Posted by Susan Walsh on Oct 12, 2009 in
Hooking Up Realities,
Relationship Strategies The Concept of Fast, Good or Cheap? Psychologist Linda Young has written an article at Psychology Today that caught the attention of the largely dormant MBA part of my brain. She takes a Project Management construct and applies it to dating. It’s called Fast, Good or Cheap, and I think it works. The concept refers [...]
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“I have no power. Why should she have the upper hand? Once in my life I would like the upper hand. I have no hand. No hand at all. She has the hand. I have no hand.” George “We all want the hand. Hand is tough to get.” Jerry Willard Waller was a sociologist who [...]
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“Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.” Woody Allen Today I’m beginning a new series, and it starts with the backstory of my own most significant relationship. I sometimes share personal details here, but I’ve never told you this particular [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Apr 13, 2009 in
Ask Susan,
Relationship Strategies Dear Aunt Sue, I’ve been with this guy Tyler for a while and I really like him a lot. At first we were just hooking up, and we never talked about the relationship or anything. But it became a regular thing, and I developed feelings for him. Then I found out he hooked up with [...]
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Resolution #1: uggg – will obviously lose 20 lbs. #2: always put last night’s panties in the laundry basket. Equally important: will find nice sensible boyfriend and stop forming romantic attachments to any of the following: alcoholics, workoholics, sexaholics, commitment-phobics, peeping toms, megalomaniacs, emotional fuckwits, or perverts. Bridget Jones Here’s an anonymous journal entry [...]
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