All posts tagged boys and girls

Letters to Exes

A few days ago, I mentioned my need to change priorities when it comes to relationships. As part of that endeavor, I must acknowledge the lessons learned along the way and the trail of debris left behind… *** Dear Child Star: Of course we had to end. I could never admit how I felt and [...]

A Big Question

Is it more important to feel SAFE or to feel LOVED? This question was posed to me a few days ago and it has since haunted me. I don’t have a particularly admirable track record with relationships, I’m not in one at the moment, and I’m circling back around to wishing for that to change but, of [...]

Relinquishing A Dream

Perhaps there is a man out there who will someday sweep me off my feet, or whose feet I will knock out from under him. Perhaps not. The likelihood that, if it happens, it will occur before my uterus retires for this lifetime is slim. I do not have the financial means nor heart’s desire [...]

Pleasure Bouquets: Buddies

You would think that I would be used to the difference between the average friendship between men and the average friendship between women – how men have buddies and women have girlfriends, how men spend hours with each other communicating via sweat and grunts while those same hours are spent in non-stop chatter between women, [...]

Pleasure Bouquets: Paired Up

It seems to me that everywhere I turn, my friends have paired up – not with each other, but with someone. Everyone is in couplehood. Many are in parenthood. I, however, remain the steadfast single gal. Whether this is by choice or circumstance is a befuddling enough question to support my therapist’s compulsive shopping habit [...]

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