A recent UC Davis study revealed that men don’t always hear what women say.
DUH!
And before all you men groan, let me add… a great big vice versa.
The study cites, and I’m paraphrasing here, that if a man and woman are making out and she says, “It’s getting late,” what she means [...]
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Dear UTC Readers,
‘Tis the season for New Years’ Resolutions. So in that vein, please allow me to highlight the main points of what I have found to be the key to success, not only in life, but in specifically in achieving and maintaining fitness related goals and aspirations.
It is what I [...]
Relationships of all kinds go through turmoil, ups and downs, ins and outs, where both parties have to decide if it’s in them to forgive, particularly when they believe they’ve been wronged beyond measure.
OK, so by now you may have heard that me and What’s-His-Face are no longer wearing matching outfits. But what you haven’t heard, because it surprised the heck out of me and all of my friends, is that I’m dating ONLINE. Yup. Me.
In the beginning, there was Old Napster. It was 1999, broadband was new, and music-swapping had just EXPLODED onto the scene via a peer-to-peer application invented by a college student who coined it’s name based on his kinky hair (don’t get me started). Those were the good ole days.
I’ve recently become a fan of Keyshia Cole whose first CD you can tell comes from some personal experiences. One of my favorite songs is “Heaven Sent,” for both the music and lyrics. The song says, “I want to be the one who you believe in your heart is sent from (sent from heaven), ‘cause there’s a piece of me who leaves when your gone, because you’re sent from (sent from heaven).
It just hit me today as I was updating my Facebook page. My boss (actually, my boss’s boss) requested Facebook friendship. Hmmm, this could be tricky. Ordinarily I am okay some work-life/personal-life convergence in the online world.
There are some who might think being meek in a marriage equates to being weak—spineless, too submissive—basically allowing yourself to be treated as a doormat. On the contrary, being meek requires more strength of character and self control than being combative, onerous, or just plain spiteful.
With the summer fast approaching, we are all gearing up for a gang of celebrations…and piles of comfort food. If you don’t mind, I’m going to be straight up and to the point.