Posts about my family
I don’t feel like I do, but if I walk outside, I matter. If you get up to go to your job or get coffee and the New York Times or workout and come back, you’re alive and you are part of society. We watch days turn into weeks. Weeks turn into months. Months turn […]
Men are known as the less emotional sex; they are supposed to be bastions of stability; the rock in the middle of a storm; unflappably cool no matter what the circumstance. Of course, it’s not wrong for men to get emotional. It’s unhealthy to keep one’s feelings bottled up and shoved deep down inside. But when
When Is It Okay for a Man to Cry? Read More »
“She’s too good for you.” Oh, how I’ll hear those words till the day I die. If you have read some of my earlier posts, you’re aware I dated a woman I believed was way out of my league. She was, without a doubt, the most beautiful person I’ve ever known. She was kind, considerate,
He said what I wanted to hear Read More »
I have been doing some research. It turns out the rekindling of young love after many years apart is the key to long-lasting wedded bliss. A study in the United States found that people who rekindled youthful romances at least five years after they had split up had a 76 percent chance of staying together,
Why getting back with an ex is so compelling Read More »
I received a call two weeks after The Narc passed away. Until that point, I did not know. No idea. No call from a former neighbor. No email from our synagogue where we were members for twenty years and she had been working part time. No text from either of my two sons. The Narc
Ding Dong the Narc is Dead (or is she?) Read More »
Life Partner? My mom was married to my dad. I know this because on all paperwork she ever had to complete, she always checked the box that said wife. My dad? He always seemed to check the husband box. There never was a partner box. I don’t even know if we can say husband or
So, your life partner is your best friend Read More »
I no longer sleep late on weekends. Truth be told, I now am exhausted by 8:30 and fall asleep before 9:00. I am usually awake by 4 AM and after lying in bed for a while I get up and stare at the stars. It’s always the same thought. How did this happen? How did
It’s not like she didn’t warn me (Day after Day, Night after Night) Read More »
According to merriam-webster.com the meaning of entitlement is: a: the state or condition of being entitled: right b: a right to benefits specified especially by law or contract c: belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges Narcissists believe that they are entitled to anything they want, period. Wanting six people to
Entitlement and the Narc Read More »
It took FOREVER to finally leave The Narc, only to realize that once I made that fateful decision, my name became mud. She was not going to let me go without a fight. I was going to be villainized like I never experienced before the breakup. All my friends and family heard how crazy, unbalanced, manipulative,
The Narc took it all, especially My Sons. She didn’t? Here Comes the Smear Campaign. Read More »
I realized six months into our relationship that not only didn’t she love me, but she didn’t even like me. But that did not stop her. Oh no. She demanded early on to meet my parents, and the game was on. She wanted to be married and something like not caring about me mattered little.
How Do You Explain to Someone that Your Wife Hates You? Read More »