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My phone is alleging that this is a scam potential  because the security certificate expired.  Just saying.

One thing I have noticed about all the women I have had relationships with in the past (not a high number, I assure you,) is that there is a pattern of mismatched love. In every case one person's feelings are intense and the other person's feelings are muted. One person treats the relationship...

In two days, I am attending some hoity-toity gathering in Los Angeles. It is not black tie, and there is no indication of a dress code. It's going to be open bar, heavy appetizers, and a number of medium-to-low-level celebrities will be there. The thing is, I ******* hate parties. A friend of...

People will sometimes ask me, "Are You Happy?" It is a question that I have never been able to answer with any amount of clarity.  Usually I say, "I guess," or even more accurately, I say, "I dunno," and shrug my shoulders. And honestly, I am not sure what happiness is. What is the state of...

TL-DR: I am going to start lying about my age because I am tired of correcting people who get it wrong.  ---------- I just turned 50 yrs old. It was a quiet transition into my second half-century (if I last that long.)  Now, if you go through my posting history, you will see that I have...

I have posted here before about how youthful I look. The other day, some guy assumed I was 24 or 25, but I am a few weeks away from my 50th birthday. (Yes. If you are actually 50, people would probably guess that I am your son. It has happened before.) So, here's my question: What is the...

If you could become any living person other than yourself, who would you be?

I'm American (for the benefit of those here who are not,) and our NFL season starts in a few days. I am part of a fantasy football league with a couple of friends. One of them is a good friend of mine; a woman who, for weeks, mentioned how I could help her in her first fantasy football draft. I...

I recently told my sister how dreadfully lonely I felt. Instead of the comfort I wanted, my sister one-upped me by confessing that she had no friends except for her husband. I told her I had friends who never responded to my offers to do things. She said, "At least you have friends," to which I...

I co-host a podcast with three women, and we all identify ourselves as Introverts. I am more the quiet type, but as soon as the mic goes on, you'd never know that I was an introvert. The others have variations of introversion, and I wondered if there are any introverts who can relate. One of my...

Why is it that when I get more depressed and lonely that I push away the people who could help me the most? I'm having a difficult time being between jobs and having to move three times in the last few months, and my friends know I am struggling. But I've been doing something lately that seems...

I have been under a depression on and off for a few years now, and today it all came to a somewhat shocking realization. I am killing myself, very slowly, by not eating. This isn't what I want. I don't want to die, but I am struggling to get out of bed, struggling to maintain my weight, and...

I used to be a regular user of a particular dating site. I'd get a date with someone, it'd last for a little while, and then it'd fizzle out, and I'd try again. Or, the coffee date would happen, and there would be no connection, and I'd have to start back at square one. This cycle repeated...

This is long, so I hope you like reading. I just finished watching an interview with filmmaker George Lucas. Lucas discusses selling his company to Disney, and since there is a new Star Wars film out that has nothing to do with him, Lucas was asked if he was okay with that. He said he follows...

My ex-wife just texted me a few hours ago to tell me that her husband had died the day before Thanksgiving (here in the States.) I had not communicated with her in five or six years, and suddenly, WHAMMO. This was, certainly, a horrible thing to happen to her during the holiday season. However...

This is an article titled, "The 8 Most Unexpected Advantages of Anxiety." I found it rather comforting in some areas. http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/12/the-8-most-unexpected-advantages-of-anxiety.php If you don't wish to click the link, here is the list (with my comments for clarification. I...

The title of the thread is a play upon the Simon and Garfunkel lyric, "Hello darkness, my old friend." This isn't about darkness as it is self sabotaging thoughts. In about an hour after writing this, I will be expected at a smallish Thanksgiving dinner that starts at noon. (That's how we roll...

Here in America, the time known as "the holiday season" traditionally begins on the fourth Thursday of November, which is our Thanksgiving, and extends all the way to New Year's Day. That's thirty-six days of holiday music, family members we don't want to see, engorging ourselves with cookies...

A couple of days ago was the tenth anniversary of my mother's death. This event changed me forever. Back in November 2004, I got the news from my Dad over the phone. Dad spoke in a serious, but traditionally hardened manner. His voice never cracked. He did not cry. It was as if he were talking...

I feel like I am starving for social contact after what happened today. I had plans to see a movie with a close friend of mine today. These moments are all I need satisfy my desire for sociability. I don't need much, and the positive effects last for a good while. Unfortunately, at the last...