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Archive for 'Philosophy'

How To Deal With Assholes

Great quote in a comment at the polyamory livejournal:
“If someone appears like an asshole to you, it’s likely they appear that way to others as well. You don’t need to be the John Madden of the Asshole Bowl, pointing out the maneuvers of the Assholes on the telestrator.”
It’s true. It’s also true that assholes don’t [...]

Loneliness and Friendships

Some things to think about, much of it resonates with me, especially how “feeling alone can be a healthy emotion and, indeed, choosing to be alone for a period of solitude can be enriching. To experience loneliness, however, can be to feel overwhelmed by an unbearable feeling of separateness at a profound level.”
Common symptoms

Believing that [...]

More Profiling

It’s fun to play “pick the bits of an astrological profile that fit you, discard the rest.”
The one I went over in the previous post was a “general” profile; this is from the same site but specific to Sagittarian men, with bits removed that I don’t think apply to me:
He is also very optimistic about [...]

Resolutions

I’ve been thinking about that last post a lot today. Somehow I’ve linked up in my mind “wanting friends” with a lot of the things I’ve wanted to do in my life. I’m bored with friends who just want to throw drinking parties. If I’m going to hang out I want to do something, even [...]

A Question of Mechanics

Practical relationship advice from the poly community, in particular comments to a livejournal post. subonfire’s look at behaviors vs. feelings strikes as very useful, and vadfuge’s and red_girl_42’s followups particularly insightful on the “magic” of love and how it isn’t any less special for happening more than once.
I know, I said no more relationship posts [...]