I was recently asked to write a piece for The Huffington Post/Divorce section (psyched!) and my topic choice, “How do you know when you’re over your divorce?” inspired me to write this post. I am not suggesting that us divorcees are part of some special club, but we do have a unique experience that those […]
It’s the age-old question. Debated amongst many. I caught “When Harry Met Sally” on cable the other night (it was a Monday, the only night a week I am home by myself, sans boyfriend or work events). I guess the movie “proves” that men and women can never be 100% friends – the potential for […]
What a day. It started out (as all Monday’s do), sluggish, yicky, and overwhelmed by the plans I had lined up every night but this one. And I had all sorts of heady and heavy blogs to write such as: what break ups are like (as if you don’t know), and the kinds of things […]
We’re all familiar with the checklist. The “on paper” qualities that qualify a person as marriage material. It becomes ingrained in us early, when we first start dating; in high school, college, and in our twenties too. It’s made up of things we are programmed to want, whether we actually want to or not. The […]
I got an email from a woman last week who I don’t know; she’s been reading my blog and connected with the fact that I’m divorced. And surviving. I might even dare to use the word “thriving.” She wrote anonymously (so let’s call her “Ann”), and it was weird, because it was the first time […]