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….
Mailbag: Friendzoned Torchbearer
Dear Joey, I have been in love with a friend of mine for two years now and I hate it. If Friendzone was on Yelp, I would be the Duke of it. Any relationship I try to have to help me overcome this only works for so long before failing (as relationships do) and I…
Mailbag: Girlfriend’s Long Distance Lothario
Dear Joey, My girlfriend has a male friend whom she has known a month longer than me. He lives [in another state] and has severe depression. He goes through these phases where he will get “needy” and constantly text or call her. I have expressed my dislike of this, since she really cannot be expected…
No More Moves
I’ve been playing this game of solitaire on my iPad mini. Sad to think that after a $300 purchase, this is what I use it for the most. However, I have noticed something. Being a computer game, there are certain times when it will tell you that there are “no more moves”. Simply put, the…
Better for Breaking
This year at Dragon*Con, I got to meet one of my childhood heroes, Lindsay Wagner who played Jaime Sommers aka The Bionic Woman. I didn’t think meeting her would affect me so much. When I first entered the Walk of Fame (where all the celebrities gather to sell their autographs and memorabilia) and saw her…
I Do. (Well, He Did.)
Yesterday, I got to watch my oldest nephew marry his best friend. It was a beautiful ceremony. Meanwhile, somewhere in Lenoir, NC my former boyfriend got married as well. I was surprised when I first realized he was getting married this weekend – I originally thought it was going to be in December. To be…
Lessons Julia Taught Me
I met Julia twenty years ago. I had left college after my junior year, found a job and a roommate, and taken a slight detour from the “chosen path.” After a particularly horrendous Thanksgiving that included bounced checks, broken lamps, undercooked pumpkin bread and wretched food poisoning, I let my mom talk me into moving…
How To Start Online Dating
A friend of mine recently posted, “My problem is I don’t know how to start dating again, lol. . . “ I originally replied that “You start by starting” I realize that was pithy and cutesy, but I truly mean it. But in the meantime, I went back and dug up some notes I had…
Permission to Try
Several of my friends have told me that they have just given up on love. They read my blog posts, shake their heads, and then say, “And this is why I stopped dating.” I totally get that. I also have friends that tell me how hurt they were by the last relationship, and how hesitant…