Relationships

Conditioning and Masturbation

As much as I hate to admit it, I can be conditioned. The idea that gets me through my arduous hate of my own conditioning is that I have faith that I can also be unconditioned (for the technical out there, “unconditioned” is like negative reinforcement). In order to be unconditioned, however, I have come . . . → Read More: Conditioning and Masturbation

Marriage. Overthrown.

We don’t intend to remain single. For the general population, being single is just a phase, a stage of life to move out of into adulthood, and ultimately, marriage. And for good reason: married workers can receive up to 25 percent more pay than unmarried individuals as a result of health and pension opportunities. Insurance . . . → Read More: Marriage. Overthrown.

V Day

On behalf of V Day:

Embrace Your Inner Girl

The Price of Stagnancy

I like people who show excitement about their lives—maybe because my emotions are written on my face, and I like it when I can tell what other people are feeling too. My friend Paul is one of those people that embraces his happiness and shows the world. You can just feel the goodness when you . . . → Read More: The Price of Stagnancy

Countering the Commentary

As a blog writer, I have embraced the excitement I feel when readers interact with me via commentary. You can see, however, that I have received very few comments, so the excitement gets sort of bottled up until I am notified that I have one. Today, my message box alerted me that I had one . . . → Read More: Countering the Commentary

Jealousy #1

I am going to make my first attempt at answering the jealousy question. What jealousy question, do you ask? Scroll down and read the “Top Ten Questions” posted below. If you are too lazy to scroll down, I would typically be inclined to say, “Sack up and do it, slacker.” However, tonight, I am feeling . . . → Read More: Jealousy #1

What About Love?

Two years ago, the idea of non-monogamy was still just a theory in my head; I hadn’t conceived how to practically apply it to my life. I had many questions about non-monogamy that I wanted to answer before the theory could conceptualize into practical application, and I decided to begin with my romantic side, and . . . → Read More: What About Love?

A little about me.

I have always had a crush on Jay Gatsby. And I have always latently blamed the late, Great Gatsby for my initial campaign against traditional marriage. You see, when I was a fifteen-year-old high school English student, I couldn't help but advocate for Gatsby's cause and create my first critique on the institution of marital bliss.

Gatsby and Daisy were the titular characters of my paper defining the basis of my critique on marriage—that vows allow for a general stagnancy due to the lack of necessary relational reassessment. Instead of marriage, I posed that committed relationships should be contractual, spelling out expectations, and the general unspoken entitlements of monogamy would not be presumed. The contract would be subject to re-evaluation on an annual basis, and could be dissolved according to the agreed upon "relational separation" clause. Granted this rationale has grown over the years, but the main point remains intact...Read More!

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