Dating PTSD (8/28/08)- The Friend Zone
Well readers and fellow love crusaders I have. And you know what the ironic thing is? I now follow a dating principle or philosophy that says, "you should be friends with someone first before going into a relationship. " Wow isn't that funny???
Well I do believe you should be friends with someone before entering a relationship with them. I feel that it is the one time where two people are absolutely honest with each other. When you're dating someone you only show them the part of you that they are attracted to, or the part that you want them to see. If your friends though you show them everything and you share stuff with them. Isn't that a relationship worth building on?
But here's the snag. When is it the right time to tell them how you really feel, if they will share those same feelings, and how do you keep the friendship you built from being damaged.
WHY??? Why is the cycle of romantic relationships so difficult? Why do we crave such a confusing and possibly deadly poison? Why is love and relationships bittersweet?
And if you're in the friend zone how do you leave it? Is it possible to leave the friend zone?
Joseph is a Licensed Graduate Social Worker in the Washington, DC area. Joseph is the author of the forthcoming book “Love Me Right or Not at All”, A Quick Guide to Loving Yourself and Others the Healthy Way. This book seeks to assist everyone who reads it to love with balance and give love to the right people. Joseph is striving to become an expert in the practice of relationship empowerment. He strives to build healthy, powerful, and well-balanced relationships in the lives of everyone who seeks after the knowledge, values, and skills Joseph has honed over the last ten years. Joseph is an aspiring Marriage and Family Therapist, but to also travel around the nation and hopefully the world, to spread the message that relationships can be simple, yet amazing if you put in the work. Relationships are vital to the human experience and often shape our mindsets, our personalities, and our environments. Knowing this, Joseph works to encourage not only those who believe in his skills, but also works passionately to build his knowledge and skills in the area of relationships to present the best of who he is both personally and professionally.

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