Category: Relationships
Triangular Theory of Love: Passion, Intimacy, and Commitment
The “Triangle of Courtesy” Hiking Sign Has a New Friend Yale psychologist Robert Sternberg described consummate love or “true love” as a perfect triad of the following three components- passion, intimacy, and commitment. And any partial components result in different...
Modern Courtship is Destroying Everything
Science says: Dating is hard!!! (Surprising no one at all) Tell me if this sounds familiar: You go out with someone, and you have a lovely time; there's a connection, and you want to see where this rabbit hole leads....
The Art of Rebounding: Warm-ups, Skills, and Moves.
Like any sport, rebounding requires warm-ups, skills, and moves. Here I will highlight one example of a routine with the wins, mishaps, and the machinery involved. Intro Understand the basic terminology: Merriam Webster- to spring back on or as if...
The End of Brangelina – Is it Wrong to Laugh at the Other Women’s Misery?
So just last week we saw the demise of yet another Hollywood couple, Brangelina. Divorce doesn't come as much of a shock these days. It seems that in actual fact we aren't all that interested in what went down between...
When Relationships Fail
I’ve been dating for 34 years. No, scratch that, about 14, but it feels like 34 years. And I’ve learned a lot from it. And here’s what I’ve learned: That I’ve actually learned nothing at all. That’s right. I just...
Love is Not Enough, a Breakup Story
When a relationship ends your life changes forever. You’ve had to take a massive detour and completely change the route of your life. Maybe it was all going well, or at least your path was going along quite consistently and/or...
What if I Die Alone?
Unless your end comes in the form of being with a lot of living people who all suddenly die at the same time, or within several hours of your death, you are going to die alone. Let's get that out...
A Little Q and A
Breakups happen at the intersection of choice and consequence Six days ago, at an intersection, we walked different directions. You went your way, and I went mine. I can't commit to you the way you want me to, and I...