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The Most Degrading Job I Ever Had

Working as a Bourbon Street shotgirl came with a high cost but taught me lifelong lessons

Sep 21, 2024

People parting in Bourbon Street, New Orleans, at dusk.

Sep 21, 2024

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Dating a dismissive avoidant helped me finally understand why I left my long-term marriage

I’m sitting on my bedroom loveseat with my husband of 19 years. He’s sobbing in my lap, wordlessly begging me for comfort and I don’t know…

Jul 3, 2024

Jul 3, 2024

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The ugly moment when I realized married privilege is real

Bus stop shenanigans showed me just how protected I’d been

Aug 5, 2024

Aug 5, 2024

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Does my dismissive avoidant long for me or am I delusional?

Dismissive avoidants are the convenient demons of the dating world, but the truth is far from simple.

Sep 10, 2024

Sep 10, 2024

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Sex, intimacy and dismissive avoidants

How hidden attachment reflexes destroyed my marriage

Jan 6

Sex, intimacy and dismissive avoidants

Jan 6

Dating an avoidant was like holding up a mirror

Slow texting, strict rules and the eternal chase: I found out what it was like to date me

Dec 21, 2024

Dating an avoidant was like holding up a mirror

Dec 21, 2024

All the petty things I relish now that I’m divorced

After years of unmitigated maturity, I’m on hiatus.

Nov 18, 2024

All the petty things I relish now that I’m divorced

Nov 18, 2024

How A Long-Awaited Divorce Day Felt

It’s 10am on a Tuesday and I just got divorced. What the hell do I do now?

Oct 25, 2024

How A Long-Awaited Divorce Day Felt

Oct 25, 2024

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Beloved

I Reject Middle-Aged Invisibility

Women my age crave visibility — but on their terms.

Sep 9, 2024

A woman’s legs with cowboy boots and the bottom of a red dress

Sep 9, 2024

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Invisible Illness

What Engulfment Feels Like to a Dismissive Avoidant

Avoiding intimate relationships is a form of self-protection for people who lack boundaries

Aug 30, 2024

What Engulfment Feels Like to a Dismissive Avoidant

Aug 30, 2024

L. Marie Dare

L. Marie Dare

Bad decisions make great stories. Writer with an adventurous and impulsive side, dating in my 40s. Ghostwriting and copywriting for hire.

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