Tales of a Play-date Dropout

In my mind and in my heart, there was no choice – only responsibility. We had been together for 37 years at this point. What could make me leave? I’d been with you through everything: the devastating car accident, the years spent in a coma, and the years when you finally regained consciousness but were…

“Let’s meet under that huge pine tree later. The one that’s like a tent.” I only had to wait an hour, but I was so excited. I took a quick shower, blow dried my hair, and put on a tank top with jean shorts. I wanted to look cute, but not like I had made…

The first time, we were in Sarah Z’s driveway. You were in that huge adaptive wheelchair, and I was pushing you. Despite being such a big guy, you were easy to move around. We were dating, and I had just modified my Ford Tempo so that you could fit in the passenger seat and your…

You told me that when you brought me home from the hospital, your mother tried to take over and raise me. You told me she said that no man would ever want you because you were “used”, no man would ever marry a woman who had a child out of wedlock. Multiple sources have revealed…

We were just finishing our birthday dinner date at the Chinese buffet when my phone rang. I looked down and saw my former brother-in-law’s name on the screen. This could only mean one thing: my ex-husband was dead. I answered, knowing what I was about to hear, and he confirmed it: my sons’ father was…

I had just arrived home from the party when I noticed my wallet wasn’t in my purse. I went back to Meg’s house, into the kitchen where I had stored my purse. As I searched behind the island, I accidentally brushed up against a girl I didn’t know. Her name was Stephanie and she was…

When I was 27, my student loans came due. I tried to negotiate with the lenders, explaining to them that making $12.50/hour was not enough to cover $510 for the loans as well as $575 for rent, the cost of utilities, and living expenses. They refused to work with me. I tried for deferment, refinancing,…

I went to karaoke with my boyfriend and ran into my ex. The ex and I were still friends, mostly because it had been very casual and I ended up getting serious with the current guy. My bf was playing trivia with our friends and the ex and I were hanging out smoking cigarettes with…

It was a hot summer day, 2004 or 2005, around 5pm. My friend Tony dropped me off at a house down off Maynard Avenue near campus so I could hang out with my friend The Hippie while Tony used my car. We were drinking, they were smoking pot, and I had done a couple lines…

I met her at the bank for some reason, December 14th. I had been sick the week before, and she’d brought me homemade mac’n’cheese. She was in her car and I was standing at the driver’s side. “Well, it turns out that I didn’t have food poisoning. I’m pregnant.” “What?” {insert mom look} The conversation…