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Please Don’t Think That I’m Broken
Loneliness is a human condition, not a weakness.
I snapped. I didn’t mean for it to happen. Really though, it was a long time coming.
There is a common dilemma of single people. We get up, we go to work, 824 things happen and then we go home. This spans a good 12 hours. The hardest part? When we get home, there is nothing there. It’s lonely.
The processing of those 824 things that happened in my day falls solidly on the big ears of a trusted Chihuahua.
As much as I love that damn dog, there’s only so much she can do for me.
My loneliness came crashing down on me in the middle of a girls’ night. We had gotten together for wine and a movie. I had been looking forward to catching up and getting to actually talk to people.
This was about the time I was trying to figure out if I wanted to date any more. It wasn’t working for me but it is incredibly hard to feel like you’re giving up on love.
I coined a term a few months ago for when your married friends try to tell you what you should do when they have little understanding of how modern dating works. Some of my friends have been married for over 20 years. “Marriedsplaining” happens.
