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Disappointing Romantic Prospects in New Beginnings
I think I ruined a beautiful young woman’s crush on me last week. I’ve talked about Evelin in one of my previous entries. Evelin in a very pretty Guatemalan in her late twenties, around a decad...
Illness/Murderable Students/Hot Single Mom in New Beginnings
I’m sick because of course I am. I had my flu shot back in October. In early December I came down with something. I presume a bad cold because I wasn’t supposed to get the flu. I thought I wa...
That Kick to the Nuts when Your Ex gets Engaged in New Beginnings
I broke a promise I made to myself. I said I would not check Erika’s Facebook profile until my birthday in March. I honestly wasn’t going to, but we’re in the thick of online dating season. Va...
Merry Christmas: The Brother Brawl Edition in New Beginnings
I hope everyone had a merry Christmas. Mine was very nice, even if I was kind of alone. A few weeks before Thanksgiving, my aunt called to invite me to visit. When I told her I already had pla...
Making Myself Feel Better (an Ex-GF Rant List) in New Beginnings
Funny how potent FOMO can be. When Erika and I were together, or even in that friends with feels phase, I was uncertain if things would work out between us. I wanted things to, obviously, but t...
Processing the Break Up in New Beginnings
I’m glad Erika emailed me on Monday. I had taken Monday off because I had a new refrigerator being delivered. My old one was still working, but only under audible protest. Perhaps the biggest ...
Double Dumped in New Beginnings
It takes a certain degree of romantic ineptitude to get dumped by someone you’re not even dating, but I’m a boundary pusher. I just received the following email from Erika. “Hi Rob, I hope you ...
Annoyances in New Beginnings
My refrigerator is dying, or at least only working under protest. A few weeks ago, it started making this horrendous buzzing. I had an appliance repairman come look at it. He said the condense...
The Opposite Side of Crushes in New Beginnings
When I started this job, I was cautioned that some students may get a crushes on me. I suppose I didn’t disagree with this statement intellectually, but being the recipient of an infatuation was...
Happiness = Hell on Health, Also Aging in New Beginnings
On any given day, it feels like half my body has expired. If it’s not my calf, it’s my knee. If it’s not my knee, it’s my other knee. If it’s not my knee, it’s my back. If it’s not my back, i...
Rude Stude with a Tude in New Beginnings
Students come in all shapes & sizes, not to mention attitudes. I currently have one student with an attitude I’m amazed his parents haven’t corrected. His name is Eli, and he is the most co...
Work Trip/Girlfriend Ghosts in New Beginnings
I went to Houston today. The dean is sending me & a coworker to something called the ACBSP Conference. Even after doing some research on the event, I’m still not quite sure what it is, or a...
Future Plans in New Beginnings
I feel kind of weird grieving about the following. One of the bigger draws about moving back to Athens was the potential of reconnecting with my old TKD club. It’s just, a while ago, I arrived ...
The odometer rolled over one more time. I turned 37 last week. My birthday’s aren’t typically pleasant. Not that they’re bad, they’re just not particularly good. So many people have parties o...
Processing Break Ups in New Beginnings
I spent so much of my youth being completely romantically inept around women, I had no idea how much guilt dating would entail. I think about Erika constantly, though I haven’t heard from her sin...
Now, it's over (I think?) in New Beginnings
Last Saturday afternoon, Erica sent me the following email. “Hey there, You said if there was anything that I could ask you that might soothe my soul to any degree that I could ask. So, I would ...
It's Over...I guess...Still not sure in New Beginnings
It’s been a week. I talked to Erica last Saturday for about five hours, and I think we resolved most everything. It looks like there was a love-language miscommunication. For anyone who may no...
She Responded in New Beginnings
“Dear Rob, I come in peace and I want to ask for forgiveness. I don’t expect you to forgive me, but I hope you can someday find it in your heart to, if only for your sake so you can have peace. I...
What I sent in New Beginnings
Maybe it was a mistake. Maybe I’ve just poked the bear again, but I can’t be called a spineless, immoral coward and not say anything. “Erika. I’m sorry I hurt you. I know the following rings ho...
What I want to send (rough draft) in New Beginnings
I haven’t completed scrubbing it for grammatical errors, but this is everything I want to get off my chest. Erika, I’d really like to call and discuss everything you said, but you said a lot, and...
Do I Respond? in New Beginnings
This is the email I just received from Erika. “Welp, it’s taken me about a week to stop being angry so I wasn’t going to write anything until I calmed down. Hurt for a day, but then just angry af...
Dumped (continued from the previous entry) in New Beginnings
After a sleepless night, I typed and sent her my response this afternoon. Dear, Erika. Even after sleeping on it, I’m very much at a loss for words, so I’m not sure what or how much I can write. ...
Dumped in New Beginnings
I thought everything was going well, then Erika sent me a break up email last night at 11:00pm. Dear Rob, I want you to know that the whole tone of this e-mail is gentle, kind, and soft spoken....
Christmas Visit/Brother Battle in New Beginnings
I visited Erika & her family over Christmas. I left on the 22nd, and came back on the 2nd. Generally, I had a pleasant time. I didn’t get to see much of St. Louis. So much of our time was...
Internal Drama in New Beginnings
I’ve been talking to Erika about a couple of times a week for at least a couple of hours each call. Conversations are always relaxed an easy. We talk about how our week is going, challenges we’...