Archive for the 'dilemma' Category

Honesty vs. courtesy

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Tell me, dear readers, which of the two is worse?
A person who dislikes you for exceedingly petty reasons, yet is overly nice to your face?
Or a person who dislikes you for exceedingly petty reasons and acts cold as ice towards you?
(And, why yes, this is related to my last post, thanks for asking.)

A bad influence?

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

My friend Anna is getting married this weekend. In true Anna fashion, it is being held in a campsite, with s’mores replacing the more traditional wedding cake. By all accounts, it was stacking up to be a wonderful weekend.
That is, until things got complicated.
I was always aware that Anna came from an extremely religious background. [...]

Economy Talk

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

As twentysomethings, I’m sure a lot of you have felt the effects of this whole credit crisis/recession/worst economy ever thing. It seems to me like many of the “solutions” contradict each other. On one hand, Obama is putting a few extra dollars in our paychecks in order for us to go and “stimulate” the economy. [...]

And then my heart stopped

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

In order for you to understand, you need to quickly read this.
It’s okay, I will wait.
That guy? Let’s call him Jack. And let’s also keep in mind two things, 1) that I’m horrified that I have become a girl who is using blogging to solely discuss a heartbreaking boy situation and 2) that such a [...]

Oblivious

Monday, December 8th, 2008

This weekend was my office Christmas party. As we sat at the end of a long table filled with co-workers and spouses, a co-worker of mine came to speak to us. To put it into context, he and I have known each other very casually for several years, but have gotten to know one another [...]

Friend break-ups

Monday, September 29th, 2008

As discussed in the post below, sometimes an unfortunate theme of our twenties is forgetting to put the work into our cherished friendships. However, today, I’m here to talk about the flip side– what to do about friendships that may have passed their prime.
As a general rule, it always seems a little easier to keep [...]

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