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Since Divorce My Relationship Expectations Have Changed

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  • July 1, 2019

Since the divorce, my relationship expectations have changed. Before marriage, it felt like being on the hunt. (I’m guessing this metaphor works as I’ve never actually hunted for anything. Maybe 4 -leaf clovers, but given my luck, you can guess how many of those I’ve ever found. Yeah, you got it. 0.) I felt like…

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Staying Away from Stray Cats and Choosing a Better Partner

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  • May 27, 2019

I am a bit of a bleeding heart. This does not fare well in choosing a better partner. Those who know me, or at the very least, watch enough TV with me will attest that ASCPA, St. Jude, Operation Smile, and other such commercials make me weepy, tug on my heartstrings, and just nearly have…

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I’ll Have an Order of Failed Relationships: My Piece of the Pie that Crumbles

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  • May 20, 2019

I recognize that it looks really dodgy that after a few posts blasting on nice guys that I just up and went MIA. Probably appeared like I was running away in guilt. Or maybe instead of being like, “That’s right you awful person, RUN!” you were thinking one of those nice guys came back and…

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Top 10 Failed Romantic Gestures (AKA The Myth of Perfect Movie Moments)

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  • February 25, 2019

Most of us ladies have been there at one time or another. Wanting some semblance of our favorite romantic movie moments to come to us in real life. To be wooed. Swept off our feet. Enthralled by the thoughtfulness and passion and sincerity of our leading man. These moments come rarely, but we build up…

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Breakup Subscription Boxes: Master Manipulator Gets Dumped…

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  • January 14, 2019

*FIRST NOTE: This is the second post in a series called Breakup Subscription Boxes. It may do you some good to read the first post before diving into this one otherwise you probably won’t get it. While I had originally intended to do two more posts – similar to this one – it’s a lot…

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The Damsel Plus Other Roles and Ideas in the ‘Happily Ever After’ Narrative

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  • August 3, 2018

I’ve read this in a book. You’ll laugh. It’s the story of a damsel. You’ll know exactly this story as soon as I start simply by the way this story begins. Once upon a time … … in a land [insert some adjective that indicates far, followed by one that suggests foreign and a third…

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