A Blog About A Book

2021-06-22T18:09:15-07:00February 4th, 2020|

As you’re maybe aware if you follow my social media, I’m writing a book! The blog inspired more writing and so what started as just the blog in book format has snowballed into a 6 year memoir of me rebuilding post-divorce and getting back into dating. Many of the stories from the blog are in the book but there’s also a lot more about my personal growth and struggle, and other areas of my life - not just the men.

Did Someone Say Sandwiches?

2021-06-24T22:18:44-07:00November 11th, 2019|

You know the internet is crazy when an inanimate object slides into your DMs. And it’s even creepier when said inanimate object messages in reply to one of your instagram stories “hey, that’s my view” when you’ve posted a pic from your balcony.

Nevertheless, she persisted

2019-11-04T07:41:46-08:00November 4th, 2019|

I haven’t written for a while. I haven’t written because this year has kicked my ass. There has been man stress, work stress, more man stress, and now more work stress. I haven’t had mental capacity for the blog and, for months now, I haven’t been “properly” dating either, albeit somehow there are still men in my life.

Same Same, But Very Different

2019-05-21T06:39:56-07:00May 21st, 2019|

They say we look for the familiar, that we find comfort in it. But what happens when the familiar isn’t attractive to you and, in fact, is maybe a whole lot of what you’d tried to leave behind?

You, Me & Translator Makes Three

2019-05-05T12:39:32-07:00May 5th, 2019|

How much do you really need to be able to communicate in a relationship? When you’re from incredibly different backgrounds AND there’s a language barrier, should we just accept that communication is going to be difficult, and maybe this isn’t going to be one of those deep and meaningful relationships?

Should We Build Walls?

2019-01-09T10:40:41-08:00January 9th, 2019|

Are walls a good thing? Should we be erecting them? No, not the Mexican border kind ordered by an over-tanned, over-inflated world leader. But the kind that protect ourselves, protect our hearts?

To Me, From Me

2018-12-10T16:13:24-08:00December 10th, 2018|

The end of a year or a significant milestone in time can be a great time for self reflection and a reset. But how do we know we're truly assessing from an objective point of view and not just following a narrative that has already been constructed and we're obliviously following?

Is It Too Much To Ask?

2018-12-05T09:04:42-08:00December 5th, 2018|

In the midst of the O saga, when I was trying desperately to retain some distance and not put all the eggs in the world in one O shaped basket, I decided to go out on a first date with another Bumble match. Surely it could only be a good thing?

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