Comments on: Suicidal murderous co-dependency; life in a relationship; a good band name; or a new title for self help books? http://www.mentalechoes.org/2007/06/suicidal-murderous-co-dependency-life-in-a-relationship-a-good-band-name-or-a-new-title-for-self-help-books/ Personal rant space of a guy no longer using an alias Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:12:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Padwanna http://www.mentalechoes.org/2007/06/suicidal-murderous-co-dependency-life-in-a-relationship-a-good-band-name-or-a-new-title-for-self-help-books/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Padwanna Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:37:18 +0000 http://www.mentalechoes.org/?p=192#comment-246 Hi Pipp, Glad you found this entry interesting and funny. But I just want you to know, I am actually joking about writing a relationship book. It's a bit tricky getting a Ph.D through mail order these days, and without that, I don't really have all that much credibility. Strangely enough :) But maybe I'll devote some more blog entries to it since it seems to be a very popular topic :) Hope you're doing well and you're happy, Padwanna! Hi Pipp,

Glad you found this entry interesting and funny. But I just want you to know, I am actually joking about writing a relationship book. It’s a bit tricky getting a Ph.D through mail order these days, and without that, I don’t really have all that much credibility. Strangely enough :)

But maybe I’ll devote some more blog entries to it since it seems to be a very popular topic :)

Hope you’re doing well and you’re happy,

Padwanna!

]]> By: Padwanna http://www.mentalechoes.org/2007/06/suicidal-murderous-co-dependency-life-in-a-relationship-a-good-band-name-or-a-new-title-for-self-help-books/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Padwanna Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:23:10 +0000 http://www.mentalechoes.org/?p=192#comment-245 <p>Hi Faragon,</p> <p>Yeah you see, someone staying together doesn't make an expert in relationships! Dr John Gray was actually single at the time of his writing his first book, and he is the recognised leading expert in the field of human relations, not your grandparents. So, while they might have been together for 40 years, they've only been with each other, so what would they know?! It's obvious quantity not quality counts most when you want to tell the world something they will pay lots of money to hear!</p> <p>Your own thoughts on relationships are very old fashioned and really not likely to work in the modern age. Have you perhaps thought of having a relationship with people aged 90+ as I think they will have a similiar view as you?</p> <p>Padwanna!</p> Hi Faragon,

Yeah you see, someone staying together doesn’t make an expert in relationships! Dr John Gray was actually single at the time of his writing his first book, and he is the recognised leading expert in the field of human relations, not your grandparents. So, while they might have been together for 40 years, they’ve only been with each other, so what would they know?! It’s obvious quantity not quality counts most when you want to tell the world something they will pay lots of money to hear!

Your own thoughts on relationships are very old fashioned and really not likely to work in the modern age. Have you perhaps thought of having a relationship with people aged 90+ as I think they will have a similiar view as you?

Padwanna!

]]> By: pippi http://www.mentalechoes.org/2007/06/suicidal-murderous-co-dependency-life-in-a-relationship-a-good-band-name-or-a-new-title-for-self-help-books/comment-page-1/#comment-244 pippi Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:22:06 +0000 http://www.mentalechoes.org/?p=192#comment-244 Definately please do send me a copy, i'm dying to read it! Thanks for this piece. Good luck with writing the book! Groetjes Pippi Definately please do send me a copy, i’m dying to read it! Thanks for this piece. Good luck with writing the book!
Groetjes Pippi

]]> By: Faragon http://www.mentalechoes.org/2007/06/suicidal-murderous-co-dependency-life-in-a-relationship-a-good-band-name-or-a-new-title-for-self-help-books/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Faragon Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:03:34 +0000 http://www.mentalechoes.org/?p=192#comment-243 I would love to have a copy, just to laugh my ass off, but honestly, you are an expert in relationships, on the other hand, when it comes to taking advice, I think I would try to get it from someone who's actually managed to stay with someone for their entire life... Take my grandparrents for instance, I'll grant you, it's another generation, but they still look at eachother adoringly. That's not just blind luck, they have had their rough times too, but somehow, they managed to work through that. I would love to grow old like they are doing (specially if I get their livingroom view of the Mont Blanc as a bonus) When it comes to relationships, I still think that part of it should just work, and part of it needs work, the latter having to do most with time. You have to be able to talk, communicate etc... But that's probably just the female in me talking ;-) And fun, fun is important too, you have to be able to have fun together and get along with the other's social group, if that's not working, you might as well forget about the whole thing :-) I would love to have a copy, just to laugh my ass off, but honestly, you are an expert in relationships, on the other hand, when it comes to taking advice, I think I would try to get it from someone who’s actually managed to stay with someone for their entire life…
Take my grandparrents for instance, I’ll grant you, it’s another generation, but they still look at eachother adoringly.
That’s not just blind luck, they have had their rough times too, but somehow, they managed to work through that. I would love to grow old like they are doing (specially if I get their livingroom view of the Mont Blanc as a bonus)

When it comes to relationships, I still think that part of it should just work, and part of it needs work, the latter having to do most with time. You have to be able to talk, communicate etc… But that’s probably just the female in me talking ;-)
And fun, fun is important too, you have to be able to have fun together and get along with the other’s social group, if that’s not working, you might as well forget about the whole thing :-)

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