There’s a time in your mid to late twenties that feels something like what I imagine Armageddon to feel like (or Y2K, because the world was basically ending). We lose direction, become unsure of our life’s “purpose,” feel like our hopes and dreams are suddenly unachievable, and lay in bed every night watching “Everybody Loves […]
This is how it begins. He asks me to stand before him in my lace underwear, high heels, hose and bra. He sits in a chair and watches closely as I disrobe, making approving noises, even winking to put me at ease. “Turn around please,” he says and then, “Yes, right there. Stop there.” Even […]
Ryan* and I started dating during my junior year of high school when I was going through my Christian good-girl phase. I dutifully attended church lock-ins, Bible camps, and crushed on worship band boys. Ryan, who played guitar in a Christian band (sigh) and just so happened to be the son of my 6’5″ Pentecostal […]
Once upon a time in 2005, there was a young lady in her mid-20’s who lived in a faraway land known as New York City. This young lady was single and, as a result, was in constant pursuit of a man to be her boyfriend. She searched far and wide throughout the land for a […]
This afternoon, I was at my parents’ house for a family friend get-together. I always enjoy these “parties” because they are both low-key and you are able to receive an update on the lives of people that you haven’t seen for years! But, slowly the conversation always dwindles to a certain sensitive topic, or one […]
In the midst of chaos and a seemingly 24-hour a day depressing news cycle, it’s important to look at the shiny, sparkly thing over there that does not make you think about death for 3 seconds at least. Such is the case with this cute story about a couple reuniting after over 60 years apart. An […]
If anyone ever had a reason not to get back with an ex, I did. He was the quintessential on-and-off Bad Boyfriend and not only were all my friends painfully aware of this fact, when he dumped me on the same day my father died (think Jessica and Tony birthday sitch x 10), then again after a […]
When I decided to visit one of my best friends from college in her new city of Austin, Texas, I was 26, single, and crashing with my parents in suburban New Jersey. It had been more than a year since I’d so much as shared a bed with a guy, even for one night. I […]
No one does “judgmental” like my Mom. “Sweetheart, I don’t understand. If you were building a real relationship with this boy, then why would one text message destroy it all?” She didn’t get it. George and I had been friends in college. We’d recently re-connected years later in New York and started having brunch, texting […]
