Her shoulders sag. Her eyes are dull. A tear appears in the corner. The problem? He doesn’t like her.
Here’s the secret she needs to know: if a guy doesn’t like her, it doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with her!
I so enjoyed the summer time lull.
The lull? Yes, the calm before the storm of back school. Back to school can mean back to drama at in a girl filled home. Maybe you too have witnessed that relationships with girls can be more complicated than relationships with guys
Getting deeper and deeper into my tale, I lead my girls right up to the climax. “And right when I was sure that he was going to ask me out…”
Then I stop. I wait. Soon they’ll start asking, “Well, did he? Don’t stop now!”
That is exactly the reaction we want when using this wisdom tip with our kids. Looking for a way to share the power of holding a little bit back in a relationship, we keep parts of our story a secret.
Want to win $20?
It’s a question I often ask when trying to get a volunteer at a “Revolutionary Love” conference.
Here’s the trick. I ask the brave girl who comes forward to completely empty the tube of toothpaste I hand her. After she has created the gooey blue pile, I inform her that she will now need to put all back in the tube…then she’ll win the $20.