Category Archives: Love

Leave ‘Em With Love … I Think.

Posted on October 10, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

I like to leave ‘em with love. Well, in a  perfect world I’d want to leave ‘em with love and laughing.  But sometimes you just can’t be greedy at the end of a love affair so if I have to … Continue reading →

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Eat, Pray, Love, Patience or … Why I Wish I Was Liz Gilbert

Posted on July 17, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential.  I have fallen in … Continue reading →

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Are You A “We” Guy Or An “I” Guy?

Posted on July 16, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

I’ve just had this big revelation.  I mean huge.  We’re talking the kind of monumental epiphany that could go down in the history books as life-altering, glacier-moving, cosmos-shifting  BIG. Ready? Dating is hard.  Especially when you’re old. I know my … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Feeling Important

Posted on July 12, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

Imagine an invisible sign around every person’s neck that says ‘Make me feel important’.  On those very simple yet eloquent words (or something close) a multi-million dollar company was forged.  And I reckon several hundred pink Cadillacs awarded.  Because as … Continue reading →

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Love Languages … and why I (sometimes) hate my Blackberry.

Posted on July 8, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

Are you familiar with Gary Chapman’s book “The 5 Love Languages”? Quite a brilliant concept, actually, and one that is easily understandable and more importantly, fairly simple to act on. I have come to believe that understanding and then acting … Continue reading →

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One Magical Word

Posted on June 3, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

If you could be described in just one single word, what would you choose? I don’t mean how would you describe yourself. I mean how would you hope to be described by someone else? A few years ago there was … Continue reading →

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A Fish May Love A Bird (Do Opposites Really Attract?) …

Posted on May 31, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

I’m struggling.  I am struggling with dating and the arguable concept that opposites attract. I mean, mostly I’m just struggling with dating period because I honestly didn’t think I’d be back at it again at this stage of my life. … Continue reading →

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Don’t go changing … or maybe do?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

Change: to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone. There you have it.  The dictionary.com definition of the word change. I kinda like it, … Continue reading →

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I’ll Let You Go Now … and other dumb things people say.

Posted on May 17, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

Do you know what I hate?  I mean, besides brussel sprouts, people who are rude to waiters and going to the gym?  I hate when you’re talking on the phone and then suddenly the other person says “Well, I’ll let … Continue reading →

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Another Saturday Night and I Ain’t Got Nobody …

Posted on May 5, 2012 by winesoakedramblings - The Blog of Vickie van Dyke

Another Saturday night and I ain’t go nobody, I got some money cause I just got paid … Well, one out of two.  It is definitely Saturday night and if you don’t count one rather dirty Golden Doodle, I am … Continue reading →

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