Features by Colin A.
August 18th, 2014 | What’s Your Relationship Reality?
One of the best parts of summer recess is the sudden absence of adult supervision. It’s less likely someone older is around ensuring that your bedroom door stays open or scolding you to “get to class.” There are places to sneak away to that the colder months don’t allow and no such thing as a school night that forces you to end your evenings early. These new circumstances won’t change things for everyone, but the extra freedom and opportunity might lead to…
May 24th, 2013 | What’s Your Relationship Reality?
With all of the skimpy bikinis, songs about summer love, and free time, you would think keeping up a romance when school isn’t in session would be a breeze. But dating during the summer months comes with its own challenges. If you’re about to take the relationship you started during the school year into the summer, do yourself a favor and think through how you’ll approach some of the difficulties that are rarely discussed.
During the year it’s easy to develop a…
December 19th, 2012 | What’s Your Relationship Reality?
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You’ve already realized that dating your friends’ exes comes with its own complications. But dating your exes’ friends isn’t any easier. High school can be a bubble that’s hard to break out of. This means branching out romantically might not always be a viable option. But once you start pursuing multiple people from a friend group you’re laying the foundation for awkward times in the near future. This decision will put a stress on your…
November 2nd, 2012 | What’s Your Relationship Reality?
As the saying goes: you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose. Nor can you pick your friend’s ex as your new boyfriend or girlfriend. Sure, no one can officially tell you who to and who not to date. We all try to take the advice from our friends, respect the wishes of our parents, and listen to our instincts, but figuring out who is the right fit for us romantically is a trial-and-error process each time. If you find yourself on…
June 15th, 2012 | If I Knew Then…
When we realized the condom broke it was like seeing a whole new life I wasn’t ready for suddenly flash before my eyes. There I was covered in diaper cream, wet wipes, and baby poop, my head cocked to one side explaining into the phone, “Sorry, dude—I can’t go. It’s my turn to watch the little one.” Then, I’m on the front porch, holding a toddler’s hand as I wave to my friends, cars packed and music blaring, as they depart for all the…
May 29th, 2012 | What’s Your Relationship Reality?
What does your typical day look like?
Get enough sleep to feel energized to take on the day. stay awake through at least most of geometry.
Wake up with enough time to shower, get dressed, and eat breakfast. do one of the three.
Take out the trash.
Go to soccer practice.
Have dinner with family.
Finish homework for tomorrow and get a head start on that big project due next week. Complete the majority of your homework and finish the rest when you when you…
May 10th, 2012 | If I Knew Then…
Dances in high school are awkward enough on their own. With trying to pull yourself away from the snack table to join everyone else who seems to effortlessly dance so much better than you, pretending being dropped off by your mom doesn’t make you any less cool, and acting like you actually like all the dancey pop hits the DJ blasts that have already been played to death…well…school dances are a struggle.
You would think the fact that prom is often…
April 5th, 2012 | If I Knew Then…
The fact that my parents didn’t like Meena, my girlfriend senior year, wasn’t so bad. They knew better than to make a big deal of their disapproval or tell a teenager whom to date. The problem arrived, however, when my mom came home early from work one day and caught Meena and me taking our lunch break at home…in my bed…. After she sternly commanded: "get your butt to class," I made record time getting dressed and to the school building.
I spent the rest of…
December 30th, 2011 | What’s Your Relationship Reality?
Whoever came up with the phrase “Agree to Disagree” was probably single when they said it. It’s hard to have a romantic relationship that involves absolutely zero arguments. And that’s okay. A disagreement every now and then doesn’t make a relationship unhealthy—as long as you handle it in a healthy way. The following five techniques should be avoided when arguing with your girlfriend if you put your relationship with her above always being right…
December 27th, 2011 | What’s Your Relationship Reality?
Is there anything more annoying than that couple you know who are always grossly engaging in excessive PDA? You know—the ones who can’t keep their hands off one another and are always so touchy-feely it makes everyone around them uncomfortable? Sadly there is. What’s worse is the guy who is a total overbearing boyfriend to his girl.
When a guy is being a jerk to his girlfriend the situation reaches a whole new level of uncomfortable that’s not as easily brushed off….
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