Mary McMahon

Even if they aren’t quite someone who had been in your life for a long period of time, they made an impact that left an imprint in your heart.

You know how they say that it is better to have loved and lost, than to never love at all? Well, it’s that in-between stage – of wondering when you will ever love again – that is the hardest part of it all.

The “I Have An Event/Holiday/Fun Weekend And Am Going To Go Off Of The Deep End” Stage: You find yourself going off the deep end and diving head first into a pile of whipped cream.

There is that instant, gut emotion you get when you see someone for the first time, that can be ever so telling as to where your relationship with them will take off.

The food is good and the food is free. Want a pudding cup? Go in the cabinet. Feel like Chinese food tonight? Suggest it for dinner. Need to do some shopping at Whole Foods? Too late! Mom and Dad already went there and stocked the fridge with organic coconut water. Sit back, relax, and keep your paycheck safely in your checking account where it belongs.

They are fantastic, beautiful, successful, funny, what have you. But they aren’t doing it for you. There is still that “but” that is keeping you from sealing the deal.

“Dumping” a friend can be just as bad, if not worse, than dumping a significant other.

How dare you be kind enough to give, but smart enough to recognize when it has not been reciprocated?