Tag: Love relationships

  • Still Believing in ‘Happily Ever After’

    This week you would think Disney was sponsoring posts at Naked Girl in a Dress. David from The Blue Orchid of Texas was my guest and wrote “Interviewing Prince Charming” on Thursday. It’s a piece on what questions to ask a guy before you get in too deep emotionally. I also wrote all about storybook…

  • What Storybooks Won’t Teach You

    Last week I did a face plant into a box of tissues. When I could cry no more, I slowly removed my head from the sodden box, carefully opening my red, swollen eyes. I was amazed by several things I observed: The world had not ended in my absence. My appetite had indeed returned. I…

  • Exorcising the Elephant

    I have been quiet on my blog lately, but feel it’s time to write again. There are many things I would like to write about, but I have this big elephant sitting across the desk from me right now. She’s taunting me as I try to write about parenting, happiness, or anything else that comes…

  • Memory is the Diary We All Carry About with Us

    Today’s guest writer is Nicole DeFelice. She is a talented writer and professional editor. Her articles about editing in the Studio30 Plus Community Blog are always popular. Nicole’s writing on her own blog, Disturb the Universe, is a unique collection of stories about philosophy and life. But what I like most about this multi-talented woman…

  • How to Stand Out and Be Unique in the World of Dating

    Last week I was asked to be one of a few co-hosts for a Twitter relationship chat, which led at the conclusion of the chat to inviting participants to watch a relationship coach to the stars, Rori Raye, on UStream. As we all switched to UStream, I did not know what to expect from the…

  • Is Commitment Phobia a Fear of Failure?

    I dodged two bullets in the last four years. I avoided a vitriolic, expensive divorce and narrowly escaped marrying someone who can only be described as the Antichrist. I am thankful daily for my good fortune in both instances, but I am ever-mindful that luck eventually runs out. Therein lies the greatest challenge with my…