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.-
Being Social is Hard
Newly social and tequila does not mix. Being social is hard. Lessons learned.
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Divorced – My Secret Identity
The funny thing about being divorced is that most people don’t ever realize that I was ever married. Those that figure out I was are even more surprised it was such a bitter and contentious divorce. Thing is, my past is not my identity. I don’t wear my pain nor do I use it as an excuse to behave like a crochety beeyotch.
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People Problems
Ever had nothing in common with a group of people? Another instance of people problems.
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Why You Trippin’?
Should I be worried? I agreed to visit a friend over the coming holiday weekend but now I question the ferocity of the invite… I’m talking about a person who rarely keeps in contact with me since they got in a relationship but now they’ve been blowing up my phone for the last week and change. Why they be trippin’?
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Going Out By Myself
The preview line was two hours long so I went to the dine-in theater alone instead. No schedule coordination, no whining afterward. Going out by myself has its advantages.
