The Origins of St. Valentine’s Day Today Valentine’s Day is one of the most commercially successful holidays in the world. The demand is high to buy chocolate, buy flowers, buy mass-produced love-letters, and even make construction-paper mailboxes for your school-mates to fill (or not) with pocket-sized tokens of their now-mandatory affections. The greeting card industry … Continue reading History of Valentine’s Day
Tag: Relationships
Motherly Figures in the Tribe
Mothers Day is celebrated around the world at varying times. This weekend it is Mothers Day in New Zealand and so it is an appropriate time to take a look at those such motherly figures in the Tribe Worldview. There are a lot of motherly type characters in the Tribe, whether or not they even … Continue reading Motherly Figures in the Tribe
Marriage
This week we take a comparative look at marriage in Tribeworld and whether the traditions, as we know them today, have or will survive throughout Tribeworld to come. Take the plunge? Tie the knot? Get hitched? Ball and Chain? History of ceremonies in the Tribe There were three marriage ceremonies seen in the Tribe throughout … Continue reading Marriage
Love and Valentines Day in The Tribe
What is love? Love is a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair Feeling love towards … Continue reading Love and Valentines Day in The Tribe
The Tribe and Love
Ask someone what has been one of the best experiences to happen in their life and they will probably say being in love. If you are in love right now – or have been in love before – then you will know how great love can be (if it works!). February 14th is of course … Continue reading The Tribe and Love
Love and Mixed Messages
Love can strike us at any time and when it happens, boy does it happen! Ebony is totally in love with Jay but Jay seems to be making eyes at Amber! Is Ebony imagining things or is Jay giving her mixed messages? You think it’s simple. Someone says that they love you. They treat you … Continue reading Love and Mixed Messages
Siblings and Sibling Rivalry
Do you have brothers or sisters? Sibling relationships are often close but very complex. Emotions such as love, respect and pride sometimes clash with less favourable traits such as jealousy and animosity. Sound familiar?? Like all sibling relationships, the ones in the Tribe display the same complexities that many of us experience at home. Later … Continue reading Siblings and Sibling Rivalry
Overcoming shyness
Many of us are shy in certain situations. To be shy can mean being afraid to make mistakes and having a feeling of awkwardness, particularly at social events. Shy people are often quite self-critical and self-conscious and can elevate other peoples abilities and ideas at the expense of their own. Shyness can range from being … Continue reading Overcoming shyness
Happy Families
In the Tribe, the Mall Rats are forced to live in a situation which is very like one big family. The relationships between older members and younger members are almost paternal and each member of the Tribe must learn to get along with each other. In a previous article, we talked about sibling rivalry and … Continue reading Happy Families
Bullying
Ever had the feeling that you or someone close to you was being picked on? What is bullying? A bully is a person who uses strength or power to coerce and threaten others. None of us should tolerate bullying. It is deliberate and harmful and can have negative long-term effects. Everybody has the right to … Continue reading Bullying