Hi again...I feel like I've been gone for many months, and I apologize. It's been a crazy few weeks, for various reasons. I will be blogging more in the upcoming weeks, so please don't go anywhere! This particular subject is one close to my heart. I'm engaged to a man with kids. That's . . .
Balancing act: friends vs. boyfriend
This is a topic I have thought about a lot over my life. When I was in high school and just out of college, I tended to get wrapped up in the lives of my boyfriends. I didn't go out much with my friends, I didn't call...I became a "girlfriend of" instead of a friend. I'm ashamed of this, but it's . . .
The politics of dating
I'm actually going to talk about politics in this post, sort of. Lately our country has become more polarized...you're either a Sarah Palin Mamma grizzly or you're a pot-smoking hippie freak liberal. Apparently there is nothing in-between anymore, at least according to talk show hosts. (And don't . . .
Bad habits:1, Tolerance:1
I had a boyfriend in college whose roommate would clean his ears with Q-tips and then leave them scattered around the bathroom and closets instead of throwing them away. At one point, my boyfriend found one in his shoe. "That's it," he declared. "No more Qtips!" The Qtip dilemma stopped for . . .
Removing the toxins from life
I found out today that (following a leak in the hallway next to my front door), my house might have mold growing in it. The first thing I thought of were all those crazy stories about people suffering from chronic diseases due to mold situations that were left untreated. Naturally, I freaked . . .
Are you a reactive date?
I've gone on many online dates that just haven't worked out, for whatever reason. Maybe there's no chemistry, maybe there's no connection, or maybe there's not enough interest to go out on a second date. Whatever the reason, I've always felt that first dates were just a testing ground, to see if . . .
