Articles by Glenn Stok
Based on my interest in sociology, I study emotional responses in friendships and intimate relationships, including commitment issues.
I write about sociological aspects of personal friendships, dating, and intimate love relationships. Many of us struggle with this when seeking companionship.
My aim is to help improve self-awareness and well-being while analyzing feelings, dreams, and desires.
These articles are published in PairedLife and are listed here under six specific categories:
The articles in this section deal with the issues people sometimes have in their love relationships. Developing like-minded attitudes is crucial for getting along with our partner and feeling harmony in a loving relationship. It also creates a strong bond and a rapport with one another.
Do you feel your relationship is lacking something? In this article, I discuss why we sometimes get involved with someone who doesn't quite fulfill our needs. And you'll learn how to find what's missing.
Lust is an overwhelming longing, an intense yearning, and a very strong sexual desire. Love can keep two people together and lust can keep a relationship alive. However, would lovers find it difficult to respect one another when they have lust? Learn about that in this article.
Love and affection might never develop when intense passion occurs before trust and respect. Learn why in this article, where I discuss how couples can overcome the resulting misunderstandings.
Repeating patterns in relationships that are not beneficial to our well-being could be a sign of a troubled past. This article aims to help you fix that and seek an emotionally rewarding relationship.
Can lust in an emotional relationship continue as partners develop more feelings for one another? This discussion examines that issue.
Do you feel you've fallen for someone inappropriate for you? Learn when you should put effort into a relationship and when you should just let go.
The revealing questions in this article will help you recognize the positive aspects you already share with your partner, such as compatibilities, similarities, and values.
That will help you find what you might be overlooking with your relationship.
Do you feel you’re lacking good experiences with your partner? Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable with them? Is it not everything you expect? Learn how to determine if your relationship is working as you would like.
The articles in this section examine various aspects of friendships, such as the nature of loyal friendships and how they affect our well-being.
Your present state of existence is a result of the people you know. Therefore, it's vital to treat friends well and keep them close. Learn the skills with this article.
A true friend is a loyal friend. They appreciate your values and lift your spirits with their positive influence. So, choose your friends wisely. These eight points will help.
Learn how to identify the unhealthy behavior of a toxic friend and how to end the relationship, so that you’re no longer affected by their misconduct.
Things happen that cause friends to stop communicating and lose touch. However, real friends will seek ways to rebuild a friendship. These two examples examine the sociology involved when friends desire to reconnect.
Why do some people come up with endless excuses for ignoring beneficial advice that could have a positive effect on their life?
When people are in denial, they just want verification and can't accept positive guidance. I review various reasons for this attitude.
Some people have difficulty accepting advice. They may be in denial or need someone to listen and be supportive. This article reviews the methods of how to respond.
In the articles listed below, I discuss attitudes that frequently interfere with the desire to continue a potential relationship despite the desire for a lifelong partner.
Looking at it from both sides with an open mind, I review various aspects of deal-breakers, how they affect relationships, and how to handle them.
Learn how it feels when partners don’t side with one another and what to do about it. Couples create a strong bond in their relationship when they have a team player attitude.
This article examines examples of chronic lateness, a personality type that displays disrespect for others. It's an inconsiderate attitude that frustrates friends and partners when always keeping them waiting. Learn how to handle it when people abuse your time.
This article reviews what a love-avoidant person is and how they behave. I'll also explain the struggle one might face with this behavior based on personal experience and sociological research.
The sign of a mature relationship is when couples can work together to resolve issues rather than remaining detached and distant. This is a real-life story of a relationship with such a person.
In this story, you’ll discover how failure to communicate feelings and reasons for one's actions can prevent the positive growth of a relationship.
The essays listed below review several related problems. Commitment issues can result from many emotional hardships, either from childhood drama or negative relationship experiences later in life.
If you want a permanent relationship to enjoy years of building memories but you are missing the vision, you might be dealing with some confusion in your mind. This article reviews several things that reveal your true feelings.
Commitment issues occur when one makes poor judgments of their future together. In this article, I review why men and women overlook valid reasons for a permanent relationship. Then I conclude with my thoughts on growing old alone.
I created these video versions of my written essays with discussions of how couples relate to one another.
In this video, I discuss why we sometimes get involved with someone who doesn't quite fulfill our needs. I will help you communicate about the issues and learn what you both want.
A deal-breaker is a negotiation that neither party can accept. This video is an essay discussing various aspects of deal-breakers in relationships. Learn how they affect personal relationships and how to handle them.
When intense passion occurs before trust and respect, then love and affection might never develop. In this video, I discuss what's needed to get through tough times and misunderstandings in new relationships.
This is a poem that illustrates the issues with a romantic relationship that starts impulsively with passion and lust, and why that could cause it to be doomed for failure.
This is a short video version of a poem I wrote: A love story of a relationship just getting started.
The poem in this video is a story about a relationship that might have had potential and the promise of compatibility. But we broke up!
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