This is about romantic love. Should you not care for romance, I hope you don’t feel unseen. Love can be for family, for friends, for self, for so much more…but this is about my romantic loves. Eight years ago, I met my first partner to share my journey. We agreed on three weeks, then the […]
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“That voice, the one that tells you you’re worthless and stupid and ugly? It goes away, right? It’s just, like, a dumb teenage-girl thing, but then it goes away?” S4E6, Bojack Horseman There’s this little voice that’s followed me around, like a little lost puppy. She isn’t malicious, but her bite is sharp. But she
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Diane: Ugh. Of course, the first time BoJack dates a woman his own age, she’s basically just a stunted 20-year-old. Kelsey: Well, BoJack’s stunted, too. He got famous in his twenties, so he’ll be in his twenties forever. After you get famous, you stop growing, you don’t have to. Every celebrity has an age of stagnation. Diane: I’m
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I’m tired of the floods of articles on cheaters. Cheating is terrible. Liars are terrible. But there’s a lot worse things a person can do than cheat. I’ll wait for the shocked gasps to subside, but it’s the truth. It isn’t so much that I think it’s a good thing, but it’s somehow become the worst crime,
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My friend shared a story. She’s an emotional person, empathetic, thinks with her heart. Also happens to be a hard skills, no nonsense, get the job done career woman. But– she has a soft spot within a relatively hard exterior, I think. Like a caramel M&M. She just pulled over, in her car, today. And
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[Polyamory] forces us to contend with the hubris of monogamy, [a] false arrogance about who we are in a relationship that never has to be tested or contended with at all [in our] monogamous relationship. I cannot remember when or where I had this conversation with a friend of mine. Discussing, among other topics of
This post inspired by reading this relationship advice article from the Atlantic, “Should I Leave My Wife for Another Woman?” Feel free to read the comments on Facebook, too. Ah, what a lovely story. Girl meets Boy. Boy is sorta into Girl. Girl thinks, Well, he’s probably good enough and I guess I’ll love him
Dear Kitty, My wife and I had a difficult time with scheduling and childcare this weekend. At one point, she said, “It hurts my feelings that you don’t think my time with my romantic partner is more important than your plans to [just] go to a play party.” Frankly, I felt slut shamed by the
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“[My] kids come first in everything…We live and breathe for our children. When they are grown and have families of their own then we will have our time together again….No exceptions. I love my children far more than I love my husband!” “We raise our children to become independent, to leave us and make their
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If you give a little a stuffy, she’s going to ask for a big, soft blanket. If you give her a big, soft blanket, she’s probably going to want to take a nice nap. If you let her take a nice nap, she’s going to want you to tuck her in. If you go to
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