“Garage Sale of Biblical Proportions” was the sign our neighbors (Jeff & Marie) erected to announce their garage sale last weekend. The wife and I figured this was a real can’t miss event, so we ambled over to see what goodies they had that we couldn’t live without. Fortunately, there was no treasure in their […]
Month: April 2014
The Top Ten Excuses for NOT Talking to Your Mate Part Two
Last week I began listing the Top Ten Most Common Excuses for NOT Talking to Your Mate. Here is a brief review of Excuses 10 – 6: Excuse # 10: The Smartphone. A text or phone call is allowed to interrupt anything. Excuse # 9: The job. For some, the dirty little secret is that […]
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The Top Ten Excuses for NOT Talking to Your Mate Part One
What three qualities make for a great relationship? In nearly every survey one word will always appear: communication. Then why do so many couples make every effort to avoid talking with each other? Here are my top ten excuses men and women use to avoid meaningful personal interaction. The list is not in any particular […]
Twelve Timely Rules for Texting
No one likes rules until they are broken and the hurt is on you; then you want someone to enforce them. With texting, like so many other things in the uncharted universe of social media, there is nothing like Moses’ 10 Commandments to set the standard for acceptable social discourse. So, doing my imitation of […]
Texting Addiction – How bad is it? Part 2
Does addictive texting foster or abate loneliness? Texting is a very useful technology however there is a real negative side to it. Besides the dangers previously referred to in these columns, there is a real problem with texting when there is conflict between texters. A Brigham Young University study* found that men and women in […]