Sunday, October 25, 2020

10 Signs Someone Doesn’t Care About Anyone Other Than Themselves

 

Stop giving considerable thought to inconsiderate people

Our relationships come in a variety of forms, from long-term friendships, romantic liaisons, familial relationships, fleeting friendships, and beyond. It doesn’t matter what type of relationship you have with someone, all of them require a healthy measure of communication. Now, communication is more than verbal, there are plenty of nonverbal cues that highlight insights you may not pick up through verbal cues.

When you embark on a new relationship, it’s exciting. You feel optimistic about it, whether it’s a romantic interest or simply a new platonic friendship. If you’ve had difficult relationships in your history, then it’s nice to seize on the optimism new relationships offer. That is, of course, until you get a better read on someone and realize they’re just not that into you.

You feel exhausted trying to make this person care about you. You’re constantly presenting your point of view and the other person simply isn’t interested in your feelings. They’re missing a sensitivity chip, there’s a deficit there — unable to understand the emotions of others because they lack empathy.

For you, it’s frustrating to spend time with someone who only speaks of themselves while shutting down any attempt you make to share information about yourself. They’re interested in information that aligns with what they perceive you as and other than that, they’re more likely to talk at you, they use a condescending tone, they often manipulate you into believing that not only are they right, but that your feelings just don’t matter much.

That’s difficult to deal with, but the biggest favor you can do for yourself now is to recognize the signs that someone doesn’t care about anyone other than themselves. Your lesson starts here.

Questioning Your Relevance

Whether you’re dealing with a selfish person or a full-blown narcissist, they’re the type of people who constantly question what you’re saying. They will question whether it’s relevant and if it’s relevant, they will question whether it’s valid. It will reach a point where they suggest it’s selfish of you to even voice your opinion.

It’s Entirely One-Sided

Do you always call first? Are you the first to reach out by text? Do you suggest plans? If it’s always you, then you have to ask yourself why? Is this person a flake or are they just so involved in themselves that you don’t cross their mind? Good friends can go a while without contact, but if someone you’re in a relationship is constantly ghosting you… there’s a bigger issue at play.

Someone who cares about you won’t make excuses or flake on you, they’ll be open and honest. They want to hang out with you and if they don’t have time, they’ll just tell you that! We’re all busy, but if you’re the only one putting in any effort, then you know the problem isn’t you.

They Attack

If you want to know how this person speaks about you, take a look at how they speak about other people. Do they commonly attack the characters of others, including their significant other or close friends? If so, they do the same to you. There’s a massive difference between friends venting to each other in a healthy, productive way and the emotional toxic dump that we’re referring to. You can vent without attacking people directly, and an attack makes it clear they lack integrity and respect.

They’re Inconsiderate

Do you have people in your life who only hang out with you when the stars align for them? If it’s convenient for them to see you, then they will. When you offer ideas and suggestions, they try to lead you to what they want to do. For example, the friend who only reaches out when they have relationship drama they want to dump on you. You’ll know the difference because an occasional crisis is different from a constant crisis.

They’re Disinterested

They never ask questions about what you’re up to, what you’re doing, or how you’re doing. They’re entirely interested in refocusing the conversation back to them if it ever strays. It often circles back to a woe is me attitude as they unload looking for sympathy and pity. They’re the people who don’t want details about you, they’re not listening to anything you say, they’re in it for them.

Difficult Conversations Are A No-Go

Well, if you’re prepared to listen, which someone who doesn’t care about anyone other than themselves would be, then you’re ahead of the curve. They’re not prepared to listen, they’re not prepared to speak, they don’t want to have the difficult conversations. They just don’t and they’ll shut it down however they can. Stop wasting your energy on people like this. If it feels like they just want you to play a certain role in their life, it’s not for you. You’re constantly growing as a person and no one should stand in the way of that evolution.

No Accountability

One of the reasons many of these people won’t have those tough conversations? They’re not ready to be held accountable. They want to blame anything and everyone else for their behavior or choices. They’re not going to acknowledge their role in the situation.

Dishonesty

The foundation of every healthy relationship is trust and when you’re dealing with dishonest people, you can’t build healthy relationships. When someone cares about themselves only they’re happy to be dishonest to avoid accountability. They tend to lie about absolutely everything and anything. Some might do it for their entertainment, others might not even realize they’re doing it. Either way, head in the opposite direction.

Disrespectful

The people who have always pushed past your boundaries to get their own way… they don’t like it when you establish (or re-establish, for that matter) your boundaries. The more firm you get with your no’s, the harder they seem to push. They try manipulation, they even try guilt and shame. They feel entitled to your energy and time, and they will do anything to get their own way. There’s only one thing you can do when you’re in this position — walk away.

Your Emotions

Do you experience anxiety, shame, dread, or guilt in relation to a specific relationship? That’s not a normal response to any type of relationship. So, if you’re experiencing negative emotions and it’s tied to a relationship in your life, you might want to question whether your emotions are trying to tell you the other person is only interested in themselves.

Where Do You Go From Here?

Well, once you’ve identified these problematic people in your life, you can address the issue directly and/or walk away from the relationship.

This is by no means an exhaustive list, but if you see any of these signs present in any of your relationships, you’ll be far happier and healthier if you deal with them.

Don’t ignore red flags, whether it’s your spouse, parent, sibling, or a friend.

There’s a good chance you already had a feeling that something wasn’t right in this (or these) relationships.

You’re strong enough to deal with this and move forward in happiness and health.

Source : Youngsters

Do These Things To Survive The Rest of The Pandemic

 

Upgrade your mask. Eat healthy. Sleep. Laugh.

You could say round one of the pandemic is over.

We didn’t do very well.

Plus, round two has already started. The good news is that science has a plan for us. I’m not a scientist, but I listen to science.

I got an A in AP biology and a B+ in chemistry, which already makes me more qualified than most of our politicians. Smart people have been taking this thing very seriously. We always do our homework. So here’s a list of practical things you can do to actually make it through this winter:

Upgrade your mask.

The health experts say the point of wearing a mask is to protect other people. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of idiots out there who think it’s a terrible assault on their personal freedom.

So you’re going to have to level up your facegear.

Everyone in the world is selling masks right now. Kylie Jenner probably has one. Hold on. Let me check.

Yep. She’s got one. Take a look:

Wow. That looks safe…

Try this instead:

Get a nanofiber mask.

You need a mask that filters down to .3 microns. These are called N95 filters. Earlier this year they were hard to come by, and you’d probably go to hell for buying them, because that would’ve meant depriving hospitals of PPE. Good news, a lot’s changed since then.

A few months ago, startup companies like Filti started making high quality masks and replaceable filters with nanofiber materials. They’re not medical grade, but they’re lab tested. There’s also HALO Mask, which makes the same kinds of products, using nanofiber manufactured in New Zealand. I did my homework. They’re both legit. (And they’re not paying me anything to plug them. They barely know I exist.)

This means you can go run errands without freaking out whenever some covidiot crosses your path without a mask.

Same goes if you can’t work from home.

Your mask actually protects you. How much? A helluva lot more than your standard generic face mask at most stores.

I’ll take it.

You’re skeptical. That’s cool.

Researching masks turned into a summer project. I spent weeks digging through articles and websites. Finally, a reliable newspaper published this piece explaining how mask filtration works.

Basically:

Yes, the coronavirus is smaller than .3 microns. (.1 micron, to be exact.) But that doesn’t mean anything by itself, for two reasons:

  1. Viruses always attach to larger particles. Nobody inhales free-floating virus. They inhale droplets, which are always 1.0 micron or bigger. You’re filtering the droplets with virus attached to them, not the naked virus particles themselves.
  2. Masks with .3 micron filtration can capture particles smaller than that because of a phenomenon called “Brownian motion.” That means very small particles move in a jagged zig-zag pattern, which increases the chances they’ll get snagged.

So you’ve got a plan for a decent mask.

Now what?

Start taking Vitamin D

You should be taking a multivitamin. On top of that, the experts are starting to learn that if you’re topped off on Vitamin D, you probably have a lesser risk of dying from the coronavirus.

Hey, you might as well try.

You can take a supplement. You can drink milk and orange juice. You can eat salmon. You can make sure you spend half an hour outside.

Yes, every day.

No, you can’t just sit by your window and read.

I’m lazy. I checked.

Glass blocks the specific spectrum of light your body needs.

Start eating your veggies.

Your immune system likes healthy food.

Dark greens: Kale. Spinach. Broccoli. Asparagus. Plus onions and tomatoes. Even my 2-year-old eats kale now.

I mix up a bunch of vegetables and kale in a giant batch and pour balsamic and lemon juice all over it. Add some pepper and feta cheese, and some olive oil. I can eat that all day.

Start making elderberry syrup.

Some studies show it helps reduce the duration and severity of the flu and other viruses. Buying elderberry syrup in a bottle is expensive. So you can make your own. Just buy some elderberries in bulk. You can find all kinds of recipes for syrup online.

Stop drinking so much.

You’re going to need your liver.

Alcohol is bad for it, and basically everything else in your body. New studies have killed that cozy idea that drinking in moderation might improve your health. Basically, the downsides of boozing far outweigh the benefits. Alcohol might lower the risk of heart disease, but it increases the risk of cancer and liver disease. I know. This sucks.

We’ve all been using health as an excuse to justify drinking a helluva lot more than usual this year.

You’re gonna have to reel it in.

You get to drink once a week now, if that. And you get to have one or two drinks maximum. It’s almost, like, not even worth it.

Did you know the number one reason people drink is boredom? So I guess you’ll need to find a hobby.

Let’s move on to your mental and emotional health.

Learn to be okay with a mess.

For the first six months, I was all about chores. They relaxed me. Seeing a perfectly clean sink brought me peace. Folding laundry calmed me down. Then something changed.

Work got busy again. My toddler developed advanced mess-making skills. Keeping the house clean morphed into a set of expectations I was placing on myself. I sacrificed sleep to keep everything tidy.

This had to stop.

Upon reflection, I figured out what I was doing.

I was stress cleaning.

Chores were a way for me to feel like I had control.

Learn how to do nothing.

The answer to stress cleaning was learning to let go of control, as in literally just stop my brain and do nothing for ten or fifteen minutes. It was easier than I thought. I was ready for a break.

I just had to give myself one.

Now I’m cured. A handful of dirty dishes in the sink doesn’t stress me out anymore. I can’t afford to let it.

Doing nothing is the most relaxing thing in the world right now. It beats just about everything else.

Stop trying to relax.

Relaxing is overrated now. In the pandemic era, it doesn’t work. I finally realized that everything I was trying to do to “chill out” was just overstimulating or triggering me.

After a while, my favorite shows just made me think too much about the future, or too much about the past.

So just do nothing.

Or…

Stop your revenge bedtime procrastination.

We already weren’t getting enough sleep before the pandemic. Part of the problem is that we convince ourselves to stay up too late. We do that because we’re trying to steal back a part of our day.

They have the best names for everything.

Sleep is more important than ever. So when you’re tired, do what Samuel L. Jackson says. Just go the f*ck to sleep, man.

It’s almost winter.

You’re a mammal. Your body wants to hibernate.

Let it.

That doesn’t mean sleeping the next six months in a cave. But it does mean going to bed when you feel tired, regardless of what time it is. I’ve been going down around 10 pm some nights, about two or three hours early for my taste. But it’s giving me a lot more energy.

I wake up at 5 or 6 am, ready to go.

Finally become a morning person.

If you’re stuck in quarantine with family, then super early mornings are basically the only way you can work in peace now. Back in June, I could work under distraction and disruption. Sometimes I still can. But making that the norm was wearing me out.

So if I actually want to be productive, I’ll wake up at 4 am and work for a few hours before the kid arises.

It helps. It makes the rest of the day more relaxing.

Stop trying to not talk about the news.

You know what happens when you try to not talk about the news?

You think about it.

Then you talk about it anyway.

Then you feel guilty.

What a vicious cycle. If you want to gleefully speculate about when Trump’s going to have a relapse, then just do it.

Get it out of your system.

Remember to laugh.

Take the world seriously. But not that seriously.

We were all freaking out about the first presidential debate. The top Google search the next day was “move to New Zealand.”

Then Jim Carey and Alec Baldwin saved us. They reminded us how comically absurd that entire debate was.

Don’t forget to laugh.

It provides perspective. It also boosts your immune system.

So watch comedy. Tell jokes. Be sarcastic.

Find happiness where you can.

It surprises me how often I’m actually happy when I follow all this advice. It almost feels like the world isn’t falling apart.

I feel prepared for worst case scenarios.

I’m not scared of the bottom anymore. I know what we’ll be doing for the next six months, and I know what’s going to happen.

Now it’s just a matter of getting through it.

So upgrade your mask. Take your vitamins. Eat your veggies. Cool it with the alcohol. Go to sleep when you’re tired. Stop stress cleaning your house. Remind yourself how to just do nothing. Stop trying so hard to not be in a pandemic. Just be in it.

Source : Youngsters

7 Things a Loving Partner Doesn’t Do

Because they know what you’re worth to them.

“The quality of your life ultimately depends on the quality of your relationships . . . which are basically a reflection of your sense of decency, your ability to think of others, your generosity.” ― Esther Perel

re you a loving partner?

We all like to think we’re on the money with this one. But the truth is most of us fall into the “could do better” category.

Perfect doesn’t exist inside relationships — so that’s not the goal. The goal is to be as loving and supportive as you can, and to make an honest contribution to your relationship.

Obviously, that’s easier said than done. But the very first step is to rule out the things that will damage your relationship.

Here are seven things loving partners strive not to do.

7 Things a Loving Partner Doesn’t Do

“Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person is still going to think the sun shines out your ass. That’s the kind of person that’s worth sticking with.” — Juno

1. Pick fights unnecessarily.

Conflict is okay — even healthy — as a way of sorting out difficulties in a relationship. But some people pick fights for their own reasons —maybe they’ve been raised around conflict so they’re most comfortable on the “battle ground”; maybe they want to provoke a reaction from you; maybe they just hate their boss/job.

But someone who continually picks fights — and can’t enjoy the chill times — is hard to be with: they’ll end up making you anxious or causing you to shut down. A loving partner doesn’t go looking for trouble — they’ll address the issues that need sorting, but let the rest go.

2. Flirt with others in front of you.

It’s entirely human to be attracted to other people. It’s how you show it that makes all the difference to your relationship. Some people flirt because it’s habitual, almost ingrained in their personality. That’s fine if you don’t mind. But, if you do mind (and you’ve told them so), it’s disrespectful. A loving partner respects you and your feelings — so leaves you in no doubt that, to them, you are the most important person in the room.

3. Leave you guessing where they are.

Loving partners are not secretive; they’re open about where they are and who they’re with. If their plans change, they’ll call you or flick you a text. Because, in their excitement of being with others and whatever they’re doing, they haven’t forgotten about you. They’re thoughtful. And you matter.

4. Let you carry the load.

Relationships should be like a job share. You each do the “stuff” you’re good at/like so you’re both contributing. A loving partner won’t lie on the couch with a giant bag of chips and the remote while you do all the chores, sort the kids, pay the bills, mow the lawns, cook the dinner, organise your lives. A loving partner will contribute — willingly.

5. Overwhelm you with their struggles.

Some couples operate a “rock” and “rolling stone” system where one person provides the steadiness, and most of the support, for their more emotional partner. That’s fine if you’re both happy with it. But a loving partner who is going through a hard time will realise when enough is enough — they won’t exhaust you with their problems — they’ll make room for your “stuff” too.

6. Take aim at your vulnerabilities.

This is a low-blow and if you find yourself on the end of it your partner has gone beyond not being loving to being an asshole. Your partner shouldn’t take a crack at you where it really hurts — such as your body/physical appearance or personality. (But they are allowed to speak up for where something is hurting them, such as your untreated mental health issues or addictions). A loving partner will encourage and support you to work on the things YOU want to work on, but they’ll love you anyway.

7. Don’t make you №1.

You should feel like the top priority in your relationship. If you rank behind your partner’s friends or work or Pinterest account or phone or mountain bike or golf clubs or latest fitness fad, you’re in trouble. Independence is important, and you both need lives/friends of your own, but a loving partner will keep you at no. 1 — even when temptation beckons.

Source : Medium

Saturday, August 29, 2020

The Most Memorable Red Carpet Jewelry

 We often talk about the most memorable dresses that actresses wore to a red carpet event, but as awesome as those are, a lot of the time they also wear some pretty impressive jewelry and today is the day we’re going to give it the attention it deserves. After all, these accessories are often worth a lot of money and a lot of effort went into making these shiny gems look this good. So let’s do this!

1. Beyonce, 2017 Grammys

We talk a lot about her performance at the 2017 Grammys and how incredible she looked in that gold outfit. But do you remember what she wore when she wasn’t performing that night? Beyonce definitely loves her bling and this 400-carat necklace made by Lorraine Schwartz was worth 12 million dollars.

2. Lady Gaga, 2019 Oscars

Lady Gaga wore this massive yellow diamond to the Oscars in 2019 and it almost looked more impressive than the Oscar that she won. The Value of that necklace and earrings combo is estimated at $30 million. And interestingly enough this isn’t the first time someone wore this diamond, apparently, it’s the same diamond that Audrey Hepburn had in her necklace when she was promoting Breakfast At Tiffany’s.

3. Gloria Stuart, 1998 Oscars

We all remember the massive blue heart-shaped necklace from Titanic. The movie definitely set a trend for heart-shaped necklaces for years to come. The actress, Gloria Stuart, who played the old version of Rose in Titanic wore something similar enough to the Oscars. It was a blue diamond necklace that was worth $20 million.

4. Bella Hadid, 2017 Cannes

We don’t even want to think about the price tag of a necklace like that, but let’s all agree that it’s absolutely stunning. Not many people would think to pair a pale pink dress with a massive blue rectangular sapphire but clearly, it works. Then again, we’re pretty sure that a sapphire like that works with anything, especially if Bella is wearing it.

5. Rihanna, 2014 Diamond Ball

Rihanna knows how to dress to impress, that’s for sure. We loved the pink ensemble she wore to the Diamond Ball in 2014. What’s hard to tell is what’s more impressive, the massive pink tear-shaped rubellite or all the diamonds encrusted on the necklace. It’s definitely a work of art.

6. Sofia Vergara, 2013 Emmys

When you’re Sophia Vergara, you won’t be satisfied with just wearing one kind of gemstone. You have to wear them all, at once if possible. So she really did wear ruby, sapphire and emerald earrings to the Emmys. And then she chose to wear a diamond ring on each hand for good measure.

7. Emily Ratajkowski, 2017 Cannes

Emily also likes to dress up to the nines so to the 2017 Cannes Film Festival she wore this elaborate Bulgari necklace that featured rubies, diamonds and even an emerald. You gotta give her props, it’s quite a big and colorful necklace to pull off, but wearing it with a simple cream silk dress was definitely a great move.

8. Gal Gadot, 2019 Oscars

Wonder Woman, sorry, we mean Gal Gadot, really glammed up for the 2019 Oscars and wore a very art-deco necklace as her main accessory. It was a piece made by Tiffany and it actually features 1000 diamonds.

9. Margot Robbie, 2015 Oscars

Margot Robbie definitely looked stunning at the 2015 Oscars. That chunky necklace she’s wearing is so cool it has its own name. It’s called Zip Antique Columbine and it features sapphires and diamonds encrusted in gold. Oh, and yeah, that zip is fully functional.

10. Greta Gerwig, 2020 Oscars

This year’s Oscars were full of awesome accessories, but Greta Gerwig, the director of Little Woman wore a necklace that just mesmerized us. It featured 9 emeralds surrounded by 49 diamonds. It just looked so good and went so well with her greed dress!

Source : Youngsters

How to Tell if Someone Values You.

How to Tell if Someone Values You. 

They Will Do Most, If Not All of the Following.

They offer you their generally undivided focus and attention, the majority of the time you are in their company.

They return your phone calls and texts in a timely manner.

They do not routinely cancel on you.

They are not frequently late in a significant way.

They showcase a sense of openness and interest toward your life pursuits, passions, emotional experiences, and happenings.

They prioritize and make a point to spend time with you.

They don’t regularly leave you hanging.

They are interested in listening to and learning about who you are. Their actions will make this obvious.

They laugh with you.

They apologize when they mess up with you (and, you do the same with them).

They partake, at least a little bit, in the things that are important to you. Whether it’s attending your poetry reading or coming to hear your band play, reading your writing, inquiring about your latest cool project at work, listening to you recollect the wonderful time you had recently with a close friend, taking the time to hear about your children, you get the idea. They don’t have to do this all the time, or even a ton, but they should do it to a decent degree.

They are willing to compromise, to try places and things that you like or suggest (and, you should do the same with them as well).

They are trustworthy. You can feel confident and safe that the things you disclose to and confide in them will remain between the two of you unless otherwise specified.

They do not attempt to bully, manipulate, stronghold, or betray you.

They notice and thank you for the things you do, with and for them.

They pay attention to what’s happening in your life, to the things you love and loathe. They recall these.

They remember your birthday and other significant occasions (the first day of your new job and such).

They put down their phone, away entirely, when in your company. And they leave it away.

In short, it’s quite plain when a person values you. We often make this out to be something challenging and unclear, a thing that’s difficult to figure out and decipher.

It isn’t.

When a person holds you in respected and valued esteem, you won’t really have to wonder. Instead, you know it.

Source : Youngsters

Your Relationship Will Improve If You Stop Texting This One Way

Your Relationship Will Improve If You Stop Texting This One Way 

Use it for information, not communication.

A couple of years ago, my now husband and I attended a workshop for couples aptly titled “Rules of Engagement.” It would be at this very workshop where we’d learn something that would change how we both viewed texting and help improve communication within our relationship.

At least twenty couples were present at this workshop, all of different ages, races, ethnicities, religions, and orientations. Some were engaged, and some, like my partner and I, weren’t engaged yet, but in talks about marriage. Some also, like my partner and I, weren’t on their first marriage.

My skin prickled with nervousness as I scanned the room. There’s nothing like one failed marriage to make you wonder if you’ll have a second one in your future. My partner, sensing how tense I’d become, set his hand on my leg.

The moderator began with a doozy: “The person sitting next to you will be the person that makes you grow the most in your entire life. You’ll love them. You’ll hate them, but you’ll either grow together, or you’ll grow apart.”

I turned and looked at my partner and gave him a bit of a half-smile.

Then the moderator began with the first topic: communication. He scanned his eyes over the crowd of couples and said,

“When you text, use it for information, NOT communication.”

A few couples met each other’s eyes and laughed. We were one of them.

The difference, the moderator explained, is this:

“I’ll be there at 7.” (information)

vs.

“I hate how your mother always criticizes my parenting. It’s like she thinks I’m a terrible mother.” (communication)

“Things are always lost when you communicate over text, so don’t do it. Wait until you’re in front of each other. Look into each other’s eyes and tell your partner you don’t like how their mother talks to you. Do not do it over a text message.”

“You,” my partner said, taking my hand, “are the worst at that.”

I looked down sheepishly. I had to admit he was right.

Every person has likely committed this error at least once (or, if you’re like me, buckets of times). Texting is an easy way to connect with our loved ones when we’re away from them.

That moderator was right. There is so much lost when we text. The other person can’t see our facial expressions or our body language or hear how we’re voicing certain things. Without those things in place to flesh out how they should take something, they can fill in the gaps with awfulness and then you’ve got an unnecessary squabble on your hands.

UCLA professor Albert Mehrabian found that 55% of communication is through body language, 38% through vocal tone, pitch, and emphasis, and a mere 7% through words.

The reason why only 7% of our communication is based on words is because sometimes our words don’t match our body language.

Here’s an example: “I don’t have a problem with it,” you say, but your jaw is clenched and your arms are crossed over your chest. Your body language is clearly not matching your words. If you’d just texted that information, your partner wouldn’t know that you, in fact, did have a problem with it, and I bet your partner would be in for a world of fun when you met up.

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I, too often, have tried to use texts for communication instead of information. The photo I include above of a text message is a real one from a real conversation I attempted to have with my partner while he and I were both at work. Needless to say, I made things a lot worse by trying to do that over text.

Many people, like myself, choose to text these kind of things because it seems easier. Our phones are always within reach while our loved ones are not.

We also may want things settled now because we’re impulsive. I know when I’m feeling such a way, I want my partner to know now. Plus, my partner and I can be apart for twelve hours at a time, so that can feel like forever.

Further, I don’t like communicating my feelings in person. It makes me feel uncomfortable and vulnerable, and I don’t want to do that in front of anyone, even if it is my forever someone. Also as a writer, I just prefer to write over talk. Writing means I can delete, shape, and re-think things before sending them, while I can’t press “delete” once something has left my lips.

That workshop taught me, though, that it must be something I actively work on. There have been a few occasions now over the years where one of us has said to the other, “Hey, I think it’d be best if we waited to talk about this until later. Remember? Information, not communication?

We all want and deserve happier and healthier relationships, and if we could get that by giving up something as seemingly small as not sharing our feelings over text, why not do it? It could lead to you and your partner having the kind of intimacy and understanding you’d both want.

Source : Youngsters