Am I a Paid Friend?

Am I a Paid Friend?

“My patients?” “My clients?” “The dudes I work with?”How do I describe my clientele? I struggle with this. “Patients” refers to the medical model and indicates a status differentiation that I dislike—none of us have figured “it” out. “Clients” comes across as if we’re...
Individual Expectations

Individual Expectations

Part II – What about the individual? The main point here is that in a romantic/life partnership, individual expectations must be based on—or coincide with—relationship expectations.   When expectation conflicts arise, typically the individual expectation...
Relationship Expectations

Relationship Expectations

Expectations in a relationship (romantic, life partner, etc.), specifically misunderstood, misaligned, mis- or non-communicated expectations, are by far the largest contributor to relationship problems. I have no idea if this is empirically correct, but dammit if it...