Category: the other pillow
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It's been a calendar year since I moved in, and this closet has been filled to the brim that entire time. Somehow I managed to get it empty and all the household debris put away in one day. The hottest, stickiest day of the year, of course. But it's done. Which means the close ready…
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When you've waited 10 years for something, falling in love in 10 dates seems perfectly reasonable. I may regret this post in the future; if it all goes tits up. But for the moment, I'm going to enjoy the hell out of the ride. I deserve it. He deserves it. It's the first kiss, the…
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He's so mushy! I'm so rusty! Boy: "You're like unwrapping a present" Me: "You're like an overdue library book"
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I've said since I was all of 25 and already mildly bitter, that my ideal domestic situation is not marriage, or even living together, but instead is "Two one-bedroom apartments next door to each other with a shared balcony". Or perhaps one of those hotel-style adjoining-room double doors. I've lived in and viewed a hundred…
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A few of my favorite gems from the family gathering last week in Edgar, Nebraska: "But she's so pretty! I just can't imagine why she's still single" (Yes, I was standing right there). "So are you bunking with Stella since you're single?" (Stella is my 5 year old niece). "You seem really comfortable with who…
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do I email him? do I call him? do I email him? do I call him? has he googled me? do I call him? will he call me? what does he see if he googles me? ok, googled him. do I call him? do I text him? when is he going to call me? call…
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Every year or so, I have just one glass too many and leave my credit card too near the computer and then, magically, I'm enrolled in an online dating site! How did that happen again? And as always, the photos. Guys, the photos!! Here are a few of my favorite "Don'ts". -Don't include shots that…
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I hate getting messages from long lost loves. If you're not going to drop everything, show up at my door and start making babies with me, then for heaven's sake go away and leave me alone! Sigh.
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I have been single for too long. When I had a guest over for dinner last week, I was a wreck. Not with the usual date-jitters, but just by the thought of anyone being in my teeny, tiny apartment. I'm not known for having company over–there's barely room to swing a cat, much less entertain.…
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The 5am birthday (international) phone call. Gee, thanks for thinking of me—but maybe next time, think of the time zones???? ha ha. Oh well, it's my birthday! Woo-hoo! (and H.'s too, woo-hoo!)
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