He contacted me again. We’ve been broken up for a year, and yet he still is part of my thoughts. Some thoughts are kind, some . . . well, not so much. Sometimes I want to hate him, but what does that solve? Today wasn’t one of those days. No, today he messaged me to…
Month: November 2013
Mailbag: When To Discuss the Tough Stuff
Dear Joey: When do you think is the best time to give a potential boyfriend bad news? Say you have to tell him you’re bipolar, or that you have an STD, that you’re on parole, or that you’ve have gender reassignment surgery. (Or something!) Do you tell him before he gets to know you so…
Choose Your Own Dating Adventure: Setting the Scene
It’s one of those thing I struggle with every time. Getting the first date situation, well . . . situated. You chat along with someone, maybe transition to phone (or not) and then (yay!) decide to meet. And then comes the choices: when, where, what to wear, etc. I’m an equal opportunity dater – and…
Carpet Creeper
On Friday, I received the following message from a guy who had no profile, just a picture of a square of gridded carpet. He was listed as my age and nearby. I present the following conversation to you without running dialogue or any editing (although the lack of punctuation makes me twitch) so you can…
My Lucy, My Love
This exciting and totally plausible connection was made today: Hi honey! My name is Lucy. I’m a business lady. Unfortunately I spend most of my time working and have absolutely no time for my private life. My collegues at a coffee brake gave me the site where I can find a person with whom I…
What a Difference a Year Makes
It’s been a year sine I started posting here. What a difference a year makes. A year full of First Afters and struggles and joys and tears and then some. I am not sure what I thought would happen. I think I hoped my Prince Charming would come bounding across Sharon Amity and rescue me….