When you are stuck in a group of people who merely trade turns at talking about themselves instead of actually conversing, it could be a matter of their not really knowing how to converse as opposed to being too small-minded or excessively Facebooked.

You don't want to be with someone who is already not getting from you what he needs emotionally.

You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.

When in doubt, respond to what you witness, not what you hear secondhand.

Almost no one can take on an entire future in one step, much less while reeling emotionally.

There is a difference between your parents' not reporting to you everything they do and keeping secrets from you.

I think we'd all hate to be the one who gets declared undateable by one's entire grad-school population based on a couple of told and retold stories.