When I was in college, I met my boyfriend on a dating website. His name was Dave. It was 2002. This basically made me a trailblazer of online dating. I was dating online before it was socially acceptable… when it was an embarrassment that only the obviously desperate did. I talked to Dave on the phone for a few weeks before we decided to meet in person. I loved…
So last night, I was browsing through other blogs by single women, and I came across a post that kind of irritated the shit out of me. I’m paraphrasing here, but the title was something along the lines of “why you’re still single” – as written to a female audience of women in their mid-thirties and beyond. Because what a miserable existence that must be! I should mention,…
Over the last couple of years, I’ve come to realize that I’m more of a seasonal lover. Sometimes I want a partner, sometimes I want to be free. I’m okay with taking on a lover, and I’m okay with letting him go. It’s not that I view love or companionship as disposable – I don’t. But I’m constantly-evolving, fiercely independent, and I don’t want to force a relationship…