Breakups

Working in weddings after your marriage abruptly ends Back in 2015, I was nine years into my career as a wedding blogger, and 18 years into my partnership. Most of my days were spent managing the staff of my bootstrapped media company, doing stuff like reviewing wedding editorial content, navigating sponsorship deals, making sure the web server wasn’t…

Now I know never say never when it comes to kids — Like most people who grew up in the 60s and 70s, I knew the score. When it comes to boyfriends (or girlfriends), you must find the nearest backseat at the drive-in movie when you want to have a little fun. The fact that no one ever bothered to invite me…

People often describe their wedding day as one of the happiest days of their lives. Or at least view the decision to marry as one of the best they ever make. I, unfortunately, am not one of those people. There is a moment that is crystallized in my mind. It…

From someone who has been there. — There she was. A tall, gorgeous creature with an enviable mane who seemed to walk on air. We caught a glimpse of her as she dashed from one office to another. I wished I was her. I mean, I would have given anything to be the woman my “boyfriend” had…

Apparently, she handled it all wrong and failed the motherhood test — Boy meets girl. Boy dates girl. Boy brings girl home to Mama. She’s cute but not very talkative. She’s hard to get to know, but Mama kept trying. …

I still remember vividly how my heart pounded when I first saw you, walking into a room full of crowds, with your amiable yet mysterious demeanor, smiled faintly as you walked past by, and I was there, standing still, and I could feel how my anxiety and insecurities were washed…

It’s about a planned separation for eroticism that brought loneliness and the loss of someone who sold himself as my soul mate — I guess I wasn’t good enough for him — Sunshine was always scarring the earth, A drought raged on for over a year Drapes tore partly from the destitution And from me nesting inside, finally touching! While the morning-sun view still gleamed, But I couldn’t let go of the other little things; The marsh marigolds lost to the semidesert! And bubbling euphoria from hot sex, lost! We…

Tales Of Week 6 Of The Andie Chronicles And Her Breakup — Day 36: Tales Of Quiet Days And Demanding Emails From Exes Today is a public holiday. For some reason in Australia, most of our public holidays seem to happen in the first few months of the year. When you back that onto Christmas, New Year’s, and general January lethargy, you find the start of the year very unproductive. Despite this, James…

Life got me thinking. Love got me doubting. — When we grew up, our eyes were full of fiction, Disney movies, and romantic stories. Books and novels explain the beauty of love, passion, and the “happily ever after” type of life. I saw my parents that way, married in a castle, in a magic forest, they’ve always seemed deeply…