this girl’s a silhouette, can't you see?
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* You really try to understand me, even if I’m not making much sense
* You grasp my point of view, even when it’s against your own sincere convictions
* You realise the hour I took from you has left you a bit tired and a bit drained
* You allow me the dignity of making my own decisions, even though you think they may be wrong (with the exception of decisions to cause harm to themselves or others)
* You do not take my problem from me, but allow me to deal with it in my own way
* You hold back the desire to give me ‘good advice’
* You do not offer me religious solace when you sense I am not ready for it
* You give me enough room to discover for myself what is really going on
* You accept my gratitude by telling me how good it makes you feel to know that you have been helpful
To clarify, the husband and I have been discussing the possibility of shaking things up in our life, and taking a season of travelling in the near future. Neither of us have traveled outside the country before, nor have we backpacked before.
Please share your advice and experiences - What was fun, what was hard, what did you have to give up, how long did you do it for, how long would you LIKE to do it for, what did you miss, what didn’t you miss, why did you love it, what did you dislike about it….
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So what comes out of that is a lot of…talking. A lot of talking. More talking than you really thought you were going to need going into it, if you’re male.
Glen Fitzjerrell (Unka Glen) from episode 2 of the Say That podcast
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1. Accept nothing but a proper date the first few times you go out. I don’t care if it is a ballgame that costs $5. Ice cream on picnic tables or dessert at a coffee shop. Money has nothing to do with it. Intention is the key.
2. Go somewhere neutral. A club is not a date. Bumping and grinding on someone you just met will probably not get you flowers or a love note or a date with that person three months from now. The only thing that will come of this is another notch on his belt.
3. Waffling should trigger your creep meter. Good guys take their commitments seriously and plan. Plans can go awry…and if they do, is he the type that leaves you hanging with lame excuses or the one that will give you a heartfelt apology?
4. If he says everything right and does everything wrong, he is wrong. Actions don’t lie.
If he says everything right and does everything wrong, he is wrong. Actions don’t lie.
Great advice. Don’t make excuses for their behaviour. Don’t settle for someone who puts on the appearance and does the minimum to keep the comfort that being with you might bring.
Tell me what you think. Business Card design for BlueFairyWren.
I made the background on colourlovers.com using an available design and my own colour palette, I found a stock picture of a blue fairy wren and edited it myself to get a silhouette, and found fonts on dafont.com. Put together in sumopaint.com
What do you think?
I want to order cards through vistaprint soon, but not until I’m certain that it’s the best design.
Does it need anything more? Have I missed something obvious? All helpful critics wanted.
Please! advice desired!
The thing with relationships is, everyone has one or two things that are completely unacceptable, even in marriage. For some it might be habitually lying or yelling (disrespect). For others, being home when you say you will be consistently might be a huge issue. Some can’t live with a partner that can’t keep their finances straight. Whatever the “can’t have” item(s) is, you have to honor it/them or face the unintended consequences of non-compliance.
Unintended consequences might include less time together, less intimacy, or more heated arguments…but the worst is callousness and the eventual emotional withdrawal from the relationship.
I am not excusing the person that emotionally withdraws by any means because I do believe marriage is forever, however, part of forever has to include honoring the other person with your respect by doing the things that makes them most feel loved by you and to also avoid the things that tears at the fabric of it. You can’t expect a person to give you undying love and affection if and when they have clearly conveyed to you the things that make them feel unloved and you continue to do them anyway?
The fissure in many relationships begins, not by one or two acts of defiance, but many over time that one either learns to reluctantly accept or (equally) worse, logs into a relationship “stamp” book that when full, means the end.
