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“It’s a little strange here,” I wrote in my journal on the first night alone in my new apartment. It was a small concession, wedged between a list of to-do’s (”paint my walls,” “need lamps…better linen…a new comforter”) and things done (”unpacked,” ... more
in relationships, breaking up, cohabitation, living together, money | by lnd5 | 17 Oct 2008 | comment
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You know the story: after a breakup, one of the parties involved wants to “be friends.” Generally this is the lesser-wounded party speaking, and generally the budding friendship becomes one of two things: wilted or messy.
The 4-Way Panel from... more
in relationships, ex, breakup, breaking up, friends | by lovenews08 | 20 Aug 2008 | comment
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A “friendly breakup” sounds good in theory. The term is an oxymoron, something I always regarded with skepticism whenever friends would lay claim to it. After a breakup, the instinct is to get as far away from that person as possible. Maybe with... more
in relationships, ex-boyfriends, love, breaking up, couples | by KCKate | 19 Aug 2008 | comment
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My older sister Catherine warned me.
She had picked me up from the airport a week before Christmas in 2006. As the dusk gave way to dark and the Texas horizon rolled out before us, we rode in silence—until I confessed. I had come dangerously close... more
in relationships, money, breaking up, living together | by KCKate | 13 Aug 2008 | comment