Mates in Minutes

When things get tough within my present long-term relationship, I turn to playing backgammon on the web, eating too much and increasing my watching of movies. My baths grow longer and more often. I spend more time alone. Sometimes I lie on my bed and stare out the window at the golden orange light…
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Sometimes it is hard to remind one’s self to try and listen to another person who you feel just attacked you unfairly. Whether this be a personal relationship or a work relationship (ie: as in co-worker or boss), it is not an easy thing to do.
For instance. I work part-time in a bakery café. My…
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I’ve always heard the phrase: “Stand up and be a man” but I’ve never heard anyone say: “Stand up and be a woman.” So I mentioned to a gay co-worker of mine recently as she told me of the antics that her girlfriend was pulling on her lately.
My co-worker snorted as her hands flew at her work….
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I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who has been upset that she might have lost a very dear friend of hers. Not to death, but to an act that made her friend feel as if she was second or third on her list.
It seemed that my friend and her friend were on the phone talking when a second…
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