Author: Miss Dyyna
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Denver
Instead of using real or fake first names, I give each of my guys pet names that describe them. Denver, well lives there, but his entrance into my life is quite curious indeed. 47, 5’10”, 150 lbs, lots of outdoor bicycling, tight tight tight. Small build, but well-defined. Shaved bald owing to genetics and time elapsed.…
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Nerdie: The City Adventure, Later
We did finally get into our fancy clothes and up the elevator to the hotel bar. He wore a deep red button down, and I put on a flirty blue dress with a frilly angled edge that I bought in New Orleans. I pulled out of storage my 4″ spike heels with open toe to reveal…
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Nerdie: The City Adventure, Now
I met him at his mom’s house just to drop my car off – no mom siting. We jumped in his beat up Subaru and off to the city we went. Second date, going to the city, no idea what he has planned – living on the edge of fun or being hacked to pieces…
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2-Hour Drinkin’ Buddies
I work very part-time for a winery in Napa Valley helping with private tastings and sales. As a professional fundraiser in the nonprofit sector for going on 17 years now, it was a natural fit for me. Instead of spending 12-18 months getting to know a potential donor for a $25,000 scholarship, I present food and…
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The Dating Game
After breaking up with my third boyfriend after only about a year of dating, yes it was a rebound but that’s another post entirely, I first told myself I needed a break from dating. Twenty-one years went by along with three failed relationships. Time for a break – that’s the logical conclusion, right? Well, I thought…
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Monogamy
I’ve been single for the past six weeks now – a status I haven’t had since I was 19. Like pretty much all middle class, educated white girls from the burbs I thought a monogamous relationship was the thing to strive for. Although I never wanted to get married nor have kids, I didn’t think…
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There is no team in ‘I’
I’ve seen so many god-damn videos featuring world-renowned restaurants where the chef puts on a show about how great he is (like 99% he) and their restaurants are. I understand that BS and videography are besties…it’s not just restaurants. But, good lord, it’s the same thing over and over again. Aren’t I so cool? Isn’t…
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Cutting This Tomato Hurts My Soul
It’s January. I shouldn’t be cutting a tomato. I shouldn’t be cutting a cucumber. I shouldn’t be cutting raspberries or mangoes. I shouldn’t even be cutting asparagus. But here I am. For the past year, I have suppressed my emotional pain when using out-of-season produce. I justified it because I was in culinary school. They…
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Let me have my fear, goddamn it!
I can’t seem to figure out why people are so obsessed with getting over fears, and telling me I have to get over mine. It’s actually getting pretty annoying. Keep your shit to yourself and stop telling me how to handle mine. They say, “You’ll grow.” “Challenge yourself.” “You’ll become a better person.” Shut the…
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