When it rains, it pours…

Goodbye Gal’s Thoughts…
As I recently heard from my good friend Single Gal, When it Rains, It Pours. I think everyone can relate to such a statement at least once in their lives. For me this seems to be an ongoing theme in my life and not always in a bad way. Actually, it seems that [...]

Fables Of My Reconstruction

Single Gal Here.
I am fast approaching one month of my new found single-hood, and while I know my break up is still in it’s infancy, I take a moment to reflect on this “experience”.
For starters, I am learning, very, very slowly, that I need to say “no” to Ex. He has been calling, [...]

It Hurts to Hurt the Ones We Love

Goodbye Gal’s Thoughts…

Last week I finally decided to tell my sister in law that I had made the decision to leave her brother. She and I had been close for many years and I always felt that I could tell her anything, even when it came to bitching about Ex for his stupidity and behavior.
I [...]

Home Alone

Single Gal
Ex moved out over the weekend. I returned home from a weekend away to a house that just felt heavy and thick with the memory of him. Ex did his best to erase the lingering traces – removing all his pictures, clothes, and “boy things”- but the fact is that he is still everywhere. [...]

Surviving the ‘Rents

Greetings from the Single Gal
Three weeks ago, Ex and I sat down to tell my parents the news of the divorce. They were stunned and shocked, shaking their heads and telling us that we were relying on fairytale dreams and romantic notions that didn’t really exist. They immediately wanted clean, clear reasons – was their [...]

All Apologies

Single Gal here.
For this post, I muse on all the apologies I’ll never hear from Ex. Yes, it’s my blog, and I’ll fantasize if I want to.
Scene: Ex looks at my wistfully and with complete adoration. Clasping my hand in his, he looks up at me, a single tear strewn down his face, and [...]