Q: Why do couples break up so easily?

Posted by Eric P. Metze On October 23, 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Q: Why do couples break up so easily? When a husband and a wife disagree and argue, they divorce and they don’t love eachother anymore. But when siblings fight or if someone argue with their parent, they still love eachother and value them as family. Isn’t the spouse apart of the family? It was their  [ Read More ]

Unencumbered

Posted by Eric P. Metze On May 11, 2006 ADD COMMENTS

There is this whole other life, the one I capitalize when I’m writing about, that I call my Life. And in it, I know what it’s all about, what it’s like, where it is, and sometimes, where it’s going. There are the people I know, the people I like, the people I like not-so-much, and  [ Read More ]

Romantic Influence on Us All

Posted by Eric P. Metze On July 21, 2005 ADD COMMENTS

Since we are very young we are bombarded with images and ideas of romance. It is an important factor in our society and one that affects and reciprocates specific ideas about how relationships are supposed to form. There are problems inherent in this method of choosing mates, however, and they go beyond the purely superficial.  [ Read More ]

How Do I Know?

Posted by Eric P. Metze On March 7, 2005 ADD COMMENTS

Nine months ago I went through one of those life-altering, perspective-twisting breakups. You know, the kind that refuses to let go even after (you think) you have. She’d moved on before she’d dumped me, and left me while I was still in love. Unfortunately for me, I had few opportunities to explain to her what  [ Read More ]

Love as a Drug

Posted by Eric P. Metze On September 11, 2003 ADD COMMENTS

Today I was thinking about how drugs affect the mind, and I stumbled upon an analogy. What do drugs do? In other words, how do they work on us? Well, they are simply chemicals that get in our bodies and our brains that disrupt or otherwise alter the usual flow of neuron activity. We like  [ Read More ]

Aisha

Posted by Eric P. Metze On September 24, 2002 ADD COMMENTS

Today in the park, I watched the denizens of my town, Going about their business, about their day. I noticed a massive woman scolds her minuscule daughter. Her voice was firm and serious, but clearly full of love. Then later, a man with gold chains barked at his wife, And her posture alluded to unknown  [ Read More ]

Wedding Bandits

Posted by Eric P. Metze On November 7, 2001 ADD COMMENTS

I wish that when people saw a wedding band, it meant more that showing to other people that they are no longer “available.” People should see the band and smile to know that they have a significant other somewhere in the world for them. Some people use the band like a magical shield against possible  [ Read More ]