Category: relationships
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College Reunion
My college reunion was this past weekend. I didn’t go. I did attend my wife’s last year. But there’s so much I can’t seem to get over with my class. There’s people I can’t stand and people that I’m sure can’t stand me. I was so different back then, so unhealed. I was with the…
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Unpopular Opinion
I saw Dear Evan Hansen last Saturday. I knew it won a bunch of Tony Awards. I knew it was well loved and very popular. And I did not like it. I loved parts of it, I must admit. There were some great songs. The acting was really good but the characters weren’t as developed…
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Boy #1
Things are starting to fall into place for him. He found out today that he has been accepted into a pre-mortuary sciences program about three or so hours from where we live. What a huge relief. Not that I didn’t believe in him and not that I didn’t think he could do it. But it…
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Daily Prompt 4/28/23
People I admire and look to for advice…this is a moving target for me because my life is such a strange collection of completely different things, the list grows and shrinks as time goes on. But no matter what, my number one is my wife. I admire her for a million and one different reasons…
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Boy #2
Boy #2 is about to be 17 on Thursday. This feels impossible because it’s gone by so fast. It’s also crazy to think that he’s THISCLOSE to being an adult. In some ways he’s ready for more responsibility and in other ways, he’s still very much a child. He’s changed a lot since Boy #1…
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Manifestation of Stress
Things here are still stressful. People are still who they’ve always been. And I am just trying to hold it all together. But my body is showing me that it remembers the past traumas and pain. It remembers what it’s like to spend all of its energy on just staying alive. Suddenly my appetite changes…
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The Past
Things have been tough here with our guests, Boy #1 and the Squatter. Boy #1 had a tough life. Growing up, he required so much attention and time. It was exhausting. He can still be exhausting. He fights with so much more than anyone I know. He has been diagnosed with so many things like…
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Daily Prompt 4/20/23
All the things that are “impolite” to discuss like politics, religion, current events, delicate situations, and other things like science, technology, people’s life stories, and funny things that seem to be universal. But I generally know when and with whom I can discuss the things that are most likely to upset people. I don’t start…
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Daily Prompt 4/19/23
The last time I took a risk was being very blunt with Parents #2 about how to interact with their own child. I was concerned that they might think less of me but I knew that the only way they could continue building their relationship with The Ex. There had been so much hurt and…
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Surviving
This situation is hard. But I am doing ok. I am frustrated but not freaking out. My body remembers the physical fear I used to feel. Sudden movements find me on edge often. I am annoyed, but not revealing anything about how I feel. Parents #2 texted my wife and I last night, thanking us…