Living Single
Living the single life: single parent, single mom, just plain single.
What nobody tells you about being single in your 40s -- the freedom is real, the loneliness is also real, and the dating landscape is a special kind of hellscape that deserves its own category. Essays on solo living, social dynamics, the particular exhaustion of swiping, and learning to be your own person after years of defining yourself in relation to someone else.Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
A group outing I didn't sign up for, a woman I didn't click with, and a comment about my pendant that sealed the verdict. At this point, I'd rather stay home.
Call Me Naive One More Time
Every time a man approaches me, the older women in my life lose their minds. They call it naive. I call it unbothered. There's a difference.
Back in the Emotional Support Saddle Again
Once again, I am back in the saddle of playing emotional support person for my good friend X. Will he never learn?
The Hazards of Doom-Scrolling
My doom-scroll trip ended nowhere but in misery. Come along for the ride down trauma memory lane. Therapy is expensive.
The Competency Profile – It’s All In My head Maybe
I have a type: competence. There's a contractor who comes into my job who is good-looking, smart, and capable, and I have completely sabotaged any chance by talking about my work schedule.
