January 2012
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A Year of Dating in Review
The year 2011 was my first year as a single adult woman. It’s been a year of the highest highs and the lowest lows with not much time spent in the middle.
In other words, it’s been a hella fun and entropic year.
Even when it was awful, it was new, extreme, colorful and intense. I learned a lot and un-learned even more. I communicate and stand up for myself far better than I did 12...
December 2011
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"Merry fitness & a happy new rear!"
Holiday season mantra.
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So...we're in a relationship now.
Five months later, Em. said we are dating.
On Saturday night, he mentioned his father asked when he and I were getting married (I, uhh, should explain his father is from Turkey and a little old fashioned). I laughed and told Em. I was surprised his father even knew I existed. Em. said “Of course. Everyone knows about you.”
I told him I had a hard time talking about our relationship...
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Two problems with having a crush at your gym:
#1: You look like your worst when you are working out.
#2: There are always hotter women around for whom #1 does not apply.
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Thursday
I wrote my post about being over Em. and his dickery. I also re-joined OK Cupid in a knee-jerk moment of desperation to feel empowered.
Friday
Em. texted me to ask if I wanted to hang out. I told him I was going out for a beer with friends and said invited him to join. I heard nothing. I proceeded to drink my hurt that night.
Saturday
Em. texted me mid-day to ask why I blew him off....
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“I hate that I’m so ordinary.”
He gets up off the window sill, where we had been talking for hours, and walks over to me. He pulls me gently against him, my head softly buried in his chest. He’s so warm and he smells so sentimental.
“You’re not ordinary. Come here. You’re not ordinary.”
With his left hand he gently lifts my chin and kisses me. His...
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Already talking myself out of it.
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Em.-
You don’t know this yet, but on Saturday I’m ending things with you. I’m not doing it tonight because you decided to stay home and play some computer game instead of seeing me (sure hope you had fun killing those mystical Elven warlords or whatever). I’m not doing it tomorrow night, either, because I’ve decided to go out with my good friends, the same friends...