With everything going on in our world these days, friends are essential to our health. I don’t have family nearby, so maintaining my friendships is especially important, especially those friendships with history. It takes effort, but staying in contact with as many of our friends as possible is a priority for most of us. In fact, I’ve put a name to this and say I’m dating my friends. Not so weird since I write a…

Try On a Naturally Positive Attitude  I had another of those relationship discussions recently with a few single friends. What they have in common is all have plunged into online dating.  And everyone agrees that online dating is more painful than a dental scaling and root planing of all four quadrants of your mouth.  With one exception.  Miranda (not her real name), has no complaints about internet dating.  She dumped her boyfriend of two years,…

Don't Get Overwhelmed by the Strangeness of it All  If you’re new to dating, you can get overwhelmed with anxiety about details, like what to wear, or fear that you won’t recognize your date in a crowded bar. "She'll see I'm fifteen pounds overweight," said a friend going on his first meet in two years. Other friends worry their date won't resemble his profile photo. "I lied about my height, but only by an inch,"…