The Tipping Point
It is so easy to get stuck in a relationship that is not going anywhere. Trust me, it happens all the time, even when you have said that you aren’t “dating just to be dating”. Somehow complacency sets in, red flags get ignored, and before long you both reach your tipping point.
When a new romance reaches its tipping point, one or both of you are faced with choices to make. You can communicate and express your needs and desires to redefine your connection, or you can cut your losses and move on.
The tricky part (to me) is figuring out when to salvage the relationship and when to chuck the deuces and move on. When there are no major hurdles for you to cross, shouldn’t you want to work out personality clashes?
Is it possible that reaching a “tipping point” is just another relationship milestone to reach? Don’t some couples go through it and come out stronger than they were before?
Have you ever dated someone and things were going “alright”, but just got a little stagnant? How did you figure out if you would invest more time and effort? How do you know when it’s worth putting in the work?
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Sassy Me....I'm soo ready :-)
January 28th, 2010
3:57 pm
kilo cd for the ride home
Do you hear what I heaaaaar!…that boom ,that boom….
I am whatever you say I am
January 28th, 2010
4:01 pm
Shout outs to the following:
M dot (where you at boo?)
Dreams MAT
and Lady L
….and I’m out
R.I.P Apache
Cemeeli
January 28th, 2010
4:02 pm
Yeah Bill Campbell did that interview. He seemed scared, but said that City embraced the young people. – Auh NO, not when the APD was arresting left and right for some things unnecessarily.
DreamsMaterialize
January 28th, 2010
4:05 pm
Yeah and APD had exits blocked off until you got outside the city limits. They wanted to make sure you were leaving. lol
I am whatever you say I am
January 28th, 2010
4:06 pm
Shout outs to the following:
M dot (where you at boo?)
Dreams MAT
and Lady J (typo earlier! my bad!)
….and I’m out
R.I.P Apache
Cemeeli
January 28th, 2010
4:07 pm
@Dreamns – Some folk had to get Hotels way in Newnan and farther than that.
DreamsMaterialize
January 28th, 2010
4:09 pm
much love I am whatever
Willie Dynamite
January 28th, 2010
4:16 pm
yeah I ws pissed when they shut it down. That was a hustlas paradise. Whatchu want whatchu need. The Eastside was all about partying. Them Westside cats decided to start rioting and running thru Greenbriar. They had to do something bout that. The whole city was shut down. That did it. All left now is memories.
Melo
January 28th, 2010
4:18 pm
SO UALL Think Bill Campbell was:
THE TIPPING POINT?
in Atlanta’s demise,party wise??
DreamsMaterialize
January 28th, 2010
4:21 pm
Naw it wasn’t really Bill Campbell. He was just the figurehead or the mouthpiece for Atlanta residents who had influence. The whole elimination of the party scene from Buckhead was well orchestrated by the Buckhead Alliance. They bought people out and put strict requirements on what types of businesses they would allow to replace them.
For Real
January 28th, 2010
4:26 pm
All I know is it is amazing that my liver, lungs and kidneys still work and I’m sure Obession has some type of chemical in that was good for the skin and I don’t know what possessed me to perm my mustache and beard. And who in the hell invented high right low left? My hair does grow evenly till this day. But all I know is it all seemed to work in Charles Disco or when I was ridin around in Cut-Supreme listening to The Formula on my $386.36 brand new blaupunkt stereo system with factory speaker and two component-set speakers wired in.
Melo
January 28th, 2010
4:29 pm
what year was that when it was shut coz i wld have partaken of some of those benefits had i known??
lurker
January 28th, 2010
4:38 pm
what year was that when it was shut coz i wld have partaken of some of those benefits had i known??
Not surprising. LOL
But all I know is it all seemed to work in Charles Disco
Charles Disco Lounge. I’ve never been but my nephew’s mom won the big booty contest a number of times. During her days of cohabitating with my brother, that prize money would always get them both a nice pair of jeans and pampers dropped at mom’s for the babies (while they ran the streets).
LoveLife411
January 28th, 2010
4:40 pm
85′ >>> Marco’s, Cambellton Rd, 21 Grand and Frozen Paradise, Old Nat’l and oh what is the name of that club off Glenridge, begins with an S?
lurker
January 28th, 2010
4:40 pm
Strange days, during the existence of Charles Disco Lounge. A classmate was killed in the parking lot there.
lurker
January 28th, 2010
4:41 pm
Didn’t do much clubbing but yeah, Freaknic, Dugans on Ponce and Fat Tuesday at underground was the spot to be in…whew!
Melo
January 28th, 2010
4:42 pm
Not surprising. LOL
lurker??
u hurt my feelings!
do i really show a horny dyck on my forehead??
lurker
January 28th, 2010
4:45 pm
do i really show a horny dyck on my forehead??
Ummm yeah but nothing out of the ordinary for you. LOL
Melo
January 28th, 2010
4:45 pm
@lurker
we gon cut down on fufu then…
Leggs
January 28th, 2010
4:48 pm
@LoveLife411 ~ nothing like leaving Mr. V’s on Campbellton and heading over to Marco’s….a bunch of wannabee mack daddies up in that camp!
LoveLife411
January 28th, 2010
4:53 pm
Leggs .. .a bunch of wannabee mack daddies up in that camp!
How right you are. I was married, so we’d cop a couch and watch the happenings, eat, drink, dance and be merry.
Ellerery’s kinda reminds me of Marco’s … I don’t think I’ve been any place with players and playetts as old as those in Ellerery’s LOL
Leggs
January 28th, 2010
4:53 pm
Old school sayings in the 90’s:
Yo, those shoes are dope, girl!”
Peace Out!
Melo
January 28th, 2010
4:54 pm
I was married
so whats ur status now..free wheeling?
LoveLife411
January 28th, 2010
4:55 pm
@ Melo… so whats ur status now..free wheeling?
Sho u right!
Melo
January 28th, 2010
4:56 pm
@LoveLife411, OK,well talk some more!
geed nite
LoveLife411
January 28th, 2010
4:57 pm
Good Night All!
sharongilo
January 29th, 2010
3:09 pm
Invest time when it feels good and right for you …. and if it’s mutual …
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