Tag: friend
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What brings you here?
I’m stealing borrowing a blog topic from Amy, which is to list the search terms people use when they stumble upon my blog. At times the searches can be quite interesting! Flashing boobs – Is it weird this is the most-searched topic that leads people here? nanowrimo book cover – Of course, for National Novel…
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Strip-poker summer
In honor of Nanowrimo, (or perhaps to keep myself from cheating and using old material) I am publishing some short stories I wrote in college. Let me repeat: I wrote in college. Apologies in advance. I still remember the first time I ever pondered the concept of a one night stand. April called to tell…
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When jealousy gets in the way
Jealousy is like the scheming cousin you say you’re not going to listen to because he always gets you in trouble, but then he comes up with a new scheme (let’s put the treadmill as fast as it will go and then see if you can run on it) and it sounds like a good idea…
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Beer, coffee, writing and tampons
OK, there are many more reasons than this, but after staying with Chris for a week I had to share a few reasons why he’s one of the best friends a girl could have: 5. He lives in the awesome downtown of Athens, Ga., and we can walk to like 100 bars or something crazy like…
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Are friends your family or are family your friends?
It’s so amazing how busy our lives can get the older we get. Remember college days where all we had to do was hang out with each other, maybe do a little studying (I know, laugh with me), and maybe a part-time job? We weren’t scattered all over the country (or even all over the…
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When friends of the opposite sex get complicated
Earlier I wrote about how I have male friendships. I have a lot of male friends. In fact, I would say that I spend more time with my male friends than my female friends on a regular basis. I have very affectionate relationships with a few of my closest male friends. Huge hugs when I haven’t…
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A first love
This is an attempt to capture with words the purity of a first romance … and the ability to reflect on it years later with fondness. A memory It’s 1993, I am 15 years old, and this is no summer romance. No, this one sparks during a snowfall and a power outage, and this one will warm me for…
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Friends of the opposite sex – good idea or off limits?
I am a married woman (happily, for the record.) One of my best friends happens to be a guy. Ronnie and I have spent a lot of time together, needless to say, but every time we go out to bars people always find it shocking that not only are we not together, but we both…
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Can a person have too many friends?
My friend Ronnie has told me lately that he’s had a slew of friend requests on Facebook. All are people that he knows – but many are people he has not spoken with in years – since high school (he’s 31). He mentions this to me as he ponders why, exactly, these people are getting…
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Your hand found mine
A heat where warmth should have been A forbidden fruit, a familiar friend You rubbed my hair I touched your knee You called me beautiful I knew I was weak Mixed with passion were your apologies I memorized your sighs It begins and ends with tonight. My heart breaking before my eyes Knowing it’s wrong…