relationships
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The Gift of Cancellation
Cancel Culture isn’t new, though the phrase is (relatively). People have always cut off ties when relationships no longer work for them. Anyone who has lost friends/a significant other knows this. Social media just made it worse — “friendships” became “easier”,… Continue reading
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Is Contraception Really What Filipinas Want?
This past week, I ran across three interesting posts online, from three different Pinays. The first comes from a single woman studying at one of the top universities in the Philippines. In it, she tells Facebook that she is for… Continue reading
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The Worst Dating Advice and How To Respond to Them
Image: Joyce Huis Listen up, ladies. At the request of a friend, I’m writing this article to call your attention to the worst dating advice ever given. Advice recipients, you now have a come back. Advice givers, take heed. If you’re… Continue reading
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Nadine Lustre, Cohabitation, and the Demand for Approval
Image: Alex Robert First of all, YES. Nadine Lustre and James Reid are adults and they can make their own decisions. But they are also public figures. Miss Lustre is a celebrity looked up to by millions of adoring young girls.… Continue reading
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Why do parents find it bad if their children fall in love in high school?
You’ll have to define “bad”. Bad = not thinking things through, operating on emotion alone, allowing oneself to be in situations where one could make bad decisions that one will most likely regret later, e.g., think sex or drugs… Continue reading
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Six Weeks Off FB: (Not the Usual) Lessons Learned
Growing in our spiritual life means that we sometimes need to do hard things. Leaving Facebook was one of those things for me. I’ve posted before my main reasons for leaving, but as I’ve been gone these six weeks I’ve… Continue reading
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Considering Leaving Facebook for Good
This just hit me today, so I don’t know yet if it’s merely a whim or if it’s the Holy Spirit whispering in my ear. I even considered going back on FB just to post it there and ask my… Continue reading
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Called to Love: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
These heroes of human goodness simply do not inflict wounds on others — and very often, indeed day in and day out, they heal the deepest of human sufferings. If there’s any one goal I hadn’t set before that I… Continue reading