…I read an article on Salon.com this morning that sent the subject of marriage hurtling back to the forefront of my overtired brain. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that in this particular case, the idea of marriage is more of a jumping-off point for the thoughts I’m about to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘jackwagonry’
And you thought I was done blogging about marriage….
Posted in Blathering, Love, Men suck, Neuroses, tagged jackwagonry, Marriage on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A letter I have been dying to write
Posted in Love, Men suck, Places I've been, tagged jackwagonry on April 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. –Peter Marshall Dear Shit-for-Brains Ex-Fiance Who Shall Remain Nameless, On April 11, 2010, on a rainy, foggy, miserable San Francisco day, we went on a tour of Alcatraz with your parents. After we [...]
Mirror, mirror
Posted in Family, Health, Love, Neuroses, Places I've been, tagged jackwagonry on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As I wind down my discussion of NPD, I wanted to share a few final thoughts…. First off, I have found that part of the recovery process for anyone who has experienced this (and it is a process) necessitates shifting your focus away from all the things the narcissistic parent did to traumatize/damage you and [...]
Love is a battlefield
Posted in Family, Health, Love, Neuroses, Places I've been, tagged jackwagonry on March 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, I devoted many words to Narcissistic Personality Disorder, or NPD. My dad, although never formally diagnosed, shows enough of the symptoms that I think it’s safe to say he’s got it and has had it for most of his adult life. I wrote a lot yesterday about what it was like to grow up [...]
Cracking the mirror
Posted in Family, Health, Love, Neuroses, Places I've been, Travel, tagged jackwagonry on March 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Fathers, be good to your daughters/Daughters will love like you do… -John Mayer One week ago, I returned home from a trip to the town where I grew up, Bellevue, Washington. I had not been out to visit in nearly three years, although my mother and father had made a couple of trips to visit [...]
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