Comments on: ADVICE FOR THE SINGLE, THE LONELY, OR THOSE IN BAD RELATIONSHIPS http://blogs.radiotown.com/timewithkim/2009/07/29/advice-for-the-single-the-lonely-or-those-in-bad-relationships/ Just another Blogs.radiotown.com weblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:17:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Tori Paz http://blogs.radiotown.com/timewithkim/2009/07/29/advice-for-the-single-the-lonely-or-those-in-bad-relationships/#comment-335 Tori Paz Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:47:30 +0000 http://blogs.radiotown.com/timewithkim/?p=1720#comment-335 "A Relationship should add to you , not define you." I think people need to take a longer thought on this quote! Good advice Kim!! =) “A Relationship should add to you , not define you.” I think people need to take a longer thought on this quote! Good advice Kim!! =)

]]> By: Susan http://blogs.radiotown.com/timewithkim/2009/07/29/advice-for-the-single-the-lonely-or-those-in-bad-relationships/#comment-333 Susan Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:47:53 +0000 http://blogs.radiotown.com/timewithkim/?p=1720#comment-333 I agree with your blog about people dating several people at the same time. It is too soon that people try to make themselves exclusive to one relationship when they don't even really know that person well enough. In the meantime, if they do the exclusive thing too soon....they could be missing out on the perfect person just for them. I agree with your blog about people dating several people at the same time. It is too soon that people try to make themselves exclusive to one relationship when they don’t even really know that person well enough. In the meantime, if they do the exclusive thing too soon….they could be missing out on the perfect person just for them.

]]> By: amy http://blogs.radiotown.com/timewithkim/2009/07/29/advice-for-the-single-the-lonely-or-those-in-bad-relationships/#comment-300 amy Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:37:12 +0000 http://blogs.radiotown.com/timewithkim/?p=1720#comment-300 i agree with the not being exclusive while simply dating! i wish more agreed with us! i have dated more then one guy and a time and my friends and family acted like it was the worst thing in the world to do and was as bad as cheating. how can you cheat if you are not exclusive in the first place? so frusturating. thanks for your blog, good to see someone else thinks the same. i agree with the not being exclusive while simply dating! i wish more agreed with us! i have dated more then one guy and a time and my friends and family acted like it was the worst thing in the world to do and was as bad as cheating. how can you cheat if you are not exclusive in the first place? so frusturating. thanks for your blog, good to see someone else thinks the same.

]]> By: Erica http://blogs.radiotown.com/timewithkim/2009/07/29/advice-for-the-single-the-lonely-or-those-in-bad-relationships/#comment-254 Erica Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:23:08 +0000 http://blogs.radiotown.com/timewithkim/?p=1720#comment-254 Hi Kim, I've heard a few of the discussions that you've had on the show in the past couple of days regarding obesity. While I do believe that it is a major problem in America that should be addressed nationally, I don't feel that your views are very empathetic at times. In the post above, you draw a direct parallel between a woman in a bad relationship and a woman who eats chocolate cake to the point of obesity. So should the single, lonely, or "hostages" of bad relationships be denied employment, and charged higher insurance premiums for their poor choices? Depression causes many of the same health risks and problems that are associated with obesity. In fact, depression can lead to obesity, and vice-versa. This is a complex issue, and an important one, but I would suggest that people that do not struggle with obesity try to relate it to something that they do struggle with, i.e. unhealthy relationships or any similar activity that causes physical and/or mental health issues. Some of us have better "metabolisms" for the effects of single living, loneliness, and pursuing bad relationships than others, just like people that have better metabolisms when it comes to eating, and therefore do not gain the same weight / baggage that those with lesser metabolisms do. We could all use a better focus on improving our health issues, but I don't think that strategies based upon penalization such as higher insurance premiums and denial of employment help as much as they might compound the problems. Being obese, unemployed, and unable to afford insurance premiums is worse for your health and harder to dig yourself out of than just being obese. Hi Kim,
I’ve heard a few of the discussions that you’ve had on the show in the past couple of days regarding obesity. While I do believe that it is a major problem in America that should be addressed nationally, I don’t feel that your views are very empathetic at times. In the post above, you draw a direct parallel between a woman in a bad relationship and a woman who eats chocolate cake to the point of obesity. So should the single, lonely, or “hostages” of bad relationships be denied employment, and charged higher insurance premiums for their poor choices? Depression causes many of the same health risks and problems that are associated with obesity. In fact, depression can lead to obesity, and vice-versa.

This is a complex issue, and an important one, but I would suggest that people that do not struggle with obesity try to relate it to something that they do struggle with, i.e. unhealthy relationships or any similar activity that causes physical and/or mental health issues. Some of us have better “metabolisms” for the effects of single living, loneliness, and pursuing bad relationships than others, just like people that have better metabolisms when it comes to eating, and therefore do not gain the same weight / baggage that those with lesser metabolisms do. We could all use a better focus on improving our health issues, but I don’t think that strategies based upon penalization such as higher insurance premiums and denial of employment help as much as they might compound the problems. Being obese, unemployed, and unable to afford insurance premiums is worse for your health and harder to dig yourself out of than just being obese.

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