From 15 years to 1… I’d been with my previous partner for close to 15 years. This article isn’t really about that relationship. I just mention it to illustrate how out of touch I am when it comes to new relationships. I expected my current partner to just “know” that I hate mushrooms, am a [read more]
Is Your Relationship Role Right For You?
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I never thought of myself as a “housewife” or “housewife material” but lo and behold, here I am with a basket full of clean laundry that needs to be folded, a dishwasher that needs emptying, a bathroom that needs to be cleaned and dinner that needs addressing. So, basically, this makes me a housewife. Doesn’t [read more]
Finding Miracles in Relationships
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When miracles in relationships happen they aren’t always what we expect. Roberto Rossellini’s Voyage to Italy recently aired on TCM. Made in 1954, it stars George Sanders and Rossellini’s wife, Ingrid Bergman. The story takes a slice out of the life of a wealthy English couple traveling in Naples, Italy to take possession of a [read more]
Would I Date Me?
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Sometimes life comes along and snaps you out of your misery pit and you end up asking yourself, “Would I date me?” Once when I was in my late 30’s, totally single, and working as a medical case manager for a big insurance company, I found myself in a situation. Being a lesbian with a soft [read more]
4 Stories We Tell Ourselves In Relationships
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Who doesn’t love a good story? Last fall, as I was browsing the Free section on my Amazon Kindle, I came across a story I hadn’t read since childhood: The Velveteen Rabbit. On a Saturday morning, I decided to read it out loud with my boyfriend, Sergio. It didn’t take long, but I was getting [read more]
Be Okay With Yourself as a Lesbian
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by Denise Warner-Gregory Getting to the point where you can be okay with your self as a lesbian is a process. I tend to cut people a lot of slack when they’re in their twenties because you’re entitled to make some mistakes during that time: financial, job-related, inter-personal and romantic mistakes are highly likely because you [read more]
