Instead of apologizing, give your friend the freedom to express how they actually
feel about their relationship status.
Not exact matches
God accepts whatever we bring to the God / person
relationship — our physical and spiritual condition, personality, connection to reality, our participation in
relationships, talents, inabilities, cognition, knowledge, ignorance, life journey, spiritual journey, walk
about, wandering, seeking, questioning, questing, acceptance of God, rejection of God — and our emotional and mental
status: hate / love, anger / peace, sadness / happiness, hurt / health,
feeling lost and abandoned /
feeling found and included, agitation / serenity, apathy / passion, confusion / clarity, fractures / wholeness — all of this, all of whoever we are and have ever been and every action committed or ever contemplated and every thought we ever explored or entertained or that flitted through our mind — all of this, we bring to the God / person
relationship and God accepts the totality of who we are and every component that comprises who we are — as a gift.
If we harp on how unhealthy those two seem together, we
feel less insecure
about our own
relationship status.
Given the desirability of breastfeeding, it is possible that women in the intervention group
felt more guilty
about discontinuing breastfeeding than control women because of
relationships developed with the peer counselor, and thus, they did not answer telephone calls when the research assistant called to ascertain feeding
status.
Chloe
felt particularly moved by an article
about making peace with the idea of being single and finding joy no matter your
relationship status.
Many activities around this time can intensify whatever doubts we are
feeling about ourselves or our
relationship status, if we let them.
Talk
about it first, and respect their
feelings if they would prefer to keep your
relationship status private.
Since human beings are social creatures — well, for the most part, that is — you'll need to recognize and accept your negative
feelings about your current
relationship status before moving on to dealing with them.
Divorced women and men can often
feel self - conscious
about their
relationship status, but whether you are divorced or are dating somebody who is, there's nothing to hide or
feel ashamed of.
Also, on days when people post
status updates
about their partners or
relationships, they also report
feeling more satisfied in their
relationships (relative to days on which they don't post
about their
relationships or partners).
In this study, 834 individuals in romantic
relationships completed an online survey in which they answered questions
about their current health
status and behaviors,
feelings of stress, and the extent to which they
feel their
relationship is socially accepted or rejected.