Back in 1980-something, during my elementary school years, most teachers devoted a few art classes to creating Valentine’s Day cards and other crafts every February. Then when the day finally arrived, ...

I don’t love talking with strangers. I’m an introvert at heart, and making an effort to engage in social interaction often drains my energy. But still, I do it. Not because I feel like I have to, but ...

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Unparalleled in its butterfly-inducing excitement is the “talking phase” of a relationship. You know the one—you’re anxiously waiting for the person you’ve been on a couple dates and feel crazy ...

In Virgil’s Aeneid, the epic poet conversationally writes “Varium et mutabile semper femina.” In case you’re a little dusty on your Latin, that translates to the popular, modern-day adage: “A woman is ...

There’s never a reason to run out of conversation topics. The news, the weather and whatever other people are doing could be talked about at length, in most scenarios. Those topics, however, are dull.