After I e-mailed reader Babs to thank her for her heartfelt comment on the board, she e-mailed back and asked me a question that I\u2019ve pondering for the last week. “Since you get so disappointed in so many relationships, you might want to look at your part in that \u2026 maybe your expectations are unrealistic.” Or something like that. (Sorry, I can\u2019t find the e-mail right now).
\nI got thinking \u2026. She has a point. I wonder if I shouldn\u2019t throw out all my personal info in my introductions to people as I have been doing:
\nHi. I\u2019m Therese. I\u2019m a manic depressive, alcoholic, and adult child of an alcoholic; a codependent, boundaries violator, and stage-four people pleaser; an information hoarder (clutter magnet), Internet abuser, and obsessive-compulsive (ritual-performing) weirdo; a sugar addict, caffeine junkie, reformed binge smoker, and exercise fanatic; a hormonally-imbalanced (high testosterone) female, PMS-prone time bomb, and sexually dysfunctional (neutered) creature. And, of course, I\u2019m Catholic (possibly explaining some of the above).
\nJust maybe I\u2019d have an easier time with intimacy?
\nThanks Babs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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