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Soft Shoulder Advice
Blog #86     By Michelle Drew     May 31 2006

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Advice Question

Dear Michelle;

There is a kid that says he asked me out twice and I rejected him both times. But this kid has OCD and I think he said it but in his own words and I didn't understand it...so I guess I accidently said no. I really like this kid, and he is dating one of my best friends, but I have always done things with him before that and my friend knew that I liked him...He liked me too, But he got drunk one night and he gets really horny when he drinks..So she put moves on him and had sex him...

Should I keep my friendship with my friend? I liked this kid for 4 years and we have done stuff in those past 4 years, not sexually, but like softer stuff like holding hands, laying together, kissing...and other things...If I do keep my friendship, should I tell her I know that she betrayed me? And what do I do about the guy I like?, Trust me, its not hormones or I would have had sex already...
  
Jade

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Dear Jade;

This guy is dating your friend. He's had plently of time to ask you out. He and your friend hit it off. If you really are her friend, you will understand what happened. It does take some maturity to understand this, but it is a valuable example of how to handle things and how to move on. If you come out fighting with this gal, you will end up alienating both of them. Find a new guy. One that wants to be your boyfriend instead of one that does stuff sometimes when he feels like it or is drunk.

It really is a question of self-esteem. YOUR self-esteem. Get involved with sports or hobbies that help you develop you skills and team work. When you feel good about yourself, and good about what you are doing, things will progress romantically as well. Give it some time.

Michelle

All Good Thoughts

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to lead the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch—what makes you go beyond the norm.
Cicely Tyson

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp – or what's a heaven for?
Robert Browning

Inspirational Reading

ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO YOU

In West Virginia folklore there is a story of a country doctor
who was called out to a holler late one night to assist a woman
about to give birth. By the time the doctor arrived at the
farmhouse, things had progressed to a point where the doctor
asked the husband to help him by holding a gas lantern up
high in order to illuminate the makeshift delivery room.

Before long, the courageous mother delivered a healthy baby boy.
As the father lowered the lantern, the doctor barked an order to
keep the lantern aloft: "We're not done yet." Shortly, a second
child appeared on the scene, a healthy baby girl. Shaken by the
unexpected arrival of twins, the father heard the doctor say once
again, "We can't stop now. It looks as if it's going to be
triplets." To which the stunned father, still holding the lantern
high, replied, "Do you think it's the light that's attracting
them?"

Light has a quality of attraction. I recently left my office door
open late one afternoon in our mountain home and, at dusk, the
light from within attracted -- a hummingbird! (Coaxing a
hummingbird out of the house is a little like pushing a rope.
Mostly, whatever you do doesn't work.)

You, too, have a light that attracts...an inner light. Not
visible to the naked eye, but apparent just the same. We speak of
a "twinkle" in the eye or a "flicker" of warmth in the heart.
Some people shine with a light of kindness. Others emit a light
of hope. There are those who glow with enthusiasm and still
others who radiate love.

Almost all creatures are drawn to light, including humans. Do you
want to attract people to you? Positive and life-affirming inner
qualities can attract people like a warm fire on a cold night.
What will draw other people to you best cannot be purchased in
any department store. They will respond to that which radiates
from within.

You may not always see it, but your light is shining through. And
it's one of your most attractive qualities!

Steve Goodier
www.lifesupportsystem.com





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