Love Story

Please Don’t Die.

Rick, as I’ll call him, was 64. He was a regular customer at a hardware store I used to work at. Rick really wasn’t anything special. He looked like your everyday kooky friendly next door neighbour. That also seemed to sum up his personality too. He was always personable, forthcoming, had a smile…

Be a Fool For Whatever You Love (Just Make Sure It Loves You Back)

I celebrated April Fool’s Day last year by shoving all my worldly possessions into a moving truck.

Totally unsafe.

The city street was as wet as her face. Streaks of color from the lights of the bar reflected in the slick asphalt. Thin rivers of mascara snaked down her cheeks, lightly freckled from many summers in the sun as a girl.

10 Things You Should Know Before Dating a Single Dad

I was fresh out of graduate school living on my own for the first time. He already lived a lifetime, divorced with two preteens.

Bring on the Baby Mama Drama!
I bet he pays a shitload in child support.
Are you…

That doesn’t help me.

You know the shit your friends say (or the shit you say) when something doesn’t work out with someone?

“Man, she’s a bitch.”

“What a trainwreck.”

Suddenly, Single

On the same day the Supreme Court of the United States of America announces that everyone has the right to get married, I find myself suddenly single. Can you feel the cruel, irony of the whole happy/sad situation? I’m dying inside.

Unrequited love is the absolute worst.

Just ask Romeo and Juliet

But wait, they DID love each other reciprocally — what the heck. Why does everyone always use that word for their relationship?

Online Dating Sucks

What we are doing to fix it