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I can't talk to my sister. I know this. I have learned this over the years. She used to call me on the phone every day and then complain that I never called her. But talking to her all the time made me crazy. It made me ranty, angry, tear-my-hair-out crazy. I couldn't get a word in edgewise but then she would accuse me of never telling her anything about myself. I would call her on that and then she would let me have the telephone floor, but I could hear the wheels in her head turning about what her next topic would be, so what was the point.  Read more >

I've been back into this dating thing for a while, now, I guess, but really only half-heartedly. I just haven't found any guy who has gotten my full attention. But I seem to get the full attention  of lots of guys. And because I am often accused of being too picky, of not seeing opportunity, of closing off avenues before I've even tried them out, I go out with these guys. I exchange pleasantries and phone numbers. And then they text. And I respond because I'm polite. And because I don't want my friends to accuse me of being too picky.  Read more >