Am I the only one who thinks people shouldn’t say a word if they don’t plan to follow through? It is a smear upon personal integrity to commit oneself in speech, when one is not committed to the corresponding action. The environment in which I grew up …
QUESTION My fiancé and I realized that we are terrible at fighting well. We often miss each other’s points, and we only end up hurting each other. We realized that we should seek true premarital counseling. So when we sit down with a counselor, what qu …
For years, I wondered what the secret was to a healthy self-esteem. But I have realized recently that it must not be my focus.
I rounded the corner of 2014 and stared at my looming 31st birthday — yet another birthday and Valentine’s Day without a boyfriend. I wanted a Valentine this year, but I was not surprised as the day neared again with only the prospect of a call from my …
I am 27 years old. Single. Never been kissed. Not even close. (Well that’s not true. In fourth grade, my crush tried to kiss me, but I got scared and pushed him away.) If you had asked me when I was 15 years old what I thought about a woman who was 27, …
I knew it was only a matter of time before the question came up, though I had hoped it could wait a few more days. But there in my email inbox was the pixelated question I had been dreading: Have you ever been married or engaged before? I was enjoying …
In many great stories, someone from our world ventures into a new and exciting one: Alice stumbles into Wonderland, Lucy discovers Narnia, and Dorothy is carried into Oz. Likewise, a compelling story can temporarily transport its audience to a new worl …
“Here, just try it.” Those were the most frustrating words when I tried to learn ballroom dancing in college. I’m a sequential person and would do much better creating a flowchart of possible step combinations than venturing out spontaneously, but that …
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