Posted by Staff on March 20th, 2007 — Posted in Sibling Relationships
Sibling relationships can be pleasant, warm, and close or they can be cold, distant, unfriendly, and full of conflict. Whether of comradery or rivalry, sibling relationships make for insteresting dynamics in the family.
The pleasant sibling relationship is one of sisterhood or pals among brothers. These kinds of relationships are distinguished by closeness, sharing, and laughter. These siblings are like best friends to the bone. Thoughts from one are completed by the other. Identical twins aren’t always pleasant, but there is a basis of similarity that serves as a bonding agent. The Three Stooges™ fit in this category. Although they weren’t twins (but most were brothers), and their exchanges were mostly physically violent (slapstick), they were close and were always there for one another. That what is meant by the pleasant, or positive, sibling relationship: always there for one another, recognizing and sympathizing one another, willing to die for one another . . .
Then there are the siblings who want to kill one another. These are in opposition, usually due to ego, selfishness, lack of chemistry, very unlike in personality, OR very CLOSE in personality. Yes, they had a sense of comradery between them, but Niles and Frasier, from Frasier ™, were known to to have a very competitive relationship, even to the point of cutting one another down. There’s was a sibling relationship in which both brothers were very much alike, and their egos were in constant conflict, probably because of that. This sibling relationship would actually fall between the pleasant and the unpleasant, but their constant ego clashing usually put them at odds with one another.
Many relationships land in the spectrum of gray between the two extremes, consisting of both agreeable and disagreeable elements, but each one is unque because of the diversity involved in the particular sibling relationship and the individuals involved. Those who have siblings can attest to the complexities that make up their own sibling relationships.
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Posted by Staff on March 20th, 2007 — Posted in Romantic Relationships
Building a romantic relationship takes time for most people. While they may enjoy a person’s company, they may not want to get into a romantic relationship so quickly. Building a romantic relationship requires trust, and the ability to take the time to learn more about the other person. Many people enjoy having romantic relationships because it makes them feel better about themselves. These types of relationships help the body to release chemicals into the brain that help reduce stress and promote a feeling of well being.
When in a romantic relationship, it is important to learn more about the other person, buy them gifts, and spend time together. Taking an interest in a person’s hobbies, their likes and dislikes, and their day to day issues will make the relationship solid. Being able to laugh, cry, and tell stories are other ways to help build trust in a romantic relationship.
Many romantic relationships end up in marriage, while others do not. It is almost impossible to tell when a romantic relationship will lead to something else when it just begins. People will have to spend time with the other person to see what they have in common, what their faults are, and how they act in the relationship. Some people can be in a relationship for a long time and it may not work out, while other people may only know each other for a short time, and their relationship lasts a lot longer. Romantic relationships are confusing, fun, and scary. They can also be loving and supportive when the right people enter into a romantic relationship together.
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Posted by Staff on March 20th, 2007 — Posted in Relationships in Management
Relationships in management, especially intimate ones, are usually and expressly forbidden in many work settings, yet they exist and continue regartdless. The reasoning behind this—that [close] fraternization tends to promote favoritism and cause rifts that interfer with job performance and fair and equitable treatment among coworkers—is a good and it’s necessary. But that doesn’t matter. The sex drive outweighs everything, even work policy or professional protocol. Those involved in intimate relationships in management are living on te edge, but instead of stifling such behavior, it stokes coworkers’ desires like a fire.
That is, excitement in any context makes a relationship even more stimulating, understandably. That’s why such policies and protocols designed to restrict such things seem anticlimatic and therefore senseless. One would think that the powers-that-be in management would realize this and instigate some other more effective form of action.
Actually, some companies have—discharge! This would seem to work, wouldn’t it? One would think that such consequences would sure get the point across and end such discrete and sometime indescrete fraternization. Relationships in management should provide a good example and therefore take precedence, doesn’t it?
Wrong!
Sex between coworkers in management still continues! Sex, it seems, has a mind of its own and disregards everything. Two people having sex on a battlefield, with bombs exploding around them, would probably just phase it all out as they submit to the passion sweltering between them.
This is not at all surprising when one looks at it from a human point-of-view. Humans are sexual beings above and beyond everything else, as they were intended to be. Therefore, sexual relationships in management areas of companies that persist amid threats of dismissal are inextinguishable and will continue to thrive. Living on the edge is all a part of the human and sexual experience—at home, on vacation, at war, or a work!
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