Category: Rob Reads
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Rob Reads…Cushioning, the latest toxic trend
Discover why dating experts call “cushioning” a red flag, and explore a personal reflection on letting go of backup plans, shedding online dead weight, and choosing to go all-in with total transparency.
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Rob Reads: Heteroflexible, Explained
Discover the historical roots and modern implications of “heteroflexible.” In this edition of Rob Reads, we explore how dating app trends, 1980s cultural conditioning, and our puritanical societal binary mask a much deeper, historically fluid reality.
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The Cruelest Way to Say It’s Over: The “Alpine Divorce”
I recently stumbled upon the “Alpine Divorce”—a breakup trend so cruel it sounds like a horror movie plot. Why are people luring their partners into the wilderness just to abandon them? Today, I’m looking at the sheer illogic of premeditated malice and why I’ll always choose the “Option C” of…
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The “Crying Word” Effect
NPR’s recent look at the word “gaslighting” highlights a growing problem in our lexicon: the watering down of heavy-hitting language. As an English teacher, I explore the “Crying Word” effect—how misusing terms like “gaslighting,” “bullying,” and “narcissism” minimizes the impact of genuine trauma and devalues the precision of our speech.
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Rob Reads: The Dignity of the Private Practice
Growth is often messy, and we’re usually terrified of being seen in the ‘unpolished’ stage. Today’s post explores a profound perspective on the ‘private dignity’ of practice and why we have to break free from the fishbowl effect to truly rebuild with intention.
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Rob Reads: “How dating apps ‘ruined dating’ for some”
As something of a dating app junkie, I can relate to much of this article.
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Rob reads: seven toxic phrases parents need to stop saying to their sons
Thankfully, I’ve never uttered any of these phrases to either of my sons.
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Rob reads: 15 Ways A Man’s Brain Changes When He’s In Love
And here’s another one. This time, this one is about what happens to a man’s brain when he falls in love. Think most of these are fairly accurate; although I can’t speak to the one about smoking, as I’ve never smoked before.
