Jeff and I are in Madrid. Yes, my ex-husband and I went to Madrid together. Many potentially fascinating theories could explain this odd development, but here, let me save you the trouble: we are in Spain together simply because we both wanted to go to Spain.
I love this picture:
Because sometimes, you will split up with your husband and get the cat you always wanted but couldn’t have, because he’s severely allergic. And then, when he comes to see your rabbit (NOT A EUPHEMISM OF ANY KIND), he will hang out with the cat anyway. Wearing a mask.
One of the most dangerous habits of humankind, I think, is our tendency to shape our lives into a narrative—to snap our life events to a sort of universal grid. We don’t just live our lives; we also tell our respective stories, whether to an audience or just to ourselves. This is a forgivable enough [...]
Near the end of April, I realized none too soon that 1) I was single and thus 2) no one besides my mother could be expected to do much of anything festive for my birthday.
(Note: I decided to write this post after coming across Sweetney’s version. In some ways, I am over this whole divorce thing and ready to blog about something else. But I feel as if divorce as I am experiencing it does not have much of a voice online, and I also feel as though divorce [...]
THE DENIAL STAGE
When Jeff and I moved to St. Louis, he knew I was unhappy with the decor of our house, but money, of course, did not grow on trees. Except that year, it did, because he cashed in some investments and spent hours twist-tying money to a festive little potted tree. Then he gave [...]
1. She’s flat-out terrified.
2. She has no game whatsoever. This girl not only fails to remember to wear hot underwear, but she will also strike up a conversation while perched on your toilet (just to PEE, of course—she’s still a lady). She may also discuss her cycles with you, regardless of whether you happen to [...]
So, like literally six days after my life fell apart, I decided to get a cat.
I think you will agree that there is never a better time to make such a decision than when you are romantically heartbroken, with an utterly uncertain future and nowhere to live. This is truly the ideal time for a [...]
FOR THE DATING/ENGAGED
Don’t marry anyone you wouldn’t feel comfortable divorcing. If the love of your life plays the victim, if they hate all of their exes, if they say nasty things about people they used to date, there is a very good chance that person will do the same to you someday, should you find [...]
Almost exactly a year ago, I quit blogging. I did this for the usual reasons: I was busy, I felt uninspired, and several aspects of my life needed my attention. If I had any subconscious premonition of the twelve-month rollercoaster I was about to experience, I certainly didn’t realize it. I sometimes wonder if I [...]
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