Dear Slightly Self-Conscious Self, I am about to present you with a tale of juvenile hilarity and intrigue. Feel free to read this whenever...
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“Why is it no one sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it’s always just my luck to get one perfect...
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I woke up, mouth wide open, with my cheek snuggled into the wet spot of saliva on my pillow. The scent of stale vodka, tinged with a splash...
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Break 1 The first time we broke up, we met at an old-fashioned ice cream stand. I ordered a strawberry shake, and we sat at the edge of the...
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We couldn’t survive the hurt Our injured, tattered, fragmented souls had weathered too much and we couldn’t weather each other any...
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How can the voices I don’t hear compete with the voices you do? For loving you has become difficult and the wanting of you now...
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Sexual harassment: sex·u·al ha·rass·ment_noun_harassment (typically of a woman) in a workplace, or other professional or social...
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Dictionaries are filled with words used to insult women: whore, tart, and tramp, for starters. But no word equals slut for its power to...
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My last real boyfriend was named Jave, and we were together from 2000 to 2002. By “real” I mean, he didn’t exist solely as a product...
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Try as I might, I haven’t found a way to create a portmanteau from the words ‘sex’ and ‘etiquette’.It would have been so neat to...
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I met a woman who told me the creases in my hand held no hope for children or a life-long love. I wondered if the word alone tasted in her...
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Next time don’t lie When you sit close and sigh You’re married already So forget going steady
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The world of dating it always seemed too complicated for me. How do you keep things casual when it’s time to move things forward? In my...
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Dating married men, guys with serious girlfriends – I’ve been the piece on the side more than a few times over the years and ended up...
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Drawn to the scorching And then your Spring showers From choppy singed waters To smooth sailing From Summer tornadoes To dry Autumn winds...
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Me at nine years old: “Look! It’s a brand new 1975 AMC Pacer! Isn’t it groovy? I got the keys. Wanna take it for a ride?”...
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I hid in the Acacia tree when you ran but I stole the memory of your lips, chapped by too much kissing. Of your back with it’s open...
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I am so tired I’m more tired than any of the victim’s lives you claimed You’ve won this round And I’m done with you...
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You, Torn One, With Arms crossed And Eyes that sting, You Hate me As God hates me- With total, complete Authority. The red-stained string...
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Okay let’s face it, we’ve all been sold a long list of lies when it comes to finding and keeping the man of our dreams. I remember...
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January Flashback: Originally published on FC, July 2014 No one is ever ready for this to happen. We can’t even entertain the possibility...
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What is it with age? When we’re very young all we want to do is grow old in a hurry, then when we’re teenagers we act like toddlers. As...
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Don’t tell me I am too emotional to handle. Don’t tell me you love me just because you love my love handles. Actually, don’t ever...
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i remember you. when first we met i, barely more than a child you, already touched by war. two different worlds converging. you overcame my...
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He was Romanian, and I was smitten. A junior. Joint majoring in Linguistics and Psychology, Valentin was anything but ordinary. Quiet and...
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He’s just for now to take up time and when we kiss I can’t close my eyes when he holds me it’s not like you do oh how I miss...