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Nan Tepper's avatar

I thought I'd found that person who I would spend the rest of my life with. Instead, I learned a hard lesson, I'm hoping this time for good, to pay attention to red flags, read and interpret the signals my body was screaming at me until I HAD to pay attention. I made myself wrong for not measuring up to her expectations of what partnership or marriage needed to be. And all the things she wanted weren't things I wanted. And I tried and tried to fit myself into her neatly crafted box, until I just couldn't anymore. And I left. And I'm glad that I did. I'm looking at this from many angles. I loved her deeply. She was, in many ways, the best friend I ever had. But I learned a lesson. The lesson is that what works for one person might not work for the other (in both directions) and no one is to blame. And I kind of love being single. Which is not to say that I'm closed to love. I just have much better tools now and I value myself more. Love this story, Rona, and I didn't even notice your thumb! xo

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Terri M.'s avatar

I hope you plan to assemble all these achingly-beautiful weekly posts into a book. I would buy it. It would sit next to my copy of Starter Dog. ❤️

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