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The Five Key Ingredients to a Successful Romantic Relationship …
What might they be, I pondered. And more importantly, if you knew what they were and you and your beloved could agree on them, would that give your relationship a higher chance of flourishing? I must admit, I do love … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, compatability, compromise, connection, forgiveness, friendship, heard, honesty, humour, independence, intimacy, love, marriage, middle age, need, needs, relationships, respect, romance, seen, tolerance, transparency
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You can’t keep getting mad at people for sucking the life out of you if you keep giving them the straw …
I like to collect inspiring memes. Little quotes (either attributed or anonymous) that speak to me. Sometimes they languish unseen in my meme file for months and then suddenly pop up again quite unexpectedly, usually at the time they are … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, boundaries, fault, friend, friendship, healing, life, need, nurture, relationships, toxic, truth
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What Leads a Person to Infidelity?
Sounds like a simple question, right? Maybe they have no morals. Maybe they don’t think they’ll get caught. Maybe they’re bored. Maybe they think they deserve more. Maybe they are weak and easily led to temptation. Maybe they never learned that commandment. … Continue reading
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Tagged cheat, ethics, infidelity, love, marriage, middle age, morals, neglect, reckless, relationships, risk, seen, sex, temptation, truth, vows
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Talking Relationsh!t with Thomas and Vickie
I haven’t been blogging much lately, for a few reasons. I guess I’m Covid-weary like everyone else. I’ve been podcasting these winesoakedramblings (available on Spotify and everywhere else if you care to listen). And this is THE BIG ONE – … Continue reading
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Tagged appetite, chat, conversation, friends, podcast, relationship, sex
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Is There Anything Better Than Feeling Grateful?
I recently enjoyed a brief text exchange with an old friend, wherein I proclaimed how grateful I was for her significance in my life. She replied, “There is precious little that’s better than feeling grateful.” It’s true, right. A grateful … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, friendship, grateful, gratitude, negative, positive, thanks, truth
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The Song That Taught Me All About Empathy …
I am a word girl. I love words and their power. Their beauty. Their significance. Their singular ability to express emotions, feelings, fears and delights. To me, words are like individual sparkling jewels, which, when strung together can create the … Continue reading
Hey Vickie, Why Don’t You Just Blog Off?
We’re all really tired. Like, bone-fatigue tired. Mental-exhaustion tired. We are tired of isolation, tired of loneliness, tired of staying home and tired of being tired. I understand that, for so many people, just finding enough juice to get through … Continue reading
I’m Just One Lottery Win Away From …
How many times have you said that? To someone else or even just to yourself? My friend B: “I’m just one lottery win away from buying my dream home on Turks & Caicos … My friend K: “I’m just one … Continue reading
Is It Possible To Go Through An Entire Life Without Giving Or Receiving A Broken Heart?
This morning I put that question out to my Facebook family. I was honestly curious. You see, I had recently learned, in a conversation with my old pal B, that he had endured neither. In his almost 60 years he … Continue reading
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Do You Have One Soulmate or A Dozen?
I don’t mean a dozen as in 12 different people on this planet who might potentially be your soulmate. I mean a dozen as in – it may well take 12 different people – with very different attributes – to … Continue reading
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Tagged Disney, divorce, lifetime, marriage, puzzle, soulmate, the one
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