Comments for sweet solitude http://jwadviv.wordpress.com celebrating the many joys of a solo (except for all those dogs!) existence Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:06:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on simple solo meals by Bella DePaulo http://jwadviv.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/simple-solo-meals/#comment-5 Bella DePaulo Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:06:30 +0000 http://jwadviv.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-5 What a great blog! I love the topic, and I am honored that you have listed my website and my Living Single blog on your site. I totally appreciate your take on the joys of solo meals. I, too, love making great meals, or beautiful meals, or simple things. --Bella DePaulo, author of "SINGLED OUT: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After" http://www.amazon.com/Singled-Out-Singles-Stereotyped-Stigmatized/dp/0312340826/ref=ed_oe_p/102-4637341-6604139 What a great blog! I love the topic, and I am honored that you have listed my website and my Living Single blog on your site.

I totally appreciate your take on the joys of solo meals. I, too, love making great meals, or beautiful meals, or simple things.

–Bella DePaulo, author of “SINGLED OUT: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After”

http://www.amazon.com/Singled-Out-Singles-Stereotyped-Stigmatized/dp/0312340826/ref=ed_oe_p/102-4637341-6604139

]]> Comment on simple solo meals by Roberta http://jwadviv.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/simple-solo-meals/#comment-4 Roberta Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:58:28 +0000 http://jwadviv.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-4 Yummy! I have the same patio table but obviously different tiles since they didn't come with it. Just found your blog from the comment you left on Hobo Stripper. Looking forward to reading your future posts. Yummy! I have the same patio table but obviously different tiles since they didn’t come with it.
Just found your blog from the comment you left on Hobo Stripper. Looking forward to reading your future posts.

]]> Comment on Rule #482: Don’t Date Your Neighbors by jwadviv http://jwadviv.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/rule-482-dont-date-your-neighbors/#comment-3 jwadviv Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:13:59 +0000 http://jwadviv.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-3 YES! it actually took quite a long time and he became really obnoxious -- i haven't decided yet if the saga is interesting enough to make it the subject of a future post... the short and sweet version is that when it became clear that he wasn't capable of being Just Friends - he doesn't understand boundaries at all - i ended up telling him very clearly, very directly, in writing not to contact me anymore in any way and he kept doing so for months with these very needy emails... and when i didn't respond to his emails, he tried texting me and when i didn't respond to those he would drive by my work. i considered going to the police with a stalking issue but as i understand it, a restraining order is just a silly piece of paper and there's nothing other than that that the cops can or will do until there's a 911 call. i also think he's just needy, not violent, so i wasn't too worried. the last contact i had from him was in june when he emailed to make sure i knew he hadn't forgotten my six-month birthday. what, you ask, is a six month birthday? it's half way to my actual birthday, otherwise known as a ridiculous excuse to contact me. that email included the lyrics, in their entirety, of a joni mitchell song, the refrain of which is something like, "will you take me as i am? will you take me? will you? will you? will you take me as i am?" as always, i kept a copy of the email in case i do need it for the police, and just didn't reply. surely he'll eventually get bored with this? YES! it actually took quite a long time and he became really obnoxious — i haven’t decided yet if the saga is interesting enough to make it the subject of a future post… the short and sweet version is that when it became clear that he wasn’t capable of being Just Friends – he doesn’t understand boundaries at all – i ended up telling him very clearly, very directly, in writing not to contact me anymore in any way and he kept doing so for months with these very needy emails… and when i didn’t respond to his emails, he tried texting me and when i didn’t respond to those he would drive by my work. i considered going to the police with a stalking issue but as i understand it, a restraining order is just a silly piece of paper and there’s nothing other than that that the cops can or will do until there’s a 911 call. i also think he’s just needy, not violent, so i wasn’t too worried. the last contact i had from him was in june when he emailed to make sure i knew he hadn’t forgotten my six-month birthday. what, you ask, is a six month birthday? it’s half way to my actual birthday, otherwise known as a ridiculous excuse to contact me. that email included the lyrics, in their entirety, of a joni mitchell song, the refrain of which is something like, “will you take me as i am? will you take me? will you? will you? will you take me as i am?” as always, i kept a copy of the email in case i do need it for the police, and just didn’t reply. surely he’ll eventually get bored with this?

]]> Comment on Rule #482: Don’t Date Your Neighbors by HoboStripper http://jwadviv.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/rule-482-dont-date-your-neighbors/#comment-2 HoboStripper Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:41:15 +0000 http://jwadviv.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-2 What happened? Did you get rid of him? What happened? Did you get rid of him?

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