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Published by admin on October 13, 2015

The Opportunity of Heartbreak

Loneliness. Sadness. Bouts of depression. This shit sucks. My first ever long-term committed relationship. Almost 2 1/2 years. Why have I been such a veritable wreck? And then it hit me: I can rebuild from the ground up. There is a brand new space in my life. Yes, there is emptiness. And until this moment, I…

Published by admin on September 17, 2015

MY FAULTY FOUNDATION

Every General Contractor knows it. If the foundation isn’t good, the house will be no good. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but eventually. A bad foundation will not support the home upon which it is built. The same principle holds true for relationships. If the foundation is bad, the relationship cannot stand–or withstand–the test of time. I…

Published by admin on August 15, 2015

Despicable Me

I’m rotten. I almost labeled this, The Breaker-Upper, but I knew that you’d be 100x more likely to click on this blog if I called it, Despicable Me. But am I really that despicable? Of course, not (said in a Louis C.K. voice). Of course, not. (See clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O5h4enjrHw) Why would I even possibly consider myself despicable? Well,…

Published by admin on August 13, 2015

Tinder Date

I was on a date tonight off of Tinder. It was only my second Tinder date. “Date” may be too formal a word. It was more of a hang-out. Yes, there was some flirting beforehand. Nothing major, though. Let’s just say that a message I sent her using the audio-to-text feature created an interesting variation of “my…

Published by admin on July 21, 2015

Radical Dishonesty

I remember sitting by the river bank one day with a woman. Not just any woman, mind you. There was history between this woman and l. Teenage history– with a gap the size of adulthood between our past and that moment, on that rock along the river, sitting peacefully (on the outside at least). Finally, I succumbed…

Published by admin on July 13, 2015

Monogamissing Out

Hopefully, this title made you smile. I’m just being funny. Mostly. Let me just say this at the onset: I’m mostly talking to single people here. I am not talking to those of you reading this who are already married or in long-term committed relationships. There’s no hope for you. I’m talking to those of you…

Published by admin on July 6, 2015

Compersion: The Joy that Keeps on Giving

Some call it the “antidote to jealousy.” It’s a word that has been coined via the poly/non-monogamous world to mean the joy you experience seeing your partner in joy because of another romantic relationship. I’d like to broaden this definition (while we’re already creating new terms, right?) to mean the joy that you experience when your…

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