Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Nov 24, 2009, 8:00 am
Vodka turned out to be my best friend that night. And my biggest enemy. Vodka and I go way back, and like most relationships that go way back, me and vodka had a sordid history. I liked to drink it, a...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Nov 23, 2009, 8:00 am
That's the problem with expectations. Things never ever turn out the way you expect them to. And even someone like me, who lives most of her life 'what if-ing' things to death, just to mak...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Nov 15, 2009, 9:49 pm
I winked. To see what happened. That was stupid. What happened, was that I, like usual, was an idiot, and failed to notice that the dude in question happened to be online right at that exact moment. ...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Nov 10, 2009, 12:23 am
Sorry for the impromptu hiatus on the story line; I've had a few issues with blogger and with time management lately but promise to return to my regularly scheduled blogging soon. In the meantime,...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 31, 2009, 3:46 pm
Halloween: The one night of the year it's perfectly acceptable to wear lingerie to a bar. Joe and I never really did Halloween. The one time we dressed up for a house party we went as the scene f...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 29, 2009, 6:56 pm
So things with Brandon were over before they ever really began. Some people like to knit, or read, or play golf in their spare time. I, apparently, liked to chase boys. I always liked to chase boys....
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 24, 2009, 5:32 pm
"You did what?!" Mandy exclaimed, upon hearing of my weekend shenanigans with Brandon. So did Ginger, Spencer, Sarah and everybody else I shared my stupidity with. I confessed for a multitude of reas...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 22, 2009, 8:00 am
In case you hadn't noticed, once I get myself on a path to something, it's hard to reroute myself, especially if there's mystery or intrigue or adventure or stupidity involved. I became a ...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 17, 2009, 4:24 pm
Happy now? The Banshee asked, knowing how stupid I felt that moment. I was back in the safety of my kitchen, shoving a chocolate chip cookie in my mouth, trying to figure out where I went wrong. There...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 17, 2009, 2:07 pm
2 hours later, the cookies were done, and The Banshee was no more on board with Operation Welcome Wagon than she was before I started. Pishaw, I argued. You're being silly. This is just one perso...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 17, 2009, 1:10 pm
The Sunday following the "night owl incident" found me with an entire day, all to myself. No errands to run, no coffee dates with the girlz, no dates, period. When I was single, my schedule was someth...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 13, 2009, 10:26 pm
The Night Owl was crowded, but I managed to get a seat up front near the driver and the door. I found that generally speaking, this was the least rowdy part of the bus. Being one with little toleranc...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 12, 2009, 8:00 am
By the time I got to the 3rd guy on my list, I had learned my lesson. None of this "let's just meet for a drink..." or "let's be friends". I wasn't interested and that was end of the stor...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 9, 2009, 8:00 am
Once inside the ladies room and making sure I was alone, I called Ginger. "How's prom?" she asked sarcastically instead of saying hello. "You were right, okay? I am so not here as his friend. I ju...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 8, 2009, 8:00 am
Now, I know what you're thinking. Well, you're probably thinking a lot of things, but you're probably like, wow, this chicks a total bitch. Or, wow, this is a lot of work to go through to...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 7, 2009, 8:00 am
Unsure how I was going to get out of the mess I had gotten myself into without fucking over Chandler or fucking up my karma, I devised a plan. A wild scheme if you will that if all went well, I wouldn...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 6, 2009, 8:00 am
"Why do you need a dress again?" Spencer asked while we were browsing the sales racks at Filene's Basement. "Because she's going to prom," Ginger teased. "It's not prom," I corrected, "it&...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 5, 2009, 8:00 am
Chandler, the second guy on my list of "guys to get rid of." He was a first year law student, very smart, good sense of humor, baby-faced and cute as a button. And he was very nice. I'll probably ...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Oct 1, 2009, 8:00 am
Sometimes it's hard to take no for answer; Kevin was good case in point. I don't think his insistence that he and I should go out had much do to with me per say, as much as it had to do with d...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 30, 2009, 8:00 am
The next night I met Kevin at 6:30 at the Oak Room. I was sure to wear my tallest pair of heels to emphasize the height issue he'd apparently overlooked when comparing our profiles. I gave him pro...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 29, 2009, 8:00 am
So Nate was a douche bag. But the whole situation taught me a few things. First off, I was going to try to be a better dater myself. I was determined to be upfront with a guy no matter what. If I wasn...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 28, 2009, 8:00 am
Karma. I decided that all this drama with Nate was Karma's fault. Damn, now there's a real bitch for you. Karma was coming back to bite me in the ass for all the bitchy things I did and hearts...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 25, 2009, 8:00 am
Despite the Banshee's reassurances, I kept beating myself up wondering what happened, playing out far too many what if scenarios that yet again, were not conducive to healthy thinking. I was engro...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 24, 2009, 8:00 am
I spent the next week agonizing over what the hell happened. Wondering what the hell happened to Nate. What the hell I did wrong. It made absolutely no sense whatsoever that things were going so well ...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 23, 2009, 8:00 am
Tuesday came and went. Wednesday, too. By Thursday afternoon, I still hadn't heard from Nate. I caved and texted on my lunch hour, feeling like I had nothing to lose at this point. I'd dropped...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 22, 2009, 8:00 am
Saturday evening. The long anticipated second date with Nate finally arrived and I was feeling rather foolish for acting so stupid earlier in the week (especially since I had logged into match, someth...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 21, 2009, 8:00 am
Nate and I exchanged text messages over the next few days, and didn't really talk again till Thursday. This of course was just enough time for me to fully dig myself deep into a pit of overthinkin...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 18, 2009, 8:00 am
Nate left at noon. We made breakfast together and things between us weren't awkward - they were just as they were the night before. Though I promised myself I wouldn't sleep with him that nigh...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 16, 2009, 8:00 am
Several more text messages and another phone call led up to the Friday night first date with Nate. I left work early to get ready. Of course I had been shopping on my lunch hour and picked up a fabulo...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 15, 2009, 8:00 am
All week I was giddy. Glowing. And I hadn't even met the guy yet. Not wanting to jinx myself or the "relationship" I held off from talking about it beyond what I had already told the girlz Saturd...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Sep 14, 2009, 8:00 am
"You're awfully chipper. What'd you do today?" Ginger asked, noting my undeniably good mood later that night. "I met a guy," I answered coyly. "Oooh, you met a guy? Where?" Spencer questioned ...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Aug 27, 2009, 8:00 am
With things ended with Bartender, GoodWitchGlenda was ready to begin full execution of operation Find-A-Man. The Banshee, well aware of how well my finding a man had gone thus far, sat back, once agai...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Aug 27, 2009, 12:12 am
After much too long of a hiatus, the podcast has returned!Episode 15 is now available! Click on over to give it a listen!
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Aug 25, 2009, 8:00 am
Unlike Ruby, my vajayjay was in no danger of shriveling up and falling out anytime soon. But her sentiment about wanting something more, something deeper than just sex was resonating in a part of me t...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Aug 23, 2009, 11:52 pm
First of all, let me start by saying, I am the last person to buy into the concept of 'self-help' books. I generally find them trite and obnoxious for a multitude of reasons that for the most ...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Aug 21, 2009, 8:00 am
Later that day at the Cheesecake Factory, Ruby confessed a secret. "I'm lonely..." she said meekly. She had just finished telling us about her non-date date with this guy that she hasn't been...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Aug 19, 2009, 8:00 am
"I hate him," Ginger informed me the next day at Buckies. She meant Bartender, of course. She and I were meeting up with Ruby and Spencer for a day of shopping followed by cheesecake. "Really? I hadn&...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Aug 17, 2009, 8:00 am
I discovered when I was single, and to this day contend, that you need to open up in order for things to come your way. What I mean by that, is opportunities often can't find their way to us becau...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Aug 11, 2009, 8:00 am
You'd think after the last few instances retold previously, that I'd've learned my lesson about giving my number out to cute drunk boys in bars. But no. That would've been too easy an...
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Getting S. posted an article on Getting Single... - Aug 7, 2009, 8:00 am
"You'll never guess who called me last night," I said as soon as Mandy answered the phone. "Um... Joe!" she guessed. "No! seriously. Why is that everyone's first guess?" I asked rhetorically...
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