1. Today wasn’t as much as a write-off as Saturday but it was pretty unproductive. Not to mention, I didn’t even venture out of my apartment to get any fresh air.
2. Turns out my washing machine has quite the sucking power! Not only did it suck the life out of two of my new favorite shirts but it also left them tangled in their own threads! Oh my gosh!
3. A little while ago, on MySpace, I posted an “Amy’s Top Ten Dating Rules & Guidelines”
Well today Ryan and I watched “The Break-up” and I found myself trying to create some kind of list about relationship rules. We all talk about what to do and what not to do when dating, but what happens when you get the girl/guy? Afterall, getting the girl/guy is the easy part. It’s keeping them that’s the hard part.
4. For your amusement, here’s my rough attempt at creating some kind of relationship 101 list.
Amy’s Top Ten Relationship Rules & Guidelines for the Newcomer
- Never let a girl walk away crying or cry alone, and if she does, always go get her. We girls have all watched the soap operas and we all were jealous when the main hottie ran after the girl and planted a big wet kiss on her. Every girl wants a knight in shinning armor to sweep her off her feet.
- Despite your poor ability at mind reading, sometimes you just need to let her vent. Women are emotional creatures, men are rational thinkers… let her do what comes natural to her. Most of the time, all she really wants you to do is be an ear to vent to or a shoulder to cry on.
- Men are simple creatures and so don’t try to confuse them with any confusing overly dramatic plot lines. Just be open, honest and make sure you know how to really talk to each other.
- Never go to bed angry. It’s not healthy. This will only serve for one of you to forget the matter and allow it to simmer in the other person. Solve problems as they arise. Most of what goes wrong in relationships can be traced to hurt feelings.
- Know your needs and speak up for them clearly. A relationship is not a guessing game, nor is it meant to mold and change people. You can’t change people, they must want to change and do it on their own.
- A relationship is all about being a team. However, knowing how to negotiate within this team is what will make it run more smoothly.
- Learn to listen. Empathy is crucial here. Look at things from your partner's perspective as well as your own. There is after all, two sides to a coin!
- Maintain your energy, stay healthy, and never underestimate the power of good grooming! Now that you’ve got the girl/guy, now is definitely not the time to let it all hang loose and let go of your looks. Maintaining the initial physical attraction will not only send you to work Monday morning clicking your heels but it will also help to keep those butterflies in her stomach.
- Stay open to spontaneity. Always keep things happening in your existing relationship!
- Dating was a game but a relationship is work. Get to work!
5. Started writing in my “The Nothing Book”. That’s the actual printed title of the book too. It’s consists of about 200 blank pages and I bought it at my much loved Alpha Store. It’s now my book of silly poems.
6. Admitted that I still read Shel Silverstein poems and can recite a handful of them too despite the fact that they’re elementary level.
7. Looks like the curse of being a foreign cutie has caught up with me again as random and multiple phone calls from Je Min started up again. Ha, ha, ha.
8. Ryan has mastered a new dance move. I think it’s called “The bouncing bum thrust”. It’s a bit of Michael Jackson mixed with a dash of Elvis and Ricky Martin. Not only is it an interestingly dangerous move for him to perform but it’s also dangerous for onlookers! Ha, ha, ha.
9. Ryan took out the coffee table with his new dance move!
10. Ahhhhh…. tummy ache from all the laughing.
QUESTION OF THE DAY…
Do you do that in public?
QUOTE OF THE DAY…
Stop before you hurt yourself.
-- Me.
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