Category: Love & Relationships
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lyft: couples therapy
i picked up P and J on a saturday night in downtown long beach the area where i picked them up was a shitshow with lb pride happening that weekend they live in ktown and came out to lb to celebrate J’s bday she turned 30 during the ride so yay for that we started…
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ways you know i’m comfy with you
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lyft: mr. sportswriter
i picked up C on a weekday afternoon from a bar in venice beach he was leaving a group of friends who wanted to get crazier than he wanted to on a weekday evening it was a really short ride, but the convo was pretty full we got onto the topic of work — which…
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lyft: life, love, creativity
i took A to the airport this morning A is a graphic designer originally from new jersey we touched so many aspects of life i don’t even really know where to start… we’ll start here he grew up being told that anything in the creative / artistic space is not a ‘real’ job, that life…
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partnership revamped
last sunday, Soul and i went to Grand Central Market in DTLA. it’s truly one of my favorite places to visit in LA. the food (tacossssss) the crowd the variety of food and crowd (think street tacos, boba, mom and pop chinese, american fusion, ramen, juice bar, and so on) the flea market feeling the…
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Fathering Me
“I’m f&#@ing leaving. I can’t.” The words popped out of my mouth before I knew it. They interrupted the words coming out of my dad’s mouth, words about his thoughts on my relationship with Soul, words that seemed to push me against the edges of my sanity, my equilibrium, words that seemed to suffocate me, …
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It’s Not You, It’s Me. Really. And Always.
Today, I confronted an experience that I had been repeating. I journaled about it, as I find that one of the easiest ways of processing. I noticed that I had been in a bad mood, especially when I was around my partner (they/them). Why? I journaled – I’m bothered most when I perceive them to…
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Holding Space for Someone Usually Involves LIttle Talking
What someone in need really needs is to be seen and known for who and what they truly are. This is not to say, disregard their situation or their feelings or whatever. It’s to acknowledge it all. All, which includes their infinite pure nature, full of and overflowing with health and well-being, powerful because of…
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We Say F&*$ a Lot. Like a Lot Lot.
A typical conversation with Soul, my partner, not my actual soul lol is sprinkled generously with: ya ass fucken bitttch shut the f up get the f out of here f you etc etc etc. Basically a bunch of profanity with a sprinkle of actual meaning and content. To me, I look at this and…
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National Coming Out DAy, Eh?
I heard it’s National Coming Out Day. For me, it’s less about my sexuality, more about how and who I am as a whole Person and Soul. And part of that comes out as a female in a romantic relationship with a non-binary person. To me, Coming Out is a daily thing, expanding beyond sexuality.…
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Life Flow is Love – It’s Why Everything Is Always Working Out For You
My partner is not who I expected. My partner is not what I expected. My partner doesn’t look like anything I’d ever imagined I’d ever want. My partner doesn’t act like anything I’d ever expected for myself. My partner is so many things I just couldn’t have guessed. And so ironically, my partner is so…