“Emotional violence is another kind of abuse … it’s not about words because an emotionally abusive person doesn’t always resort to using the verbal club, but rather the verbal untraceable poison.” ~ Augusten Burroughs It was after reading the above passage in a book I recently completed by Augusten Burroughs that I stopped dead [...]
Marriage. It’s a topic discussed frequently at my age. I’m turning 25 this week and it becomes a looming ‘passing of age’ requisite into adulthood. When I read discussions between people who are pro Choice Marriage Vs. Arranged Marriage I think: What’s the difference? It’s like arguing whether suicide is better than murder. In [...]
What do religious expression, goodwill, friendship, and romance all share in common? They’re all neatly packaged holidays that we only have to deal with once or twice a year. If you’re like most of us, the last time you gave someone a present was probably on their birthday, Christmas, anniversary, mothers or fathers day, or [...]
Love. It has inspired artists to cut off their ears and spread their bodies with cow dung. It has inspired musicians to write countless ballads, odes, melodies and symphonies – and has driven writers to produce numerous poems, sonnets, limericks, haiku’s, novels and volumes of prose in its name. Love pervades every aspect of our lives and [...]
She has slender legs, long blond hair and is graceful with feminine coolness. I’ve got cellulite, dandruff and acne, and I walk like a constipated elephant. He has masculine chiselled features, a toned body, and a charming, charismatic personality. I’ve got bounteous facial hair, buckteeth, and a voice that sounds like a strangled donkey. Sound familiar [...]
Suddenly it dawned on me. This novel I’d been laboring over since 2008, had the precise same unoriginal marker as countless other novels on the market – the “bad boy”, one of the important central characters in my story. Indeed many stories, mostly written by introverted women, have this great defining and simultaneously homogeneous feature. Why? Because people lap it [...]
Writing an original online dating profile can be quite a challenge. If you’re practical minded like me, you might be tempted to use bullet points to describe yourself – that you borrowed from a used car website: White. Reliable. Cheap. Female driver, rarely used. Good condition, sheltered at night. Some evidence of bumper damage. [...]
PART 4: DATING - For those who are dating an introvert. They are charmingly unique, and captivating to be with…but there are still some things you are confused about when it comes to deciphering the strange habits and behaviours of your loner love. If you are an introvert* yourself, you will already know and understand [...]
PART 3: MEETING – For those who want to meet their introverted friend or lover, after reading Part 2. As the inevitable end to your online escapade, you will at some time or another wish to meet your special person* – as much as that makes you want to hyperventilate against your computer [...]
“Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.” – Emily Dickinson, poet and famous loner. Elusive, mysterious, and eternally quirky – it isn’t hard to see why the introvert in all their reclusiveness can quickly turn into an object of fascination… and even love. Introverts are enchanting. For [...]
PART 2: FINDING – For those who have found an introverted* friend or lover, after reading Part 1. Once you have found your possible partner there are a number of factors you must keep in mind when preparing to meet. Here are some pointers for this blossoming stage of dating an introvert: #1 Don’t procrastinate. [...]
Sol & Luna Old souls. Lovers of gnomes, books, rainy days and all things bizarre. Celebrators of solitude. Creators of LonerWolf: a sanctuary for the disconnected, displaced and misunderstood.
