tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51241230466684203.post6325896031820307025..comments2009-11-28T22:48:44.099-08:00Comments on Phem: Web | Blog | Magazine: Love, Sex and Happily Ever AfterBrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00455137780266585170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51241230466684203.post-49279894119450682442009-11-28T22:24:18.836-08:002009-11-28T22:24:18.836-08:00The scripts repeated for us in many formats and re...The scripts repeated for us in many formats and reinforced by large enough portions of U.S. society create impossible expectations. But they do more than that. My experience is that I could not understand love, how to participate in a healthy relationship (or recognize one for that matter). It also presents people as either romantic or not-romantic. Friendships are a continuum of affection Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51241230466684203.post-34281749512215044622009-11-09T20:18:29.418-08:002009-11-09T20:18:29.418-08:00Laura J. Ray said:
Oh this piece brought tears to ...Laura J. Ray said:<br />Oh this piece brought tears to my eyes. Very moving, yet so right down to the point.<br /><br /><br />Melinda said:<br />This is probably one of my biggest struggles. I can not just be pleasant to please others. It is a process to be in a relationship!! The happy comes with the work it takes to be in a relationship. Not to mention the self discovery and growth that comes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51241230466684203.post-67555917451829705502009-11-09T13:32:09.867-08:002009-11-09T13:32:09.867-08:00"Happily ever after" is quite the misnomer. A dial..."Happily ever after" is quite the misnomer. A dialogue I had regarding the fairy tale ideology reflected on what happens within the "happily ever after".<br /><br />No one discusses how the Prince has a co-dependent relationship with his mother who rules every aspect in the relationship, or how the Prince/Queen may have Oedipal issues that translates into an unexistent sex paledamianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651489925544889145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51241230466684203.post-61226455441191269532009-11-09T13:25:07.507-08:002009-11-09T13:25:07.507-08:00You know, it's amazing how much pressure we are un...You know, it's amazing how much pressure we are under to have sex when we are younger. I lost my virginity considerably younger than you and was seriously traumatized by it; I literally knew nothing about sex. Literally. And so I didnt have sex again for a long time; I was scared and did not see what all the excitement was about. It wasn't until I was two years into a serious relationshipBrook Bueskinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00455137780266585170noreply@blogger.com