The Chronicles of Dating

Dating after a long marriage? Let’s just say… it was a journey. These stories are part comedy, part cautionary tale, and all-too-relatable if you’ve ever tried to date with unhealed wounds. Spoiler: the “nope” moments were the most memorable.

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    A $300 Room, a Whole Wife, and Not One Kiss

    A $300 Room, a Whole Wife, and Not One Kiss God really be watching over me in my foolishness. 💃🏽 Intro: The Setup It started out as another Friday night at the old man hole-in-the-wall spot. I wasn’t as old as most in there, but I liked going because the men still knew chivalry, how…

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    What Just Happened?

    What Just Happened???? Some stories don’t end in love, or even a phone number. This isn’t about a date. This is about a man, an elevator, a few Vegas winnings, and $500 that came with a disappearance. I had only been working there a few short months. We passed each other a few times in…

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    Toothless, Tender, and Totally Not My Type

    Toothless, Tender, and Totally Not My Type Coming out of a 19-year marriage, I knew how to love, how to sacrifice, how to hold down a household.  But what I didn’t know? How to date. Not even a little bit. So, when I moved back to California after a season of living in Oregon, I…