Tag: love
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Q&A: Signs You’re Being Catfished
By Rachel Puryear Have you ever met someone who seemed incredibly wonderful – but had a nagging feeling that they were perhaps too good to be true? And then maybe found out that they in fact weren’t who you initially thought they were? Unfortunately, that’s something just about all of us will experience in this…
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Asking for Help is Great – But is There Also an Obligation to Offer It?
By Rachel Puryear We all know that it’s very helpful to ask for help. It lets others know what we need when they might otherwise have no idea, and it gives us a chance to practice being assertive. Certainly, people should ask for help more often – and many don’t, quite to their own detriment.…
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Simple Yet Powerful Things to Say to a Dying Loved One
By Rachel Puryear Nothing fully prepares you for losing a loved one. It’s something we will all go through sometimes in life, and it’s one of the hardest and most painful things we can experience. It’s often hard to know what to say to someone who we love, when they are nearing death. And of…
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Signs of Emotional Maturity (or a Lack Thereof)
By Rachel Puryear When it comes to all kinds of interpersonal relationships – be they romantic, friendships, familial, business, or otherwise – the difference between closeness with an emotionally mature person, versus an emotionally immature person; is profound, and like night and day. Accordingly, it’s important to be able to spot signs of emotional maturity…
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Complicated Versus Uncomplicated Relationships
By Rachel Puryear On this blog, we’ve previously discussed chemistry versus compatibility in relationships, the difference between inner circle versus outer circle friends and relations, and also considering how well two people’s goals may or may not line up – in the context of large age gaps in relationships. This post will build upon those…
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Toxic People Versus Toxic Relationships
By Rachel Puryear The subject of toxic people – and toxic relationships – is always a popular one. That’s because a toxic person can bring a great deal of pain, leave paths of devastation, and wreak havoc in so many other people’s lives so quickly. Meanwhile, a toxic relationship can bring so much misery and…
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Q&A: Relationships With Large Age Differences
By Rachel Puryear I received a question from a reader regarding romantic relationships with large age differences. The reader wanted to know whether such relationships are inherently unfair to the younger person, given that the older person has more life experience – and, likely, the older person has more power in the relationship accordingly. It’s…
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