Happy Gaybirthday, David and may the New Year bring you to an even better place!
So, what then are relationships for? The excitement of a conquest? Not being alone? Is there nothing more to all this relationship business?...
I could not resist responding to a fellow Montrealer (even a former one)! Welcome to EC! Ah couples! Especially those married with children. Life...
All learning is a little death, isn’t it? Paradigm shifts, uncomfortable truths, cognitive dissonance, all the mourning one goes through by the...
Nietzsche would advise us all to embrace "amor fati" or, the love of one`s fate, no matter what that fate is. In other words, in his...
Hi Dionysos, So happy for you! A propos; I recently learned of this beautiful quote (my bold): "Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an...
Hi JonathanW, I noticed in the little description box to the left of your message that you identify as gay...does this mean the question is...
Hey Dionysios, So happy to see your evolution toward a fully gay life! What your scientist friend told you is about right...I am at the six-year...
Hey lostjedi, Time to give yourself a bit of a break...it took me until I was 53 to realize I am gay, it's not that old...One of the most shocking...
Hi Jguy, What you are experiencing is one of the most perplexing and troubling aspects of modern life. Loneliness is a phenomenon of the way we...
Dear Butterfly6 All of the above advice is excellent and well-worth exploring. We have such poor conceptions of ourselves, and we often make...
Very true, hence the importance of abstaining from reaching any conclusions around self-worth. It is not the situation that makes us suffer, but...
Nerdbrain is actually on to something... There is a book called The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a...
Oh, the wickedness of certain words...like "only" or "small"... or "it is just so and so...". We are whole human beings, we are not made up of...
It is an ancient and important philosophical debate; this struggle between being too true to be good, or too good to be true... Authenticity is...
Authenticity is better understood by its opposite. We are frequently put off by "inauthentic" people...those who behave in a certain way, or say...
Welcome to EC, Halley! As you grow older, you will realize that true and life-long friends will be few and far between...I count two for myself,...
She is hoping you will change so she won't have to...most people are profoundly afraid of change; they will cling to whatever hope or wishful...
Feelings are fleeting, and love is no exception. I do love, with intention; to love is a verb.
Here’s a thought-experiment: imagine you are not in the later-in-life category, you have no relationship with anyone, no commitment to anything,...
