Category: Hard Lessons Learned

I texted my friend late one evening. “Christy! I just realized that this man who keeps messaging me on Match knows you. I haven’t responded, but he’s persistent. Here’s his picture, what’s he like? “Oh, Jack! Right. Nice guy, but his wife just left him for another man. His Facebook posts make him look like he’s lost…

One of the most fundamental truths we must all learn as we cross the threshold from adolescence to adulthood is this: Everyone has to own their own shit. There’s this simple-yet-elusive concept called “taking responsibility” that some of us grasp sooner than later, and others, never at all. But a word to the wise: If you try to…

Sex with an ex is never a good idea. At least that’s what I’d heard. But I’m stubborn and 9 times out of 10 I have to learn the hard way, so when an “ex sex” opportunity came up, I had to take it. Because that’s what you do when you think you can prove those…

Four days ago I did something I vowed I’d never do: I looked at my ex’s Facebook page. I learned that he is now engaged to the woman he cheated on me with. At least the one I know of. His history suggests there were more, but she’s the one who surfaced about a week…