Posted by Delaine - January 30, 2009 - Parenting, Support & Girlfriends, Time Without Kids
Goddarnit the excuses roll in sometimes when it’s time to go out. I mean OUT out – like dancing, having fun, having a few drinks. “I’m so tired,” is usually my number one bail-out; single parenting and working full-time leave me spent. Feeling “fat and ugly” is usually excuse number two. “It’s too much effort to [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 26, 2009 - Parenting, Single Moms, Social Barriers & Change
My 4-year-old daughter grabbed my cheeks and put her face up to mine. I was about to give her a quick kiss when she ordered:” NO mom. You turn your head that way.” Her hands were still on my cheeks. Shocked, I sat there wide-eyed as she planted a VERY long kiss on my lips. [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 23, 2009 - Dating & Sex, Internet Dating
When a friend of mine first recommended I try internet dating, a social avenue that hadn’t even existed the last time I was single,I scoffed. I mean, I’d heard of it, but I assumed it was full of weirdos and creeps. Nonetheless, curiosity got the better of me – after all, how else was I ever [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 15, 2009 - Grief/ Anger, Infidelity, Surviving
Keying his car doors. Burning his clothes. Emptying his bank account. Posting photos/ love letters of his affair all over the internet. Telling his boss and all his friends… We’ve all heard the expression “Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn.” Infidelity is one sure way to bring it on. Betrayal hurts like hell.
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Posted by Delaine - January 5, 2009 - Grief/ Anger, Phases/ Stages, Surviving
Out of the blue, my aunt emailed me this photo tonight. I’m not posting it because I want you say I look cute. I’m showing it because it made me burst out crying. Look at how innocent I was. My God, the face of an angel with hair so white. I keep wondering what I was like back then…but I [...]
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