This evening, I wasn’t feeling very good about my relationship. Everybody has fears, everyone has their “thing” and my thing is worrying that I’m unnecessary. I want to matter to S. I want to be on his mind, in his plans, a part of his every day. I don’t feel that I am any of those things right now.
I’ve tried to be more relaxed about our relationship lately. We’ve been a couple for a year now and although I love him very much, it’s been a challenging year. We live 6 hours apart and …read more

My sister’s family was in town this weekend. I love visiting with them and I really wish that we lived closer than 6 hours drive away from each other. We have a great time together and it’s fun to watch all the cousins playing together.
Robin, my sister, and her husband, Matt, have been married for 15 years. They dated and lived together for a few years before that, so basically they’ve been together for close to 20 years. In that time their relationship, like any relationship that lasts for a length of time, has had it’s …read more

A romantic-comedy that stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart and the little girl named Abigail Breslin, who I first saw in the Kate Hudson film, Raising Helen.
It’s a long standing joke between teh boyfriend and I. I will drag him to see a romantic-comedy with me when there’s one showing. He doesn’t like them romantic-comedies you see. He considers the lines too tacky, cheesy, corny, or whatever makes a guy less macho I guess. Heh. But a deal’s a deal. So, off we went to see this movie last Friday night.

In every relationship, I reckon one of the things you have to do as a couple is to find a common ground where you practice or apply leveled expectations. Arguments usually arise when one or both parties refuse to move to accommodate the other’s needs. Er, well — among other things.
Here’s what I think.
There are some key things that we need to concern ourselves to find a solution to any problem. One of them is to find a way to compromise.
Communicate. I’ve said it before. Communication between two people is important. You have to find a way to establish the …read more