#Contest: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!
Cool Shit Jen Friel Cool Shit Jen Friel

#Contest: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!

As this was the most requested item in the group, it was SOOOO difficult to pick. I didn't consider how difficult it was going to be to rate someone's passion and deem it "better" than another. Dude, if people want to pound sand all day every day I'm down. Whatever floats your boat in life, and whatever makes you happy. That's ALLLL that ever matters.

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#Fact: The only person I've been fighting is myself
Dating, Life Jen Friel Dating, Life Jen Friel

#Fact: The only person I've been fighting is myself

I kept seeking validation in "being that girl that did that thing." I had to keep working and keep building something that was bigger than me so I felt better on the inside. You go, go, go ... work, work, work, ... do, do, do because you're afraid to be still, and afraid to sit with yourself.

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#Randombling: Xanax + Wine + Epic Stache = uh, this post?
Dating Jen Friel Dating Jen Friel

#Randombling: Xanax + Wine + Epic Stache = uh, this post?

On his first commercial flight, while we were sitting in first class (wait, he just did a fist pump as i typed this. is that a sprinkler? i don't even know what he is doing right now …) he fell in love with the flight attendant Robert who happens to possess NOT ONLY the attitude of Burt Reynolds (his personal hero) but also his epic stache; both of our lives have been changed & we are now writing from that place ….

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#NerdsUnite: Confident, Not Cocky
Dating Jen Friel Dating Jen Friel

#NerdsUnite: Confident, Not Cocky

Everyone knows that women love confident men. The problem is that many guys, in their attempt to come across as confident and self-assured, fail to distinguish being confident from being a cocky asshole.

You may have good looks, a sense of humor, quick wit and intelligence, but if you don’t have confidence and self-esteem, you won’t have sex appeal.

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#NerdsUnite: Dating + Texting =M0dern Luv
Dating Jen Friel Dating Jen Friel

#NerdsUnite: Dating + Texting =M0dern Luv

There is fine thread connecting dating and texting. While text messaging is far less invasive than a phone call, sending a text that comes across the wrong way can be like leaving a creepy message on a girl’s voicemail. And going from getting her number to getting the date can be near impossible if you are sending the wrong signals through your texts.

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#RealDeal: Living on both ends of the spectrum (Learning To Cope)
Life Jen Friel Life Jen Friel

#RealDeal: Living on both ends of the spectrum (Learning To Cope)

The most common response to revealing my bipolar disorder to “the world” has been from people who don’t understand mental illness. People who haven’t encountered enough people struggling with their sense of identity, and sanity. These people say things like “just think happy thoughts” or “you should just go out more.” I wish I could take such advice (and that such advice worked on any practical level, beyond letting the speaker feel good about themselves), instead I’ve always coped in much more damaging ways.

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#RealDeal: An understanding of value while riding in a Gulf stream jet
Dating, Life Jen Friel Dating, Life Jen Friel

#RealDeal: An understanding of value while riding in a Gulf stream jet

Now, the title of this search starts with a "b" and is also indicative of the amount of money this person has. Having seen who this matchmaker deals with, I thought even having that word in the title for the search was all wrong. Nothing against the matchmaker at that to be honest, but you have to think about what you are going to highlight and who is going to respond and why. You have to think like a marketer!!

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