Starting a friendship is a social skill that takes years to learn. Doing it successfully, like with most skills, involves a lot of trial and error on your part. Knowing when to approach a person, picking the right topic to start a conversation, and finding the guts to start it may come naturally to some people. Others find making friends difficult due to shyness and the lack of confidence in their verbal skills. Whichever the case is, one good way to start a friendship without some of the awkwardness is to give flowers on the right occasions.

Flowers can sometimes be more eloquent than people. Different roses, for instance, have varying shades of meaning for every affair. Also, giving flowers mean that you value a relationship (or future relationship) enough to go out of your way to make the person feel special. Starting a friendship involves confidence, trust, and effort. Giving flowers certainly makes the person appreciate your efforts more in trying to be friends.

However, before giving flowers to people you’d like to be friends with, make sure that you know the right flowers to pick. They should be appropriate to the occasion. For example, if you’re attending a birthday celebration for a person that you are not that closely acquainted with, giving orange roses says that you want to know her better. If you’re at a wedding, giving yellow roses to the newlyweds mean that you are glad to share their happiness. Peach and pink roses convey admiration, so if you want to start a friendship with an officemate (or anyone whose work you appreciate), pink or peach flowers are the best choice.

Giving flowers is a good touch to develop a friendship, but don’t forget to consider other factors. One, always be well-groomed. Give a good first impression and maintain that impression. Two, update yourself on current events and read a lot of books so that starting a conversation with a stranger comes easier. Three, have a positive outlook in life so that people would be attracted to you, because really, no one wants to hang out with an emo (unless they’re emo too)! Lastly, just relax and enjoy meeting people rather than always worrying about whether you said or did the right thing. Before you know it, starting a friendship has become a breeze. It will come naturally to you if you put effort into it—and nothing says “effort” better than giving flowers besides improving yourself.



By: Timothy Spencer

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Emo Boy

Long hair or short hair! Trimmed or cultivated hair! If these are couple of questions you are facing before you go for a haircut then, consider knowing about them a bit more before you go under the scissors.

It is near impossible to categorize top 3 haircut types. One of the main reasons for that is ? Everyone?s taste is so different. Your friend would like to get his hair styled in a certain manner, and you would like to go quite the opposite. Taking a sampling of what a lot of people prefer, here are the top 3 haircut types recommended for people.

What are the top 3 haircut types for people?

African American Hair Style

Oprah Winfrey best symbolizes the African American hair style. Other celebrity examples would include Allan Iverson and Secretary of State, Ms Condolezza Rice amongst others. This is a very popular haircut style that gives the person a chic and a professional look. They look gorgeous, but have their own challenges in maintaining the style over a long period of time.

First, the individual needs to ensure the texture and the quality of the hair does not dip. More so, the blackish color maintained at the time of the cut should be maintained at all times. If your hair is course, go for regular conditioning to ensure it remains smooth at all times. This really is a hairstyle, provided maintained well, will make you look graceful all round the year.

Celebrity Hairstyle

Trust you would be going gung-ho about going to the nearest parlor and getting your hair styled on the lines of a Jennifer Lopez, a Mariah Carey or even a Madonna for that matter! One look at the celebrity hair styles around today, and you would find almost each one of them has their own style. For example, the styling of David Beckham is just something you would not find anywhere.

In essence, celebrity hairstyles can be termed as trend-setters. Celebrities just want to look that touch different from others, and thus you would find them experimenting with their tresses too often. Some of them may just not be pleasing to your eyes, but being celebrity hairstyles, people take them with a pinch of salt! Bottom-line, you could try out celebrity hairstyles on your hair, only if it permits you to do so.

Alternative Hairstyle

Alternative Hairstyles are considered best for young teens. Based on what the choices and interests are, teens could choose alternatives. Please note any change in their personal interests later in their lives could mean changing the hairstyle all over again.

With Alternative Hairstyles, you could experiment with different sub-styles in the Alternative Hairstyles. For example, you could play around with the Emo or the Goth Style.

What you choose for your hair is entirely based on your choice! One thing is for sure though ? Keep the basic features of your hair in mind before you get choosing a hairstyle.



By: Gen Wright

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Emo Hairstyles

We’ve all seen those infamous “MySpace pictures.” A young woman is photographed from an obscenely high angle. A background light is turned on so brightly that it’s impossible to discern any of her facial features. Her hair is perfect combed to cover her eyes and half of her face. The camera angle makes it impossible to tell her body type. Are you looking at Aphrodite or Jabba the Hut? No one can tell.

And don’t think guys are immune to this phenomenon either. Guys will take a close up of their barbed wire bicep tattoo while conveniently leaving their face out of the shot. They’ll point a camera at a fogged up mirror so that the resulting photograph is nothing more than a smoky silhouette. Or they’ll just post an old picture of Brad Pitt they found on Google Images and hope no one notices that it’s not them.

Of all the lies perpetrated on the general public, you could argue that these “MySpace pics” are the worst and most prevalent. And while putting a questionable picture on MySpace doesn’t really hurt anyone, this phenomenon becomes a major problem when these pictures are used for online dating profiles.

It’s obvious why people do this sort of thing. They want to put their best foot forward, and when you’re not a supermodel, people can judge you harshly. Instead of putting yourself out there, it’s much safer and easier to post a blurry picture, taken from a high angle with a blinding backlight. When no one can figure out what you look like, no one can criticize you.

But in truth, these pictures are hurting people much more than they realize. Why? Because you’re starting off a relationship by lying. Oh sure, everyone wants to present their best self to the opposite sex, but there’s a difference between using your favorite picture and actively creating a new image that presents a deceitful version of yourself. It’s not different than saying you’re religious when you’re actually an atheist, or saying you love dogs when deep down you’re secretly a cat person. You are a liar and a fake and that is not a great way to kick off a relationship.

Furthermore, these pictures don’t even help you. Sure, you’ll get a few extras winks or messages or dates because of a better picture, but unless you’re dating a visually impaired person, they are eventually going to see the real you. So now, you’ve set them up with an unrealistic idea of who you are. Not only are you leaving the door open for a let down, you’re practically guaranteeing it. I once heard a story about a guy who went on a date with someone from an online dating site, and when he arrived at the movie theater, he couldn’t find her, so he called her cell phone, only to discover she was standing next to him the entire time. He didn’t realize this because the girl didn’t look anything like her online picture. He was duped! This kind of behavior doesn’t pay off. Isn’t it better to set the bar low and exceed expectations? Say you go on a date with a person who expects you to be subpar looking and you end up being somewhat attractive. Jackpot, you’re in.

Try this: Next time you want a date, sign up for a dating site. And try a local dating site; say you’re from Hartford, CT, then use a Connecticut dating site instead of one of those national ones. Then put up an honest picture of yourself. You can use one of your better photos, but make it an honest one. No smoke and mirrors, no blinding backlights, no emo haircuts covering your eyes, and for god’s sake get someone else to take the picture instead of doing a 7 feet away long-arm. You might be scared at first to put your true self out there online. But what’s truly scary is the prospect of ending up bitter and alone, which is exactly what will happen if you try to deceive your potential love interests. It’s like the old saying, “if you don’t have money or a really nice car, you better get people to love you for who you really are.” Stop lying and you’ll be just fine. Good luck!



By: Nicole Lero

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Emo Boy