About two years ago I moved from Tampa, FL to Seattle, WA by myself for a new job. I had no friends in the new city at all and I had to drive myself across the country to start the new job. I had 3.5 weeks to do EVERYTHING including giving notice at work, figuring out how to deal with my rental lease in Tampa, find…

It’s weird because I’m happy for my friends who have great husbands, jobs, kids etc - I always say I just want a small piece of the pie for myself. But I agree it’s better to be a good person and be your best self and people should see that.

Thank you. If anyone is in Seattle let me know. ;)

Whenever I adopt a dog in the future I’ll look into it. I’m now 3 for 3 with pets with issues (minor to VERY severe) and unfortunately by the time I realized I might need the pet insurance my dogs wouldn’t be qualified. I didn’t even know dogs could freaking get cancer and then I had a pooch get it twice and when I…

Yep - I won’t settle anymore with a “meh” relationship. Been there, done that and felt like crap (dude wasn’t a bad one, just not for me). I only want the good stuff now and I’m willing to wait and be alone. For now I’ll chill with my pooch and be just fine with that.

I really get your post and a lot of it sounds very similar to me. My goal in the next few weeks is to try and start finding a therapist. I know I need one and my family too thinks it’s a bunch of crap (my mom REALLY needs therapy but will never do it and she’s more screwed up than me) but I realize that I was not…

This article hit very close to home and made me ugly cry. The good news is I don’t celebrate Christmas so it didn’t ruin the morning for me.

By all accounts I’m failing as a 36 year old adult in that I’m single and don’t really have friends in this new place I’ve moved to (I’ve been here 2 years). Let’s not forget…