Tag: Relating

Parallel Lives & Things People Don’t Talk About

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I’ve been friends with this woman for going on twenty years. It’s impossible not to notice our live run parallel to each other in many ways and on many levels.    We constantly call each other to talk about something that is happening in ou…

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Shack Man Questions: Black Sheep, Weaving Fantasy

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“I’m curious, do you think he was an unhealed black sheep of his family? Was there any hope for him, or were his wounds too deep? Also, did your radar ever go off early on about him, or was he just that skilled at weaving a fantasy of who he was …

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Dealing With Widespread Emotional Devastation

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Few make it though life without suffering an emotionally devastating event. I’ve been writing about one of these periods in my life, but what prompts me to write this post, is all the doom predictions. As an example, let’s look at AI and jo…

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Pessimists vs Optimists 

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Tonya wrote on Venus Inconjunct Pluto – Projection in 2015: “The bottom line is that not everyone is an optimist. There are those of us that are pessimists or what I call realists. The crap seems to keep coming and no matter what one tries …

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The Depth & Complexity Of Each Individual

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We tend to talk about relationships, conceptually. It’s fine, but I feel it falls short next to really analyzing the interaction between two or more individuals. I tell stories for many reasons. One of the reasons I am writing, Shack Man, is that…

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Lack of Regret & Your Love Life

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Years ago, I asked people about regret on this site. People overwhelming said they had no regrets. It was a tagine at the time, but  I was still very surprised. I had many regrets, mostly around my mouth going off. But egads, I definitely had regrets a…

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Shack Man: Various Realities

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Catch up here – Shack Man Chapter Nineteen – Various Realities I heard every word my sister said, but it didn’t add up. Outside of the visit to the memorial, I thought this trip was nothing more than a dog and pony show for Shack’s family. I saw it thi…

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Shack Man – Pisces Threats

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Catch up here – Shack Man Chapter Eighteen – Pisces Threats I’m talking to my sister.  We’re leaving in the morning. “…I doubt it will be that bad,” I say. “I don’t. I hope it not worse. It’s up to him. He better not…

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What You Don’t Like About The Other Person

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I wasn’t born, understanding projection.  I had to learn about it via interacting with other people. I think this is typical.  This is on my mind, because I learned about projection via my relationship with Shack Man. In simple terms, he was a we…

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Shack Man – Love Shack, Baby, Love Shack!

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Catch up here – Shack Man Chapter 9 – Love Shack, Baby, Love Shack! Friday came. By now, I could see, Shack Man was utterly competent. I put myself in his hands, entirely. Rather than a quick dinner and run out there, we took the the long scenic …

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