This week marks my three-year anniversary with my boyfriend. It's hard to believe. When we met on a blind date, I never thought that this blind date might turn into something more. In fact, I was thinking the opposite: that I should take my time, play the field, not commit so soon after my … [Read more...]
The Truth About “How To Be Single”
How to be Single, starring Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann, was released on February 12, and I finally got around to seeing it a couple weeks ago. Before I was married, I was single and after my divorce I had to wade through the difficulties of being single yet again. Luckily for me, I … [Read more...]
Dating With Kids Has Its Advantages
One of the first things I worried about after I separated was finding a new partner, one who would love my kids as much as I did. I felt like I was at a huge disadvantage. It seemed like no matter whom I met, each of us would have our own kids, schedules and parenting styles, not to mention personal … [Read more...]
words for wednesday- drink me handsome, drink me pretty
"If you don't look like your pictures, you are buying the drinks until you do" A friend told me he saw this on a dating site profile by a girl who is fed up with people who do not look like the pictures that they post . … [Read more...]
why momma needs to date
So you know I have been split for 6 years, right? Well my thoughts on dating have run the gamut from no interest (actually I don't ever recall that, come to think of it), no time, gotta hide it from my kids, gotta be open with it with my kids, gotta be a bit private, gotta pull back, push forward, … [Read more...]
do you date your husband?
People always ask me if I hate dating. I can't bring myself to hate anything that I must do so I choose to love it. Even when it is hard. A great date makes me think of how it would be so good to do often in a marriage (yes I did this - obviously it does not fix everything but I still … [Read more...]
the problem with sleeping alone
The problem with sleeping alone is that you get very good at it. Then when you do share a bed with another- not a child with a green rabbit, or another with study notes or boy troubles- but you know, someone with both an X and a Y chromosome, you may not acclimatise right away. You may see … [Read more...]
social climbing and the art of overcoming fear
Last night I went on a scary date. It was scary because I am very afraid of heights. It is maybe my only fear and I have had it my whole life. It has stopped me from doing many things. I hate myself when I can't do something because of a fear. When we arrived at the climbing gym my mouth was … [Read more...]
I made a mistake
This is what you are supposed to say about what others might call a failed marriage. It is a simple answerAnd it is something acceptable (albeit a small word for a large thing)we all make mistakesHOWEVERWith all the support and help I have had from close friends and familyI don't think I am … [Read more...]
notes on dating – talk to strangers
One of the weird things about dating in the modern world is the idea that you end up connecting (or not connecting) with virtual strangers.Saturday night I went on a black tie blind date. I had never met this man and yet we spent 7 hours at an event together at the 2011 Crystal Ball.It was … [Read more...]