Love & Relationships
The Importance of Self Esteem
34 years ago
Recently in a psychology class of mine we were talking about self esteem. Similar to many other things, self esteem is something that we experience in ourselves that affects all of our decisions. Self esteem is directly tied into our own personality, and it creates our inner thoughts of self worth, or lack of self [...]
Building Your Interpersonal Network
24 years ago
As far as I can tell, I do not think there are a whole lot of people that would debate the idea that it is a beneficial thing to start leveraging the capabilities of a strong social network. I talked about this before recently in an article entitled Creating Value in Your Social Identity. For [...]
Question: Who should pay on a first date?
04 years ago
To see a full list of questions here on Scott Free Thinking along with their answers, see the Scott Free Thinking Questions Introduction & Index. Today’s Question: Who should pay on a first date? Answer: In the modern age, the concept of chivalry and the whole 1950′s gentleman is quickly fading – some guys consider [...]
Question: How fast should I escalate in a relationship?
04 years ago
To see a full list of questions here on Scott Free Thinking along with their answers, see the Scott Free Thinking Questions Introduction & Index. Today’s Question: How fast should I escalate in a relationship? Answer: Typically, when people refer to “escalate” they refer to how fast they should be getting physical with another person. [...]
Scott Free Thinking Questions – Introduction & Index
04 years ago
A lot of people have specific questions about specific issues, and sometimes writing entire articles is not always the best solution. So, I’ve come up with an idea. Instead of writing an entire article, I’ll go ahead and take a slew of different topics & issues that I’ve been approached with, as well as other [...]
The 6 Month Relationship Mark
174 years ago
Some people wonder if there are particular milestones you go through during a relationship, and I think some of it has a valid basis. Do you deal with a difference between a day into the relationship as opposed to a month? Of course. 3 months? Maybe. But what a lot of people have been asking [...]
Many Loves is Just That Simple
14 years ago
Today I got into a conversation, once again, about polyamory. Polyamory, or put simply: many loves, is the ‘practice’ of being with more than one person at once in a loving, committed relationship. I have only written about the subject one other time on this blog, but I got interesting responses from the article, The [...]
Creating Social Value in Your Identity
34 years ago
Before we go rushing into things, it is important to note that your most potent center of power comes from within yourself. Your outlook, your perspective, your attitudes – these sorts of things determine whether or not you are going to be liked by anyone, namely yourself. I know we’ve all heard the typical saying [...]
Face Friendship, No Matter the Supposed Cost
34 years ago
There I was, laying next to a destroyed world, after it had already forgotten me. There were no words to be said, no real words to exchange with any of them. The only thing I could really do is initiate some sort of personal self-sedation and attempt to be in existence with these people who [...]
Parenting the Capable and Achieving Child
14 years ago
Children are wondrous creatures, and why should they not be? In previous writings, I have given a lot of credit to the capability of young children, adolescents, teens, and so on – so much credit in fact that many have claimed that I have too little experience to make the kind of claims that I [...]


