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Signs & Solutions of Codependent Relationships Confined in Codepency… My eyes obsessively averted back to the clock. He should have been home by now, I thought, worried about the various likelihoods causing my boyfriend’s delay.I’d recently learned (by going through his phone) that on nights when he said that he would be working late, he was […]
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What To Do When People Get Under Your Skin It was finally time for me to embark on one of my most highly anticipated travel experiences: A week in the jungle, basking in the love of elephants!Five gorgeous elephants, rehabilitated from the abuses of the tourism industry, with volunteer support. *Nothing could spoil such bliss
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How Pedestals Push People Away “She’s way too hot for me.”“He has so much going for him, I don’t know what he sees in me.” “She’s so perfect, I’d kill to have her life.” Sound familiar? In varying degrees, we’ve all put people on pedestals, be it a romantic interest, a friend, colleague, or stranger.
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In Need, or Needy? “I really hate it when girls are too needy” Ouch, I retracted from the sharp sting of my then-boyfriend’s accusation.He was comparing me to a past ex he had who asked him too many questions/ was too open with him. The nerve. Was I needy? I’d previously touted being a “low-maintenance girlfriend”,
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When Online Dating is Ugly “”You’ve got to be f***ing kidding me” I thought, as my date audaciously let me in on a secret- he had a girlfriend at home who would be pissed to know of his whereabouts and whoabouts. “Check please” I requested the server, urgently. I wasn’t here to become a side piece.“Oh,
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At some point, you may have experienced the displeasure of being in a one-sided friendship. Rather than consisting of a balanced give-and-take relationship, a one-sided friendship tends to include one person who fits the role of the Taker, and the other person as the Giver. The unreciprocated energy, care, and resources beget resentment, disappointment, and
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