WORDS ABOUT LOVE

(Or the Expressions Used for the Never-to-Be-Resolved Mess Called Feelings)

The English language uses "I love you" a lot; between lovers, between family, friends etc. My language (Slovene) doesn't. Instead, we use what would translate as "I like you". "I love you" is reserved for lovers/partners exclusively, and even then it's used more rarely; it carries a lot of weight with it.

I used to think that was good. By all means, let's use different terms, let's draw a clear line.

Well. There are no clear lines, are there? Of course the love one has for their family is different from the love they have for their friends, and even more different from the live they have for their partner. But how different? In what way?

I JUST CAN'T NOT

(Or More Ranting on That Respect the Wife Thing)

A while ago, I commented on that article  about showing respect to wives. Now, somebody commented on my post, and due to too much influence from tumblr, I found myself unable not to respond to it in a post.

Here's the comment:

"It appears to be a question of belief. Otherwise he would deny this opinion in public, Even so, it looks even horrible to me. Reminds me of those dominant women who'd be happy to have a dog instead of a man."

FAIL AGAIN. FAIL BETTER.

(Or How to Not to Fail At All When It Comes to Blogging)

Writing this post feels a lot a little bit like this:

It’s not just time, really, it’s the topic, and not even because I can’t obediently pull a few tricks out of my sleeve for people to use; I’m just trying not to vomit my scepticism all over the page. But enough about that for now. Let me be useful for a moment.

When you’ve clicked your fair share of links and scrolled down countless pages, you notice things and sometimes even manage to put your finger on what it actually is you’ve noticed. So here goes—the ‘do’s and ‘don’t’s of blogging: