Bragging About Your Dysfunctional Relationship

Last night I was out with one of my favorite couples in the world. I met Julie in late 1999 when I moved to Iowa to attend the University. In 2001, she moved to New York and met Gerard. And, as luck would have it, they both called me a short while after and asked me to move in with them in a beautiful brownstone in Brooklyn. (Did I just invent my first tongue twister?) I moved to New York in July of 2001 and my...

Does Deleting an E-mail Mean You’re Guilty?

After dating someone and finally realizing they’re not the one for you, you either dump them or they dump you. It’s just the way of the dating game and after days, months, even years of getting over them–you move on and find yourself dating a new shiny person. You compare the new and the old, it’s only humanly natural. Love is like shopping for artichokes at Trader Joe’s; you want to...

The Idea of Soul Mates

Soul mate: it’s the idea of having another person being our other half. We hear the term everyday; in movies, real-life and especially Hallmark greeting cards. The thought of there being another human being roaming the universe that’ll complete us was a powerful message in Jerry McGuire that left the world in a hopeless state of romanticism–was that so bad? Just a little. It symbolizes that alone,...

Are You in the Wrong Relationship?

“Am I in the wrong relationship?” I kept asking myself. I woke up one morning and looked over at my boyfriend and my stomach crunched up in knots. I didn’t want to be with him. I never should have been with him. Joe was 19 years older than me and on paper–our relationship was perfect but in real-life, I ignored him emotionally and a year later, he began to plan out his affair. Eventually, we...