Tag: exes
In The Wake of a Breakup
Ending a longterm relationship in your mid-twenties is just plain awful. It feels reckless. Brash. Entitled. You think: Oh, I found someone decent when I was 23, I can totally find someone better wh... Read More
The Cost of a Breakup
There are many costs associated with a breakup, but I can put an actual price tag on mine: $2349.36. Ouch. And, despite the fact that that’s a pretty hefty number (at least in my world where paychec... Read More
The Ex-Files
Ring shopping. We went ring shopping. Well, ring browsing, to be exact. But is there really any difference? I’d blocked it out completely – like a PTSD-stricken combat victim – but looking thro... Read More
A Letter to a Recently Engaged Ex-Boyfriend
How are YOU engaged?? You’re literally THE WORST. I know because I dated you. My mistake. It seems like we ended things a matter of months ago, but when I look deep into my iPhone’s text history, ... Read More
Internet Break-Up Etiquette
When a relationship winds down and a couple parts ways, there are emotional ramifications that extend far beyond those last goodbyes. This generation is so digitally connected than extricating yoursel... Read More
Ode to an Ex
Leave me alone. What are you even doing here anymore? And by “here”, I mean, in my head. Why do you assume there’s still a place for you in my thoughts? You’re so entitled. So unmoving. Will y... Read More
You’re So Vain, You Probably Think This Blog is About You (Ha!)
When it rains, it pours. It’s odd how you can feel like such a cookie cutter cliché of a lonely, single girl one day and then suddenly it’s like you’re fighting guys off left and right, schedul... Read More
Seeing an Ex
When you break up with me, I like to think you cease to exist. It’s not like I want you to die or anything (I swear, I don’t) but it would be nice if we didn’t have to share the planet let alone... Read More