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12 hours ago

I Don’t Want To Talk About It

So Let’s Just Keep Kicking That Can Down The Road — This was supposed to be one of those weekends when we actually sat down to have a serious conversation. You see, we don’t have many of those and the ones that we do have are typically induced by large amounts of alcohol. As a matter of fact, we started having…

Relationships

4 min read

I Don’t Want To Talk About It
I Don’t Want To Talk About It

4 days ago

My Struggle With Cowardice

A Brief Reflection on Bravery, Cowardice and Love — I have been called many, many names over the last few years based on the subject material that I have chosen to write about. Some have even called me brave for taking on the difficult subject of infidelity, trying to own it and tell my story. I’ve been thinking about…

Relationships

2 min read

My Struggle With Cowardice
My Struggle With Cowardice

Jun 20

Yesterday Was Father’s Day

I Celebrated By Feeling Sorry For Myself — I’ve never been a big one for “Hallmark” holidays, but also admit I’ve still always celebrated them. The way I have always looked at these “holidays” was that these people we were celebrating, mother’s, father’s, partner’s, grandparent’s, etc. were people we probably should be celebrating everyday, but we live in…

Family

5 min read

Yesterday Was Father’s Day
Yesterday Was Father’s Day

May 2

After An Affair — The Odds Are Not In Your Favor

Is It True That Statistics Don’t Lie When It Comes To Surviving Infidelity? — Found it — there was a quote from the movie Avatar that I was looking for and finally found where Neytiri saved Jake from some of the woodland creatures and he was thanking her, but she turned to him and said, “no thank, this is sad, very sad only”. That’s…

Marriage

4 min read

After An Affair — The Odds Are Not In Your Favor
After An Affair — The Odds Are Not In Your Favor

May 1

OMG — My Dad Is The Nursing Home Naked Guy

Yes, Apparently My Dad Is “That Guy” — It’s just about 9am in the morning and I get a text message from my mom addressed to the group chat we have with her and my two sisters. The text read as follows… “Just got a call from you Dad. …

Mental Health

4 min read

OMG — My Dad Is The Nursing Home Naked Guy
OMG — My Dad Is The Nursing Home Naked Guy

May 1

What’s Love Got To Do With It

The Power Of Three Little Words — You can choose to surrender to love or not, but in the end, love strikes like lightning: unpredictable and irrefutable. — Deborah Anapol Ph.D. What can I say, the moment felt right, the feelings were all there, I’ve danced around it long enough, it was time to finally say it!! …

Love

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What’s Love Got To Do With It
What’s Love Got To Do With It

Apr 30

Shattered Vows

When The Promises We Make Become The Promises We Break — It was more than 22 years ago, but I still remember the day like it was yesterday. I remember standing on the altar as her dad walked her down the aisle. I remember how beautiful she looked in her dress and how very much in love we had been, as…

Marriage

3 min read

Shattered Vows
Shattered Vows

Apr 27

Reaching The End

I Set My Marriage On This Path Towards Destruction — It’s just around 10am, and I find myself sitting here at my laptop writing this article when I really should be getting ready for a meeting at work this afternoon. For the past 90 minutes, I’ve been staring at a computer screen with simply no motivation to do any work…

Marriage

4 min read

Reaching The End
Reaching The End

Apr 24

Covid Affairs

As the pandemic started, so did our love affair — Originally written in Spring of 2020 — this was towards the beginning of my extramarital affair — as we shifted from an online emotional connection to an in-person physical one. I have often been told that my affair was all about being in a state of euphoria, excitement, lust, and…

Infidelity

4 min read

Covid Affairs
Covid Affairs

Apr 23

High Hopes, Low Expectations

“If we’re going to say goodbye, it’s not going to be today.” — For those that follow me — yes I am taking you down memory lane a bit these last few days as I repost some content that I had written a few years back during the ebbs and flows of my extramarital relationship. I’m so tired of everyone that hears about…

Affairs

5 min read

High Hopes, Low Expectations
High Hopes, Low Expectations
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