Patterns in relationship
Dear ElsaElsa! I just love your blog! I like your insightfulness and your straightforwardness: no beating about the bush! Your posting on the mars-scorpio-sex-OCD-connection touched me! A wonderful example of how directness and empathy can go hand-in-hand, indeed! I am an Aries with Scorpio rising myself, so I do relate to this urge to” express […]
Hello Elsa, I have never really been good at maintaining platonic friendships or finding and maintaining romantic relationships. Part of me longs deeply for closeness and intimacy. The other part seems to push people away when they get too close. Part of me aches for touch. But another part of me feels very anxious when
Hi Elsa, I have been torn as to whether or not to continue communicating with my ex-fiance. I could either have a “no contact” stance or to encourage an open dialogue and actually encourage him to call me. I hope you can help me make the right decision. It has been about 4 years since
Dear Elsa, I met this man about three years ago through mutual friends and there was a attraction between us. We were still in the hanging out stage when he had a horrific accident. He had a heat stroke and was in the hospital for two months. During this time I went to the hospital
Dear Elsa Elsa, I’m an Aries and a serial monogamist. I enter relationships with great enthusiasm only to leave with great enthusiasm, and the men that leave me are the ones I can’t get over. I’m not quite sure why things happen that way, or why I feel the way I do about things. While
Hi Elsa, A little over a year ago, my best friend and I “broke up”. It was a long time coming, as we have very different personalities, interests, and values. We met at work but only really hung out together because of a mutual friend. When that woman left for another job, that left me
Hi Elsa, At 32 years old, I find myself in a situation where I have never managed to have a relationship longer than 6 months. Sometimes the ending has been of my doing but mostly, it has been theirs. Most recently, I have split up with a boyfriend who I had been seeing for just
