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Published by admin on March 4, 2016

So… You Think You’re Ready for a Poly/Open Relationship? 10 Questions to Find Out!

Are you ready for a Poly/Open relationship? Many of you might be thinking, Hey, it could be fun to expand my relationship! It definitely could be. But more likely than not, you’re not ready. Not even close to ready. Not the same ballpark as ready. I mean, why add more people to the mix when…

Published by admin on March 3, 2016

free. at. last.

I didn’t know that I wasn’t free. Not until tonight. It’s 11 months to the day since my breakup with M, my longest, most significant romantic relationship of my life. In a moment of not-all-togetherness, I texted her. I am heartbroken, I told her. And, no, this is not me asking for you back. I…

Published by admin on March 2, 2016

A Girlfriend on Each Continent

If I could truly have the life that I wanted, this is what I’d create: a girlfriend on each continent. Obviously, that means I’d live the life of a traveler. Ok, maybe not Antarctica. Well, if Antarctica, then I’d probably only see her once every two to three years (which, if she lives in Antartica,…

Published by admin on February 17, 2016

Going with Nothing

My sleep pattern has been crazier than you can imagine. Lately, I go to bed around 5am, and I get up sometime. As I don’t have a regular job, it depends on if there is something I have to do. If not, I get up around 12 or 1pm. Which is crazy!!!! Because then the…

Published by admin on January 24, 2016

Can You Trust Yourself?

I have a good friend–ok, he used to be a good friend–who after becoming ultra-Christian would constantly get on my case about following my intuition. When he had an important decision to make, however, he would say that he first needed to pray on it. God would answer him and–tada!–he knew what action to take next. He said that…

Published by admin on January 5, 2016

My Freshly-Sewn Stitches: HEALED

It wasn’t long ago that I wrote another blog post entitled, My Freshly-Sewn Stitches. You can read it here: https://alexobedblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/coping-is-doping/ It’s about an unrequited love story between myself and a woman that I had met online. I ended the post talking about how getting back in touch with her was akin to reliving the past pain of having…

Published by admin on January 4, 2016

Why Broke Men Shouldn’t Date

This post is for the guys–the broke guys. (You know who you are.) I confess. I’ve been guilty, myself. As a “creative” type who grew up believing that society should support ME to support IT, I was never very motivated by money. Give me time. Give me freedom. Those were my mantras. Well, that was…

So… You Think You’re Ready for a Poly/Open Relationship? 10 Questions to Find Out!