A little friendly competition never hurt nobody. Ideally, you’d want your friends to motivate you, and for some people that works best by turning it into a competition. But that competition will turn into something really annoying when your friends are more about trying to one-up you than to motivate you.
The Situationship Chronicles
The Situationship Chronicles is a weekly column about everything to do with relationships and situationships, romantic or otherwise. The stories are always based on our own lives, or of those 1 degree of separation away. Why? We want to verify. We’ll always ask around to try to get as complete a story as possible. But in the end we’re still gonna express our own views on it anyway. Do you have any suggestions on what you’d like to see featured on The Situationship Chronicles? Don’t be shy, tell us!
The Playbook: You’re not being romantic. You’re being creepy.
Alright, let’s finally get this out in the open. A lot of people claim to want the fairy tale. A guy who sees a woman and immediately knows “This is it. I love her!” and they ride off into the sunset on his white horse with rainbow manes, leaving a trail of sparkles and butterflies. And some dudes will try to be that guy. That Prince Charming-type dude. Here’s the thing though. What you might think is romantic, is actually hella creepy.
One Stop Shop
As you by now know, I’m a big advocate of the Tingles Theory. If someone stimulates you intellectually, emotionally and physically, hang on to them for dear life.
But what if you just can’t seem to hit that trifecta? Is it OK to get these different aspects from different people? Should your relationship be a one-stop shop for all your needs and desires?
Ideally, yes it should. Realistically, it’s often not.
Red Flags in the Date-o-sphere
We’re gonna discuss some red flags. And I don’t mean “do they really like me?”-flags. I mean the “will they be abusive to me?”-flags.
Surviving Being Ghosted: a Guide
It’s Halloween season and that means it’s time for ghost(ing) stories! Unfortunately, ghosting is still a thing. I’m gonna try to give you a nice little 4-step guide to understanding it, dealing with it and letting it all go.
Measure of Friendship
I’ve had some shakeups in my “inner circle”, as I like to call it, over the past year. It got me thinking that as we move closer to 30, we start to notice shifts in the people we call our friends. Which is normal, I suppose. Relationships evolve. So what defines a good friend? What is a true measure of friendship?
The Playbook: what’s your position, fellas?
Hang on to your hats, boys. I’m going to show you a glimpse of what women really talk about when we get together and discuss YOU GUYS. I might turn this into a series. And the first insight into The Playbook: the full process you go through when you’re (kinda) dating a woman will be discussed here.
Cuffing Season: Rules of the Game
Listen. Cuffing season’s around the corner. Not gonna re-explain what it is, but I am gonna tell you how to make sure you get in the game this year. Ready? Let’s go.
Love is a Verb – Part 2
We once discussed how “I love you” can take several forms, often not even including those actual words. Here it is if you wanna reread it. So while that particular post was more about how you can tell whether or not somebody loves you, this one’s going to tackle the other side of it: how not to lose that fuzzy feeling we call love.
The Pick-Me Phenomenon
It’s high time we discuss this. The Pick-Me phenomenon. Not familiar with what it is? Careful now, because this might just be you.