Category: Love In Retrograde
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I’m writing this on a Tuesday, and tomorrow I walk into a courtroom and end my marriage. By the time you’re reading this, it’s done. Signed. Final. Official in a way that feels both overdue and surreal. There’s something strange about existing in both states at once—still married while writing, divorced while posting. It mirrors…
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“Opposites attract” sounds cute until you try to live inside it. At first, it feels exciting. You’re drawn to what’s different because it’s new, because it stretches you, because it makes you feel something. The energy is there. The curiosity is there. It feels like balance, like maybe this person has what you’ve been missing.…
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The history, the misunderstanding, and the quiet power of boudoir photography Few things reveal people’s assumptions about women faster than mentioning a boudoir photoshoot. The reactions are usually immediate and surprisingly telling. Some people interpret it as provocative or attention-seeking. Others assume it must be intended for a romantic partner. Occasionally someone will label it…
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Some Roles Are Assigned Early Every family has its quiet systems. Not the ones anyone writes down or talks about openly, but the ones that develop slowly through experience. They form in response to tension, to uncertainty, to the simple need for survival. When my parents split up, my sisters and I developed one of…
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Dating in Your 30s Feels Different Dating in your 30s is a strange landscape. In your twenties, everyone is still assembling their lives. Careers are flexible, people move cities without much hesitation, and relationships often feel like two people figuring things out together. By the time you reach your thirties, something has shifted. Most people…
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Let’s talk about love languages.Not in a cutesy, Pinterest-quiz kind of way—but in the real, raw, why-does-this-hurt-so-much way. The idea is simple: everyone gives and receives love differently.Dr. Gary Chapman’s book The 5 Love Languages spells them out: Most of us have a top one or two that really matter.Mine?I need physical touch and quality…
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At some point, dating apps stop feeling like possibility and start feeling like pattern recognition. Not because everyone is the same, but because the presentation is. Same photos. Same answers. Same claims. Different faces, identical scripts. This isn’t cynicism. It’s data collection. I stayed long enough to notice the repetition, long enough to test my…
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The Forgotten Ritual There’s a ritual older than spellwork, more cleansing than smoke, and more transformative than any crystal grid or moonlit manifestation. It doesn’t require candles, herbs, or a perfectly timed moon phase. It’s called: “I’m sorry.” And somehow, it’s the one incantation people refuse to cast. Instead, they dodge and deflect. They clarify…