From the category archives:
Type of Relationship: Marriage Status: Over it & Thriving!!! When I was 31, I fell unexpectedly and madly in love with him. It was a whirlwind romance and after 6 months he wanted me to move in with him. I resisted – it would have required me to change my whole life to suit his [...]
Type of Relationship: Serious Dating Status: Broken by Distance He pursued me relentlessly. I agreed to go out with him and fell hard and fast. That had never happened to me before. Since every other boyfriend fell hard and fast for me I expected the same. He didn’t. It took months for him to admit [...]
Type of Relationship: Marriage Status: Left for an ex Four weeks ago my husband came home from what was supposed to have been a week away with his daughter and her children. He arrived unexpectedly the night before he was due home and came to the door and said, “M, we need to talk.” I [...]
Type of Relationship: Serious Dating Status: Hoping to love again It all started my Sophomore year of college. I had other relationships prior to this one, but when they ended I cried for a week, forgot about the guy, and moved on. This story ends differently. Brian and I met at a party on Febuary [...]
Type of Relationship: Dating Status: Left with no explanation My ex and I separated in 2002. We divorced in 2004. Since then, I had not been in a relationship and I admit most of it was due to fear. I have met some people, had casual affairs but no one I really trusted my heart [...]
Welcome to the Heartbreak Hotel. Your partner has just dealt a dagger to your soul, and you are worried you will never recover. He or she was your best friend, your lover; perhaps they occupied a part of your home, most certainly a piece of your heart. And now, the rug has been pulled out [...]
Type of Relationship: Living Together Status: Struggling I guess it all started after a very traumatic experience. I had emergency surgery in July of 2003. I was informed of the possibilities of death caused by the surgery. When I came through okay, I had a whole new outlook on life. I was going to live [...]
Type of Relationship: An Affair of the Heart Status: Providing Inspiration to others I think a defining moment in one’s life comes the instant we realize what we could have had. Not that it makes us who we are or that we should spend our lives beating ourselves up over it; however, when these moments [...]
Type of Relationship: Complicated Status: Apart I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck. I’ve known 2 months of bliss this summer, I willingly chose that path thinking that it was better to love than not too. Now I hurt. We met randomly two months ago at a public event, we saw each other [...]
Type of Relationship: Broken after trauma Status: Apart after 3 years and 2 beautiful boys I met her and we immediately hit it off… We met one night through a friend and it took only a few days for both of us to really feel comfortable with one another. After 1 week of knowing each [...]
