This National Coming Out Day I am grateful for … each time I have to come out to my maternal grandma (because the mind is a tricky thing as we get older). She continues to love me each time after being slightly shocked. This was alarming the first time, but it has been kind ofContinue reading “This National Coming Out Day I am grateful for”
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Friends & Friend Zone – Adventures in Online Dating
When you dive into the world of online dating, there are a few things to learn about making friends and the friend zone: Let’s just be friends. If you went on a first date with someone and after the date y’all decided to just be friends, that is a friend you’ll never hear from. IfContinue reading “Friends & Friend Zone – Adventures in Online Dating”
Compromised
As another year passes by I see how conversations about dating with friends don’t only revolve around the intricacies of asking someone out or the friend zone. It also revolves around the delicateness of hooking up and friends with benefits. Asking someone out, the friend zone and friends with benefits all have their own struggles,Continue reading “Compromised”
Be. More. Invested.
On the brink of graduation and truly for the last year I’ve noticed a lack of investment in people when it comes to our platonic relationships and potential romances. I’m not naïve or lacking the idea that all types of relationships are two-way. Too often people want you to meet them three-quarters down the road.Continue reading “Be. More. Invested.”
Bold Touches: Eyes Shaded
Last weekend in preparation for travels, I took a break from working on a class project to grab dinner with friends and buy needed items before packing my bag that night. Tallahassee each month hosts “First Friday” in Railroad Square, and there is a vintage store with an array of items. Shopping in vintage storesContinue reading “Bold Touches: Eyes Shaded”
Simply Try
How scary and exciting this feels! To travel back to the place that four years ago represented another set of ideals and hopes. How amazing life is in that we never know where our journey will take us just a few years later. The people we will meet and the experiences that will change us.Continue reading “Simply Try”
Bold Touches: Brunch
Sunday brunch is one of my favorite activities to catch up with friends over, especially as a twenty-something. One of my friends interned in NYC this summer, so we decided to catch up over brunch at her home with her roommate. I wanted to soak in all things big city from her, even though myContinue reading “Bold Touches: Brunch”
What Is a Connection?
I walked to my scooter and contemplated – when feels like the right moment to go after someone romantically. I saw these two guys exchange numbers towards the end of our Pride Student Union open house after talking back and forth throughout the event. I thought about my crush. or as I like to say,Continue reading “What Is a Connection?”
Fuck Yes or No
A friend shared with me this great article by Mark Manson , but if you allow it, this article extends beyond sexuality and even dating but to friendships and work. I aim to stick to original content, but found this truly inspiring with great points. More vulgar than usual posts, but let’s all say, “FuckContinue reading “Fuck Yes or No”
Happily Single
I sat on the Emerald Coast beach on the way back from a weekend trip to my hometown. A close friend and her boyfriend frolicked in the water together as I laid on a blue towel taking in the setting. I watched as these two people I know, and who genuinely care about each otherContinue reading “Happily Single”
Jarryd Boyd, Life + Relationships Coach 