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Relationships
Communication
In any relationship, romantic or otherwise, communication is vital. None of us are very good at reading minds, despite how often we may think otherwise, so when one person in a relationship goes silent, the other is left guessing. They may guess correctly, of course. But they also may guess incorrectly, which can lead to …
Selfishness
At some point in history, women thought it would be a good idea to make it socially acceptable to eat food which their significant other had gotten for themselves. I suspect it started out by not ordering a large meal at a restaurant (in order to avoid looking like a pig on a date) and …
Full Disclosure, or How Stuckey Lost His Strut
I haven’t been completely honest with you. I’ve been withholding information which, when revealed, will explained why I’ve stopped blogging. I’ve just gone back and made a post from January public. It will give you the truth I’ve been keeping from you. If you don’t feel like clicking a link, I’ll sum it up for …
Meet My Parents…
I’m usually very quick to introduce a new girlfriend to my parents. I love my folks, and think they’re very cool people to hang out with and spend an evening drinking and eating chicken wings with. Early on, I hinted that I wanted to take Strutter out there one night and get this step over …
The Perils of Finding “The One”
I’m not an avid listener of NPR, but more because I prefer to listen to CDs that I’ve made myself than the radio. When a CD gets old, though, I’ll flip through the stations and usually end up on NPR because I can’t stand the constant commercials of the other stations. Today at lunch, I …
Baby, It’s Cold Inside…
I’ve mentioned before, in the early chapters of Nice Ass, just how opposite I am to a morning person. If I were in the wild, and had no job or responsibilities, I would sleep until sometime in the early afternoon and then wake up to eat and nap until it was time was to go …
A Ready-Made Family
It’s always a challenge to date a woman with children. You’re not able, if you want, to monopolize their time. (And if you ARE able to, you should dump them. That says something about them as a parent, doesn’t it?) Things always come up that complicate your plans. Why would I pick this topic to …
Tuesday Ten – Strutter
I’ve said it a few times here before, and that is “Write what you know.” My life has changed dramatically over the past several months. I’ve turned into some giddy relationship-loving Stuck instead of your familiar grumpy and cynical Stuck. And because of this, I couldn’t even force myself to write something grumpy and cynical. …
All’s Quiet…
I know I have been fairly slack in posting. Things have been going well, and rather than write yet another post talking about how great Strutter is, and how happy I am to be with her, I’ll just let the blog sit quietly. I’ll make sure that whatever brings me to write down the road …