Category: Breaking Up

  • Breaking Up Is (Not) Hard To Do…

    Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.  ~Winston Churchill Telling the truth to a stranger is easy. Telling the truth to a lover is much more complicated and delicate. And in the handful of relationships I’ve had over the last few…

  • It’s Not You…

    In the last five years of being single, I  have had my fair share of happiness and heartbreak. In the beginning, I had a fairly steep learning curve but luckily I am a quick study. The most important thing I’ve learned is that heart is a muscle; it can be bruised but not broken. So…

  • Busy Dancing Tango…

    Dancing for me has been a real lifesaver lately.  It’s always been the perfect prescription for a broken heart.  Last year, Salsa could have saved me from feeling sorry for myself  and embarking on a long-term relationship with Ben and Jerry. But it didn’t;  it wasn’t enough to get me through my most  recent  relationship derailment.  Salsa is such…

  • Future Perfect

    If you live a life in the future perfect, it makes the present tense – Café Girl  Living in the present takes practice.  It’s not always easy to be conscious of the present moment in my daily life let alone in a romantic relationship that is just picking up steam.  Let’s face it, who doesn’t…