• Midlife Musings

    With Friends Like These

    One of my close friends at work is having a hard time. Turns out he is being bullied by a mutual friend named Jem. There’s a lot wrong with Jem, professionally and personally, but this is a new low. It is another bad episode of high school, all over again.

  • My So Called Life

    Haters Gonna Hate

    I knew this day would come, it is official. The woman I thought of as a friend at work is jealous to the point that she has begun to distance herself from me. It was inevitable. All interpersonal relationships with women of my acquaintance eventually end.

  • Living Single,  My So Called Life

    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’?

  • My So Called Life

    Unpacking the Feels

    Friends often mean well. Especially when they call to find out how your move is progressing. So why did I react so badly to a friend who called and asked “So are you finished unpacking yet?” Seriously? What the heck is that supposed to mean? And so what if I am not? Maybe I am overacting? And maybe I dealing with feelings that have arisen as a result of this move…