by Valerie Sussman | Oct 25, 2018 | Divorce: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Narcissists: (Only Bad and Ugly Here), Random Acts of Baggage
I married the perfect man. Narcissistic, mysogenistic, Emotionally stunted. Entitled, withholding, passive-aggressive. (But enough about me.) Naturally his outward-facing persona was that of the “good guy.” (It was truly crazy-making.) I, of course, was last on his...
by Valerie Sussman | Oct 23, 2018 | Divorce: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Ladies … Start Your Engines…We’re on a ROAR!, Random Acts of Baggage
I have an ongoing love affair with fleece. I guess you could say I’m sweet on sweats. Unfortunately for me, my (now ex-) husband of twenty years was… not so much. Just the opposite, in fact. To him, “fleece” was the real “f-word,” an abomination, an obscenity....
by Valerie Sussman | Jul 5, 2017 | Divorce: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Random Acts of Baggage
Sometimes the chasms in a relationship are too large too bridge, The gaps too great, The canyons too grand. (But enough about that…) Do these jeans make my butt look...
by Valerie Sussman | Jun 21, 2017 | Divorce: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Sometimes a “soulmate” is, in fact, a “cellmate.” I spent twenty years in a marriage that, in retrospect, was a sentence. All stripes, no stars. The more I gave, the less I received. I was starving for crumbs of love, begging for a bone. Any crumbs, any bone. “Throw...