Archive for March, 2009

Dating When You Just Don’t Care

Singlegal
Alright, so this headline is misleading, because I’m not dating. I mean, not really. I’m giving myself “off” until the summer to work on my Art of Aloneness and figure myself out after the break up with Darwin. I assure you I am more romantically disenchanted than I ever have been, so it’s not a [...]

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Getting Single, SingleGal
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What’s In a Name

Singlegal
For the past month or so, I have been navigating the treacherous kingdom of Name-Change-Dom. I initially had a feeling that going back to my maiden name would be more difficult than changing to my married name, largely because of the heightened governmental security restrictions put in place since my marriage. I am not wrong. [...]

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Getting Single, SingleGal
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The Ring and the Ding-a-ling

From the mind of GoodbyeGal
As you may or may not know, Ex has a girlfriend. From what I can tell she is an immature, dense, flirty little 20 year old with commitment issues. Sounds like the perfect girl to be taking care of him, right?
He spends hours on the phone with her every night discussing [...]

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Divorce, Getting Single, GoodbyeGal
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Door Close, Door Open

Singlegal
So, there’s been something else going on in my life. Amidst the break up with Darwin, which I think most of you can tell I’m handling pretty poorly, Ex saw an opportunity. I sort of figured he was up to some shennanigans with his Valentine’s Day “I Love You” Text . And, a reminder, that [...]

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Getting Single, SingleGal
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Relationships: The DL and The LD

From the life and times of GoodbyeGal
Looking back over my relationship history I don’t really have much of a portfolio. Prior to Ex, who I met in my Senior Year of High School and carried on with monogamously for 13 years, I only had one other truly long term relationship. It lasted about 6 months, [...]

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Dating, Getting Single, GoodbyeGal, Love
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Emotional Imposter

Singlegal
People go as quickly as they come sometimes. This is my experience with Darwin.
One minor disagreement over a feeling of discontent spun into a tornado of two-weeks that has still left me reeling. What started as “space” quickly morphed into a break-up with possibility, to a break-up with impossibility, to a declaration of I’ll-Never-Speak-To-You-Again. [...]

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Getting Single, SingleGal
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