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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Mr. Man is still sending them to me, in letters and in voicemails.
He misses me and wants to do whatever he can to get back into our lives. I do miss him but I just can’t. Besides he’s far, far [...]

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He made a promise.
And he broke it.
I had asked him to make me a promise at the beginning, one well within reason if you knew his entire story. I am not one to ask much of men when we’re together. I believe in personal freedoms and independence. But this was a promise that, when broken, [...]

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“You may feel like something is missing,”
says my therapist in regards to my budding relationship with Mr. Man, who is - by far - the most caring, considerate and empathetic man I’ve ever been with, “This is probably because, in the past, you’ve only been with emotionally unavailable men.”
I hadn’t told her of my bad [...]

Filed under: Dating tips (for the single mama), Dating, sex and love, mr. man, relationship, relationships | 25 Comments »

“I’m sorry I was so short with you on Sunday,” I told Mr. Man.
My fears got the best of me last weekend and I felt like a schmuck.
“It’s okay. You’re probably stressed. I still can’t believe how much you do - you never stop… ever. I mean, it’s just too much for one person to [...]

Filed under: Falling in Love, Uncategorized, mr. man, relationship, relationships | 15 Comments »

It’s happening…
My relationship phobia is kicking in.
Always hits at the same time - after about one month. I start freaking out imagining this terminal diagnosis of actually being with someone indefinitely. Mr. Man has been incredibly patient -no, he has been more than patient - he has been considerate and totally understanding of my sudden [...]

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I threw on my gold, slinky dress, slipped on my knee high leather boots and then topped it off with a long black wig which I’d braided earlier. Part of a group Peter Pan costume, I was Tiger Lily.
“C’mon! Get yours on,” I shouted to Mr. Man as I started in on my make up. [...]

Filed under: Falling in Love, Uncategorized, mr. man | 17 Comments »

they fall hard.
My aunt told me this years ago.
The words didn’t make sense to me at the time. Every man I’d ever dated had been slow to fall or reluctant to fall. I just couldn’t imagine one actually falling as hard as she described, until now…
“I’m crazy about you. I just can’t stop thinking about [...]

Filed under: Falling in Love, Uncategorized, mr. man, single mom | 27 Comments »

Both of my men (Mr. Man & Benjamin) are on my mind.
For entirely different reasons, but they both have bugs. Mr. Man has the love bug, which I think I’ve caught as well. Definitely contagious in some cases. Benjamin has an ear bug, which I am entirely responsible for fixing.
In regards to that little love [...]

Filed under: Mommy Stuff, My little guy, Uncategorized, mr. man | 3 Comments »

It’s officially - official.
Mr. Man and I are an item.
But because even uttering the word relationship makes my arm hairs stand on end, not out of joy but out of fear - I’ve decided to do some research. After all, it’s been years since I’ve been in a “real relationship” so I need to brush [...]

Filed under: Divorce & Custody, Falling in Love, Uncategorized, mr. man, relationships | 17 Comments »

I’ve finally found some words, between the haze of my viral infection - here you go… the start to the story of how I met Mr. Man. The story, as you know, is still unfolding.
We met at the bar my mother and I used to frequent after my father died.
Mom and I were [...]

Filed under: Dating, sex and love, Falling in Love, how to pick up men, mr. man | 26 Comments »