Page Turner's Blog, page 13

When the New Relationship Energy Fades…

I like to say that NRE is like seeing a person bathed in moonlight.

When the NRE fades, it's like morning comes.

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How to Protect Your Relationship from the Internet

You can make yourself go ballistic if you read meaning into every little action.

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There Have Been So Many Missing Conversations During the Pandemic

Sometimes the bigger griefs, the universal ones, are too much to bear. I find I go numb when confronted with them. But the little griefs? The longing for missing conversations? Well, that's able to slip right in past my defenses.

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I Only Date Sensitive People, Which Is So Good & Sometimes Very Bad

I typically date all sensitive people. Sometimes this is very good; other times it's quite difficult.

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I’m a Planner, But I Need to Be Able to Update the Plan When Things Change

I often tell people simply, point blank, that I'm a planner. And it's true, but it's not that simple.

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I Can Be Awfully Patient Just As Long As I Feel Like Something’s Being Worked On

I can be awfully patient when someone else has issues -- so long as they own them, so long as they're actively working on them, so long as they communicate and it's clear that they respect me and care that their issues are affecting me.

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Natural Disasters Bring Couples Closer Together

You sent me a study the other day about how natural disasters bring couples closer together. It was certainly the case for us, when we weathered the Texas freeze and infrastructure collapse of February 2021.

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Projection Is Such a Sneaky Interpersonal Dynamic

I always forget about projection. It's such a sneaky interpersonal dynamic. And if you don't recognize it for what it is, you can get thrown way off track. End up arguing for hours about things that one person doesn't even feel but the other person is convinced that they must.

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I’m Grateful That You Care, Even If I’m Not Always Sure What to Do With the Fact That You Do

"It's been a day," I say finally.

"Yeah," you reply.

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How I Know If I’m In Love

I usually don't. When I'm in love, I'm the last one to know. And what typically happens is that someone else realizes. Sometimes they just plain tell me. "Oh my God, you have feelings for them!"

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