Ralph on Relationships: The Mutual Friends With an Enemy

January 25th, 2012 Posted in Advice, Opinion, PINO PER DIEM, Relationships
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THINGS DON'T SEEM RIGHT.

THINGS DON'T SEEM RIGHT.

This is dedicated to one Mr. Buckley, European History sophomore teacher extraordinaire: an extraordinary man who unbeknownst to me helped me subconsciously cultivates my lust and love for all things history.

Long before he inspired me though, I was a wise fool, just going through the motions, waiting for basketball practice.  He then presented me, along with the rest of my cohorts in our 10th grade European History (when he wasn’t throwing garbage cans to a snoozing Jamel Cooke) with a proverb that was attached …

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Ralph on Relationships: Distance and Change.

October 12th, 2011 Posted in Advice, PINO PER DIEM, Relationships
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1NCE UPON A TIME.

1NCE UPON A TIME.

Facebook, User ID: Ralph Pino Forno

Friends: 2,228.

I remember my cousin Elliot scolding me about my personal metric.

Who really has 2,228 friends?

He said, “From your Facebook page, you also seem to be enjoying yourself and progressing. But one idiosyncrasy that you cannot tell about a man from his Facebook page is his loyalty. I notice that you have quite a long friend list – but the number of names on a man’s contact sheet is no indication of his friendship and loyalty to …

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Ralph on Relationships: Bouncers: Gatekeepers of Relationships

April 27th, 2011 Posted in Advice, Opinion, PINO PER DIEM, Relationships
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LET. ME. IN.

LET. ME. IN.

“Hello, may I please speak to Kadisha?” I said over the telephone, in an anxious tone that I learned watching TV.  I was in 5th grade, and I wish it were Kadisha, my first biggest crush, that picked up the phone.  But instead, it was her Mom.  “SHE’S NOT HERE – WHO’S THIS?!” – Momma Kadisha said emphatically.  –CLICK. I hung up, to scared to respond.

This was my first time experiencing a bouncer.  For all you club-goers, you know what that is, in terms of …

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How to Spot an Eternal Friend.

March 8th, 2011 Posted in Advice, How-To Tuesdays, Opinion, Relationships
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FRIENDS!!!

FRIENDS!!!

With my turbulent trials that I’ve endured over the past three months, I’ve seen the value of true friends.  In my adversity, its only revealed sincerity conjured up by souls that truly care.

It’s easy to identify who’s there during times of disarray.  But what about those times when everything is status quo?  These are the times when we take those that we truly love for granted, and are often unnoticed because of our comfort with them.  Day in and day out, they are over looked because their presence …

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My Definition of Friendship.

November 3rd, 2010 Posted in Advice, Opinion, PINO PER DIEM
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Friendship aptly defined on dictionary.com is a relation, and or intimacy. Here are some of the most important attributes of my maturation as a true friend:

Ralph & Ralph.

Ralph & Ralph.

WHAT IS A FRIENDSHIP?

Friendship is an in-depth relationship, not to be confused with an acquaintance – those are people that you talk to infrequently or meet once. Friendship is a connection that you retrain that off the bat can be comforting and relaxing.

BUILDING A TRUE FRIENDSHIP FROM CASUAL FRIENDS.

Building friendships, like anything you want to get good at, takes …

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How to be Friends with the Option of More

October 21st, 2010 Posted in Advice, Opinion, Relationships
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I'm Ralph. Can I be your friend?

I'm Ralph. Can I be your friend?

When garnering the necessary experience to be worthy of identifying your soul mate, it’s usually frowned upon to start, build, and fortify these prospective partnerships with the support of good old platonics, deeply-seeded in friendship.  The popular lexicon associated with this is called the “Friend-Zone’ – a phenomenon that occurs that when real intentions are brought to the table, while the prospect of romance is quickly thwarted with lines such as, “Were too good of friends,” or “I don’t want us to ruin …

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