#RealDeal: 10 lessons learned while being 28

#RealDeal: 10 lessons learned while being 28

I guess I just never realized how closed off emotionally I have been my whole life. The Shaman tried telling me a few times ... (very very very much appreciate all your help Brendan), but it took falling in love for me to actually see it. You can't see how selfish you are as a person until you have to become selfless. I can hear some of our earlier conversations and I'm genuinely embarrassed. I know I can't go back, and I know there's nothing I can do about it, but I even apologized to my dad the other day. I thought back to how selfish I was as a teenager, young adult, ::whispers:: and even when I was a-not-so-young-adult. He of course just laughed, and said it's what you do as a parent when you love your child.

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#NerdsUnite: Gratitude for Love in Your Life

#NerdsUnite: Gratitude for Love in Your Life

All of us go through personal victories and tragedies. The difference is in how we perceive these experiences. One can downplay the positives and dwell on the negatives. This will make life hell. On the other hand, you can have a beautiful life if we have a sense of gratitude for all the little positives that are manifested in our life.

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#RealDeal: 5 ways to offer each other extra space to enhance relationship

#RealDeal: 5 ways to offer each other extra space to enhance relationship

Relationship begins to decay, in case any of the partners start to feel suffocated due to the partner’s over clinginess. Couples interested to enhance their relationship and make much stronger should try out different ways that would assist them to understand each other better and to give that much needed space. It is to be remembered that being into relationship is not just a game, but requires plenty of effort for maintaining it. Moreover, it also needs to pass through every test and remain intact.

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#NerdsUnite: 5 nerdy and dirty gift ideas for your woman

#NerdsUnite: 5 nerdy and dirty gift ideas for your woman

Fello nerds and geeks, in the decades that passed we may have been considered bad, unimaginative lovers and prudes like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. Today we rule the world and are highly sought after by the opposite sex, mostly so for our imagination and non stop innovation in all fields, bed included.

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#RealDeal: Relationships are more than just a status or a plus one
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#RealDeal: Relationships are more than just a status or a plus one

I sat up in bed yesterday morning for two hours before my alarm was set to go off. Instead of trying to count sheep, or will myself back into a slumber - I grabbed my headphones and put on my favorite playlist (which is a collection of love songs).

I smiled looking over at my still sleeping boyfriend as Spotify shuffle had selected "our song." (Which is actually too personal to post.) I then closed my eyes still trying to go to sleep.

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#NerdsUnite: Tips to discover if the guy has an existing relationship
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#NerdsUnite: Tips to discover if the guy has an existing relationship

It is necessary for every girl to find out if the boy that she is trying to date has an existing relationship or not. This is very much essential so that she can have a wonderful and romantic life. Being a woman, no girl would like to portray herself as chasing the man, instead of the opposite. Hence, asking directly this question to the guy would be a wrong way to portray oneself.

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#ThatAwkwardMomentWhen: You become a fish out of water
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#ThatAwkwardMomentWhen: You become a fish out of water

Without too much of a backstory (as I tend to ramble) … earlier this year, I went on a dating detox that actually lead me (at first reluctantly) into a pretty specfuckingtacular relationship. He's not only my best friend … he is like a sensei. Outside of my parents who taught me my ABC's and basic morals, I've never learned so much from a single person.

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#TrueStory: My Conversation With A Spider
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#TrueStory: My Conversation With A Spider

After getting out of the shower this morning, I saw a small-ish creepy brown spider trying to get out of the sink. Instinct kicked in and I turned on the water and started rinsing him down. He fought it hard, and my empathy kicked in. “You’re right, that was rude, I’m sorry.” I literally said that out loud as I turned off the water.

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#RealDeal: Burdens of a Bouncer
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#RealDeal: Burdens of a Bouncer

I haven't been a bouncer for long. Lord knows I have far less stories to tell than the average seen it all bouncer at any bar. I can only say that being a bouncer puts you in another world. A world where you are what stands between the drinker and the drink they want.

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