Tip: Trust someone! Remember not everyone is in competition or out to get you. I’m not saying trust blindly, but having faith in others is healthy. Allow your trust to be adjusted according to the type of relationship. For example, … Continue reading RS Tips: Trust someone!
Tip: Don’t let FEAR lead your life. We know that fear is a natural emotion. Remember, it’s how we let that fear stop or cripple us that becomes the true problem. A healthy way to look at fear is to … Continue reading RS Tips: Don’t let FEAR lead your life.
Asking Sunshine, I am a working mother with an active 1 year old who I just adore. I am extremely busy almost every day of the week, with child care, work, a relationship and caring for my aging mother; there … Continue reading Repost: Asking Sunshine: Finding balance as the “Everywoman”
Asking Sunshine! Hi Sunshine, I have been really close with a female for the last 3 years and she didn’t know I liked her a lot. I decided to tell her recently and she told me she wants to stay friends. I know that I am her type of guy; we enjoy the same things, I can make her laugh and when she is upset or hurting I’m the one there. When she is talking about her life, dreams and the type of man she wants, I know I can be her man and help support those dreams. What should … Continue reading Asking Sunshine: The Friend Zone!
Asking Sunshine Hey Sunshine, I am about to blow your mind, because I’ve got a bunch of stuff going through my mind at this point. I hope you can help. I recently met this dude on Twitter and we’ve been exchanging direct messaging for a few days. I’m not delusional and won’t claim to know him at all (I only know what he tells me about him). I know it could be a lie. Here is my issue, sis, I think I would like to have sex with him. He sends me photos of himself kind of naked and it … Continue reading Asking Sunshine: Considering Casual Sex
Asking Sunshine Hey Sunshine, A co-worker recently set me up with their friend through Facebook. However, once I looked through his photo albums, I noticed that he has a small child. I don’t date men with children (too many horror stories) and I’m just not trying to take those issues on. I have two questions: 1. Am I wrong for not wanting to date a man with children? 2. How do I word this gently without hurting the feelings of my co-worker and his friend? Dear Dating Preference: No Kids OK, let me start by saying that everyone is allowed … Continue reading Asking Sunshine…Dating Preference: No Kids
Asking Sunshine I have been married for almost 10 years; for the first 5-6 years of my marriage it was just my husband and I. We are both extremely busy professional people; yet we always found time for date night, spending time with our separate friends, travelling and just really enjoying life. Fast forward to current day our lives have totally changed; we are the parents of two small children (2 ½ and 4). When they were younger, adjusting to them felt natural, but now it is causing strain in our marriage. My husband has not complained openly but I … Continue reading Asking Sunshine: Married with Children
Asking Sunshine I have had an on-again, off-again kind of relationship with a guy for about three years. Recently, we have tried to really make it work for real this time, but the results are an interesting mix of chaos and harmony, with the chaos being explosive arguments, digs under the belt, and me trying hard to be better FOR him. My spirit is LOUD in telling me we’re not for each other, but there is so much history there, and I love him at the very least as a close friend. How can I get over this ideal of … Continue reading Asking Sunshine: Dating While Friends
Asking Sunshine Because of how life has moved for both of us, and timing of my early educational pursuits in the midst of my parents’ divorce, I have a much distanced relationship with my father. Long story short, we keep in touch, but there is no REAL relationship there. I love him very much, but it’s always extremely uncomfortable trying to talk with him. We are literally just alike, so I understand him more than he knows, but sometimes it feels like there’s a gaping wound in our relationship that no one is willing to approach, so it will always be … Continue reading Asking Sunshine: Distant Daughter
Female friendship and issues of trust… Where it all starts… When I was younger, I, like many females had hurtful relationships with other females. I remember the first time I realized friendship requires trust and that trust can be easily broken. I was around thirteen and attending a church camp with my best friends. I knew this was going to be a great summer; that feeling quickly changed when camp started. I found myself at the center of a love triangle I never knew existed. The girl I had called best friend since 2nd grade was spreading rumors that I … Continue reading Rebuilding Trust in Our Female Relationships
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