Archive | Confessions
Remember that episode of “Friends” when Ross & Rachel fight over his infidelity while they were on a ‘break’? Well, I am the new Rachel. When my boyfriend— correction, fiancé— Mike and I weren’t getting along he suggested we go our separate ways. I was fine with that. I didn’t want to be with someone…
Read the full storyOld Lying Man I was dating an older man, it turned out he had lied about his age from the very beginning. First on match, David Hughes said he was 62, then he was 65 and finally it turned out he was 68. He was a very smooth talker. I am 56 yrs old, attractive…
Read the full storyCrazy Love-Don’t Date Brain-Damaged Guys I feel foolish even telling this story. I met an attractive, smart, 47-year-old plane-cash-survivor (former glider pilot) 2 years ago at the most popular singles group on meetup. I knew he was a little strange, but I didn’t realize just how much. In the beginning, I saw that he had little…
Read the full storyI Saw The Sign First off, I’ll just admit it – I’m an actor. I’ve been acting since I was three years old and it was always my dream to live in Los Angeles and pursue my career there. Unfortunately, I fell for a guy whose dream was to pursue a career in Boston. We…
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I met Jake (not his real name) when we both attended a small private college. Our first conversation was about our shared love for Star Trek: The Next Generation. In fact, we even shared the same favorite character-Data. After his freshman (my sophomore) year he dropped out due to financial issues. I thought we were…
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He cried all the time when we started dating.I’d go to the store for a minute, only to find him crying when I returned: I am not an understanding person. THEY were together for nearly 8 years! Should we break up? No, he’s in love with me, not her. It’s just going to take…
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I was in Washington DC for a weekend, and called up an old college friend to see if we could catch up. He works downtown and I was downtown sight-seeing, so he told me to go to this random book store in the middle of a huge, crowded square and he would find me. Sketchy.…
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I hate a woman I’ve never met. Her name is Jordana and she has no idea I exist. In fact until about 13 months ago I didn’t even know who she was either. But now she is the reason I wonder if there are any good men out there; the reason I shutter when someone…
Read the full storyThe bathroom floor is covered with hair. With each stroke I see the hair droppings fall to the tile. How did I get here? I think of guys from my past that didn’t work out: gay guys, lazy guys, cheaters, and drug addicts. I believed by the time I was 30 that I’d meet that…
Read the full storyWe had been dating long distance for two and a half years and in that time I had pretty much pathetically tailored my life around our relationship. I flew to visit him every other week. He didn’t like to visit me because “there was nothing to do there.” I watched the TV shows and read…
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