You found me dressed in black. Hiding way up at the back. Life had broken my heart into pieces. You took my hand in yours. You started breaking down my walls. And you covered my heart in kisses. I thought life had passed me by. Missed my tears, ignored my cries. Life had broken my…
When you leave a tumultuous relationship and start one that is actually, what’s the word? Healthy? It can leave your brain going, uh BRO, what’s happening here?! My on-and-off-on-and-off until the end of time relationship was with a very insecure man. He spewed hateful words at me when he lost his temper, then denied ever…
When my marriage hit the crapper, I wasn’t shocked. I created it. I did it, and I watched it come to an end. But I was taken aback by just how quickly it unraveled. One loose thread, overlooked, and it was over. Signing my divorce decree was sad and humbling but not devastating. We had…

Author’s note: I originally wrote this piece on Medium in 2021. Since then, I have met my Mom’s new man-friend. He treats her like the God damn queen that she is. After 50 years of dating and marrying men who didn’t even deserve to look at her, she is finally happy with this man. It’s… Read more

Single and ready to mingle. It sounds fun. It sounds exciting. It sounds like a lot of sex is about to happen. It sounds like I can devour all the men I want without an ounce of guilt. Let’s go! But that’s not what being single really is. I have concluded that although I have… Read more

After years of being married and then, when that ended, launching myself into another flow-blown relationship, I am back on the dating scene. And holy crap, things have changed. Dating was fun once, right? Back in my twenties, dating was just that: dating. You met someone for a drink or coffee, rarely a meal, and… Read more

If you are ancient, like me, and have been in the online dating world off and on for over 15 years (barf), you remember the good ol’ days of online dating before millions of apps took over our phones. Back in the day, if you were on a dating website, you had to log in… Read more
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