To My Single Friends: You Don’t Need Marriage

To My Single Friends: You Don’t Need Marriage

I love my marriage.

My wife is amazing, we have the cutest 2-week-old baby girl, and I wouldn’t trade them for anything. But when I look back at my life before I met Sabrina, I wish I could do it again.

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When You Need a Friendship Instead of a Relationship

When You Need a Friendship Instead of a Relationship

When I first started blogging in college a lot of my posts were about dating. It makes sense as most of my friends and I were all very much into the dating scene at the time.

But it’s been almost 3 years since I graduated and most of my friends are now married.

They’re kind of past the point of no return with the whole dating thing, so until recently I hadn’t really felt the need to share much on the subject.

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Trusting Somebody Else vs. Trusting Yourself

Trusting Somebody Else vs. Trusting Yourself

I’m sure most reading this post – if you haven’t experienced it yourself – have at least seen a relationship that didn’t involve trust. Otherwise fun and exciting relationships that were ruined by the lack of trust from one, or both, of those involved.

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How to Avoid a Codependent Relationship

How to Avoid a Codependent Relationship

In one of my earlier posts, How Not Being “Manly” Made Me Hate Myself, I mentioned that I sometimes have conversations with myself (in my head, mind you) about questions I have. It’s a way for me to have a personal counseling session and to talk through issues that I don’t understand.

Yesterday I was talking to myself about how I didn’t want my relationship to become codependent. I didn’t want our happiness to depend on each other. I didn’t want her bad days to bring me down, and I didn’t want my bad days to bring her down.

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