Unlucky in Love and In Life and Keeping My Head Up

After the first break up with my most recent ex, I spent a lot of time with a friend of a friend who also happened to be one of the teachers at my kid's school. :-0 I will refer to him as Professor Hottie. He was going through a divorce, using one of the lawyers at the law firm I work for, and he and I started bonding over his divorce paperwork. My kid was in one of his classes at the time as well, and had had him as a teacher in other classes for the last couple of years. Professor Hottie is the kind of guy that EVERY woman is attracted to. He is the epitome of tall, dark and handsome. He is also charismatic, funny and genuinely caring. Everyone likes him. Never in my life had a guy like that been interested in me. Eventually, as he was pouring out his heart to me about his evil ex-wife, our friendship became more. Without warning, one day he just kissed me. Passionately. My ex and I had JUST broken up (more or less) and I felt about 2 nanoseconds of guilt before just going for it...

Ok - maybe two posts in one night is a little much - but I am still feeling my way through this blog thing. For the last 14 months or so, I have been single. Completely single for the first time in my adult life. I have to admit that for the most part, I kind of like it. I like having peace and quiet (relatively speaking since I am raising a bipolar 17 year old by myself). I do not have anyone complaining about my kid, complaining about the animals, inappropriately groping at me in social situations, farting and being generally annoying. (ok, most of that was aimed at my most recent ex - yes I still harbor some resentment). I dated my most recent ex for about four out of five years. We broke up after about 2 years, and then got back together about a year later. Our last break up was his doing. Has anyone been dumped by text message? After dating for a fairly long time? After having dated your best friend, someone you have known for 20+ years? Yeah, it was a treat. I can't believe t...