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[ooc] you know the drill - IC and OOC comments welcome!

I don't think it's the same every time. Relationships end for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes it's your fault. Sometimes it's his fault. It's usually his fault. And sometimes you're both to blame. I think there are times when you don't even realize it's over until it's been over for weeks. As human beings we learn to delude ourselves. To hold onto ( Read more... )

After the Student Academy Awards, Cassidy doesn't even have the energy to talk to Donna Pascal. Weeks and weeks of raving about the star of Saturday Night Fever, and her loss has brought her down so far that she can't even enjoy it when the actress chooses to party after the show in our suite. Nash missed it, of course. Part of me wonders if that's ( Read more... )

Lisa decides she wants a divorce on a Sunday. By Monday morning at 10am, she has her husband's sister representing her. "If that's not a victory in itself," she says. "I don't know what is ( Read more... )

She spends her night at home, waiting for him. Cassidy's in bed before nine, and Lisa is left with nothing but the evening news and an old romance novel she's read at least fifteen times. At least twice an hour she thinks about calling the station, but it's no use. "Baby, I'll be home as soon as I can, I promise." She takes him more seriously when ( Read more... )

My teenage daughter hates every man I bring home. And loves every woman her father brings home.

...Is this normal?

Does flirting do that much harm?

My ex-husband and I are both flitrts. We were even when we met. That's how we met. If Nash and I hadn't both been unabashed flirts, we never would have even crossed paths. He likes the attention of a beautiful woman, I like the attention of the handsome man. And we're both attractive people, so attractive people were bound to approach us. And we ( Read more... )

Her latest was James Whitaker, and she had met him at a costume party. He had been dressed as a cop, though he looked more like a member of the Village People - or so Lisa remarked to a friend as he approached her. "Sorry," she had said with a dismissive hand wave and a facetious smirk. "I was married to a cop for twelve years. I don't find it very ( Read more... )

Kids hate parents getting Facebook, right?