He comes out of nowhere, gets what he wants from you, and then disappears again. It’s like when I want to make a dress. I get out the pattern and use it to make the dress. I know exactly what I’m going to get because it’s a pattern. Once I’ve made the dress, I put the pattern away until the next time I need it.
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Our breakup isn’t good or bad. It just is. And my making the breakup about me rather than just seeing it as yet another impermanent part of life is what is really causing me to suffer. I know I said a few posts ago that I didn’t take the breakup personally. And I really thought I didn’t. But obviously I did. Very personally.
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Mr. C and I broke up…again. It’s like the saga of Carrie and Mr. Big–without the rich, fabulous life in NYC part. And believe me, I will not be dragging out any relationship drama with anybody for 10 years–or anything close to that. One of my good girlfriends asked me how I found the courage [...]
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Kaneisha, The guy I was dating is 26 and so am I. We met about 6 months ago and hit it off. Our work schedules are polar opposites and we live about 25 miles away from each other. Overall, our personalities are a match and we have the same sense of humor with amazing chemistry [...]
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The most dreaded words in a relationship are “We need to talk.” It always means you’re about to get the break-up talk. I know this phrase well, having used it and heard it several times in my dating life. But there’s a second phrase, one that isn’t as clear but also strikes panic in many [...]
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