The Diary of a Gold-Digger

I have changed R.M.'s name to Calvin because it is easier to type. I went back to school after Christmas break. I had a boyfriend. I g...

When I left you, I was on a "date" with Jake, my physics lab partner, and had just met Calvin, who later became my boyfriend, then...

Let me be clear about one thing from the outset: my college boyfriend, Calvin, is a great guy. My decision not to marry him had nothing to d...

I know, I know. Everyone has a crazy boss at some point and I should consider myself lucky that this boss, Crazy Cathy, was only a short-ter...

Y'all, I am not going to write too much about Kip, the cute train guy, because 1. he is such a nice guy and I don't want to appear t...

I quit my job in Miami with the Yellow Truck company after one year and one day of employment. My boss, Luke, who is a really nice guy and s...

At book club last night, we talked about Assisted Loving: Double Dating with My Dad , or something like that, a memoir by Bob Morris, who is...

Remember Yves , the French boyfriend who claimed to be a millionaire but lived in spartan, washing his clothes in the sink, miserliness? He ...

In my days of desperate dating, I went to the man mall on the internet, as anyone who has access to the internet at work while she has long,...

My Miami duplex was part of a pair - two duplexes sharing the same yard. My across the yard neighbor, Mousson, was great. We were friends. H...

When I got the job in Miami, the Yellow Truck Sweatshop Employer, who shall go unnamed, flew me to Miami for a few days a month before I was...

I moved to Miami for a job with a big company, which will remain unidentified but let's just say "yellow trucks," in the sweat...

My friend Jackie still has not forgiven me for this. She brings it up every time I see her, which sadly, has not been for the past few years...

When I was working for the insurance company, I sold direct and also worked through brokers. Some accounts would take direct bids from the v...

Dr J, my mother's gentleman caller, died suddenly and unexpectedly last week. He fell down the stairs ten days ago, hit his head, went i...