Author: lyn

like ships passing in the night

You know what? It has come to my attention that living with your beloved is a lot like living with a total stranger. Except sometimes you and the stranger make out. The beau and I are pretty busy people. He travels for work and...

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music make me lose control

You know what I hate? I hate when I am listening to ridiculous pop hip-hop music, trying to shake it so hard I dislodge my fillings, and then they have to go and break the beat for several measures while the artist — the...

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it’s a party

The matter of the wedding party has been settled. I still have my three best ladies, and the beau now has his five closest buds. We do not feel compelled to have matching numbers of attendants, but I may still borrow one of his...

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and time “marches” on*

Today it seems like everybody is updating their Facebook and Gmail statuses with comments along the lines of “Wow, I can’t believe it’s already March!”** Man, I am right there with them. Last night I was...

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in which i navel-gaze

A few months ago an ex-boyfriend contacted me on Facebook.* Yeah. Ex-boyfriend. I did things bass-ackwards when I was younger, just so you know. I spent 85% of college shackled in a long-term relationship, and my mid-twenties...

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ZOMFGBBQ

I just found out the USPS is releasing a Calvin & Hobbes postage stamp!!!!!!! The bad news is that it goes on sale in July, which just about two months AFTER our wedding invitations need to go out. Boo. Curse words. Stamping...

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in which i wear the pants

A couple weeks ago a flyer arrived in the mail from Men’s Wearhouse. Some deal on wedding tuxedo rentals. The punchline? It was addressed to me. “This Valentine’s Day, Men’s Wearhouse cordially invites...

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