend’s Ex?
The question of the day from a reader: How long are you expected to stay loyal to a friend and not date their ex?
Interesting dilemma since both guy and girl code are pretty specific on this one point… Thou shalt NOT date a friend’s ex.
Notwithstanding the incestuous dating groups, most friendships have a hard time [...]
July 27, 2009
Turn Right Before You Pass Old Maid Street: Or Desperately Seeking Relationship GPS
I’m not sure about you, but there are times when I really wish I could buy a GPS for dating and relationships. A GPS with the voice of someone like Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan so when it said something like, “I TOLD you to turn left to avoid that super-sized manhole” it wouldn’t seem [...]
July 22, 2009
Meeting the Friends: A Survival Guide
Managing first impressions when you meet your date’s “friends” can be a challenge even for the most socially astute. I’ve never been an advocate of gamesmanship in the dating pool, but there are times and places for a bit less boister and a lot more tact. It’s a good idea to “be yourself” unless “yourself” [...]
July 9, 2009
Cranky Triggers: Or signs that you might be about to fall off the relationship balance beam
I get cranky.
I have bad days.
And those who love me well know the secrets towards making sure they don’t end up spending the day with a cranky, zombie girl.
After experiencing plenty of times when I was trying to keep up with friends after after a night with too little sleep or a day with too [...]
June 16, 2009
Expectations: The Death of Love
I had the privilege of hearing the author of “The Shack” speak over the weekend and something he said really hit those — must blog, must blog — chords. He was talking about the forgiveness process inherent in all relationships and the need to extend grace, compassion and forgiveness even when you don’t think someone [...]
June 2, 2009
To Friend or Not to Friend: The Ex is the Question.
I read a post yesterday that really made me think about the whole “to friend or not friend” an ex question. Roxanne shared on her blog that she’s not only friends with her exes but that they have taught her valuable lessons about herself she’s using to help her along the dating path. To be [...]
