Category Archives: friendship
My WTF?! Day
This summer, I told a neighbor that I would watch her two girls, ages 9 and 6, for four hours twice a week while she was at work. She had been wondering what she was going to do since she is on a very tight budget and not making ends meet. I told her that I …
3 Sides to Every Stituation
It never amazes me how people see the same situation very differently. A friend once summed it up as “there are three sides to every situation: mine, theirs and the truth; and usually the truth will lie somewhere in the middle. Lately, it seems that this has been happening to me a lot in many …
Circles and Transitions
It is my belief that relationships are cyclic. The highs in the relationship correspond to one portion of the circle whereas the lows would be represented by the opposite. Within the 20+ years of my marriage we have gone through many cycles. There have been times that we have moved slowly or more quickly through …
Polyamorous and … failed.
Well it’s over. I am at the part now that I pick up the shattered pieces of my heart, dust them off and go hide for a while. I don’t know if I will ever find what I need. I had such high hopes for this last relationship. Hope enough that I began to plan …
I am polyamorous and … failing. Part 2
We talked last night via text, the boyfriend and I. I am loathe to call him the ex-boyfriend because I still have hope that it is not over. I am not sure that he sees my point of view yet, but I think he is trying. He asked what I wanted him to do, but …
Words Hurt
I once saw a children’s sermon comparing words to toothpaste. Once the toothpaste has come out of the tube, it is impossible to get it back in without leaving some residue. The minister even demonstrated this by trying to suck the paste back in the tube and use popsicle sticks to get the remainder. But …
Reciprocity
One of my biggest pet peeves is the lack of reciprocity found in some relationships. Just as in communication where there is a back and forth of ideas; there should be a back and forth of actions in any relationship. There have been times when both Brad and I feel that we are giving more …
Wonderful me?
I was called “wonderful”. For that matter, I have been complimented much more lately than I am used to. I always said that I was “cute” and left it at that. I tried to get him to define or elaborate what it was that made me so “wonderful” and ended up with a list of …
