Page Turner's Blog, page 9

With Great Hinges, Comes Great Responsibility

The fantasy of being a hinge -- i.e., a person in two or more relationships with partners who are not involved with one another -- is quite different than the reality.

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Being Encouraged to Speak My Truth Is Such a Deep Form of Love

People often assume that because I write every day in public for an audience that speaking my mind is really natural to me. That it's something I've always done easily. And that I was supported for it when I was younger. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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I’m Learning that the People Who Really Care Will Understand

I'm burned out beyond compare. And I've reached a point where I have to retool my priorities. To take a second and think. About what matters to me, what doesn't. What is necessary and what just feels like it's necessary.

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Prioritizing People Who Don’t Care About You Can Doom Your Relationships

Prioritizing people who don't care about you can doom your relationships.

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When You’re Sad & Worry You’re Being Depressing, Which Makes You More Down & Oh No…

I'm bad at telling the people in my life that I'm sad when I am. It's something I've been working on. It's hard for me.

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I’d Rather Be an Abstract Concept Than a Person Today

I don't want to be an actual person today. I'd rather be an abstract concept.

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I Haven’t Really Dated Many People Where I Was Their Type

I have a confession I'd like to make: I've dated a lot of people who were just barely attracted to me. Most of them actually.

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You’re Enough to Get Me Through

You believe in me today. Even if I don't.

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When I’m Hesitant to Date Someone, I Should Listen to That Feeling

I love you. I'm pretty sure I always will. And I'm going to be here to support you. But I need to keep a bit of distance so I don't get wrapped up in your chaos with them.

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“Is Selecting Partners for Polyamory the Same as for Monogamy?”

In today's Advice Friend column, a reader asks, "Is selecting partners to be monogamous the same process as choosing them when you know you're going to be polyamorous? If it's different, how so?"

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