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Self-Respect Killed 99 percent of My Life Problems

I feel that growing up, we are conditioned to care a lot about pleasing others.  This is not so much an explicit goal of our guardians, but a byproduct of how we are raised.  We have to fit in with … Continue reading

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Sh*t People Need to Stop Assuming About Shy People and Introverts

A list some of the most frustrating comments and assumptions I have come across regarding my reserved behavior: 1.  We need come out of our “shells”. No, we don’t.  Stop telling us what to do. 2.  We are stuck up. … Continue reading

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Why Coffee Dates Rule

For me, the perfect first date is just going out for coffee.  Here is why coffee (and/or tea) dates are the best: 1.)  You don’t get interrupted by a waiter/waitress every 10 minutes, and just get to have a comfortable … Continue reading

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Beauty and…other things

I’m just going to go ahead and say here that judging people based on how attractive they are is the EXACT SAME offense as judging people negatively based on how unattractive they are. In other words, people need to stop … Continue reading

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Generalizing Generations: A non-scientific view of Millennials

The other day, I came across a Yahoo opinion article, entitled “The Pornification of America”, that recycled every rant already heard about the Millennial Generation, also known as Gen Y, the YouTube Generation or people born in the late-80’s and … Continue reading

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