Posted by Delaine - September 9, 2009 - Abuse, Children, Co-Parenting, Parenting, Single Dads, Surviving
Her ex was at her house doing pick up of their kids the past weekend when it happened. She and her three kids were over at the school yard finishing a quick game of soccer in the snow. Suddenly, her eldest son, now eight, tripped her daughter by accident. “Kyle,” she said to him, “You have to avoid [...]
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Posted by Delaine - August 18, 2009 - Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches
What woman hasn’t found herself in this scenario? You’re at a bar, chatting with a girlfriend, when all of a sudden, the bartender or waitress suddenly puts an unordered drink in front of you. “It’s from that man over there,” she says, pointing across the room. You look over, only to see a man you aren’t [...]
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Posted by Delaine - April 14, 2009 - Dating & Sex, Healing, Longing...and Learning, Phases/ Stages, Wisdom Gained
I wasn’t looking for him. He was totally unplanned. But our emails progressed so quickly – naturally – that now, one month into our daily correspondence, his purpose in my life has emerged: The universe deliberately brought me a Good Man. Not to be my partner, nor champion of life dreams. But to help [...]
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Posted by Delaine - February 17, 2009 - Dealing with the ex, Surviving
You’re on the phone with your ex, courteously discussing a pending issue related to your kids or your divorce. Suddenly, ‘it’ happens – his voice turns whiney and he starts singing the ‘poor-me’ blues. Or maybe he throws in an unexpected mean remark. Or maybe, just maybe, he decides to start venting – and you find you and your character [...]
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Posted by Delaine - February 13, 2009 - Between the Sheets, Dating & Sex, Women's Sexuality
By the end of her marriage, she’d given up trying to have a G-spot orgasm; she thought maybe anatomically she wasn’t capable of one. But one night post divorce, that G-bomb came out of nowhere: KA-POWEE. It was a back-arching, sould-screaming, ‘Hallelujah!’ Afterwards however, she was freaked out – AND embarrassed. Cause it happened [...]
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