Happy October. Since cobwebs fill the corners of our homes and scary dolls habitat our kitchen windows, we decided it might be best to add a little bit of a fear factor to the Man(di) Cave this month. We’ve asked three men some very dark and twisted questions, and they obliged by offering some even […]
Category Archives: Relationships
August
20
‘Liv’ing a Lie
posted by The Sisterwives
Your writer today is a bright, intelligent, wonderful lady…who is also rather an enigma. I first got to know her goodness-knows-where in the World Between the Wires, and was drawn to the bright avatar of a smiley, blonde-haired child she was using, as well as to her evident wit, humour and kindness. The more I […]
August
06
This Is Who I Am
posted by Renee
You may remember Sharon her for her piece, The Picture is Only Perfect in Her Head, where she wrote about being the child of a narcissistic mother. Struggling to define your sexuality is confusing enough in a world that loves to tell you who you are – to do so against the backdrop of abusive relationships can be heartbreaking. Please […]
August
03
Am I Too Angry to Get Laid?
posted by Renee
Please welcome my friend and guest poster today, who has chosen to remain anonymous – she is one of the toughest people I know, as well as one of the kindest. She will be the biggest advocate for those she believes in, and a force to be reckoned with for those she does not. She […]
June
18
Reality Cuts In
posted by hastywords
There is something magical about living inside words. Stories sweep us off our feet and carry us into worlds we’d never otherwise get to visit. Narratives allow us to fall in love, battle enemies, destroy evil, and share any number of emotions inside the safe and harmless imaginary landscape of fantasy. I have personally lived […]
June
15
One-Hundred Proof
posted by Renee
Sometimes it’s as simple as a line from a familiar song, heard when you don’t expect it. That’s all it takes to trigger a memory, to send you back to where you know you shouldn’t go – but you go anyway. Please welcome Amy Noble, who writes with such rich, authentic, emotion that her story almost leaves behind a trace, […]
April
13
Lucky
posted by The Sisterwives
Sometimes it’s the boy next door. Sometimes it’s someone else. The relationships we have when we are too young to know better can set the stage for who and how we love the rest of our lives. Time can blur the focus of the memory, or sharpen it with perspective. Please join me in welcoming Kelly […]
March
02
A Mother Erased
posted by The Sisterwives
Mother-daughter relationships can be incredibly complex and difficult to navigate, because in each other they see the best and the worst of themselves. Please join us in welcoming the author of A Mother Erased, as she shares her heartbreaking and personal story of estrangement, abandonment, and hope. It was a warm September day, but my body froze […]
January
26
The trauma doesn’t end when the abuse does
posted by The Sisterwives
Today’s post is brought to you by a very dear friend of the Sisterwives. He has endured much, and tries to continue as cheerfully as possible – or at least, continue. In spite of the variety of his experience, nothing in his life so far had prepared him for this… Scott, you convey so much […]
September
29
Everything Does NOT Happen For a Reason
posted by Mandi
“Everything happens for a reason.” Bullshit. “It was all part of the plan. His plan. God’s plan.” Bullshit. I know. It’s what people say. They just want to help, to make you feel better, to make it easier, to try to justify…injustice. “Only the good die young.” Truth. “Gone too soon.” Truth. “Life is short.” […]
September
25
I, Matter
posted by Lil
Come here, just for a few minutes – I have something I’d like to share with you. Perchance it’s not anything new. I would hazard a guess that you already know most (if not all) of this, given the time to sit and actually think it through. I’d like you to take that time now. […]
September
18
The Hardest Breakup
posted by beth teliho
It was one sentence. One sentence in an email that was the iceberg to our Titanic. Following that, it was one defensive, disastrous email after another, a few uncomfortable phone calls, and a single mailed letter. Then just like that – after four years of Hard Core Best Friends – it was just over. Over. I replayed those […]
September
11
My Special Needs Son Made Me Beautiful
posted by The Sisterwives
Kristi is one of my very favourite writers to read (if that makes sense). I stumbled across her blog, quite by accident, and very rapidly found myself hooked; on her words, on her thoughts, on the way she constructed her sentences, and above all, on the way she is absolutely *determined* to make the world […]
July
14
The Saboteur
posted by Lil
Is it back? I don’t know yet, but am watching, waiting, to see whether the proverbial bad penny is back in my life for another round. And I’m scared.
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