The Diary of a Gold-Digger

One night, when Ted was working late at the hospital near my apartment, a week or two after we had returned from the class reunion, he calle...

The week after my birthday, I had to go to California for a stupid trade show. Of course it was on a weekend. My industry always had trade s...

Ted and I had been talking and talking and talking. He would call me as he drove from work back home (living with his parents! red flag! red...

I have waited to write about Ted because I am still mortified that I didn't see the red flags that were so big and so wavy that they cov...

The last we spoke, I was in New Jersey for a three-week training program. Did I mention that there were twice as many men as women in this p...

Sorry for the long time since the last post, chickadees. On Thursday, at the crack of dawn, Primo and I returned to the scene of the crime: ...

We had been dating for three years when Calvin proposed. We had been talking about marriage for a while, but it was time to be formal. We we...

Don't hate me. I was young. And easily distracted. But yes, I had the hots for one of Calvin's friends. And I even broke up with Cal...

Calvin's parents didn't like me. That was a shock. I was not used to people not liking me when I was in college. Oh sure I knew ...

Remember how Calvin and I finally Did the Deed, despite our pure, virginal, wait until we're married intentions? Once that genie is ou...

I am not a high-maintenance girlfriend or wife. Really, I'm not. I don't need jewelry or expensive dinners out or constant attention...

Note that I have changed R.M.'s name to Calvin simply because it is easier to type. You had to know that two college students who had be...

Primo: My mom doesn't understand why you are friends with Stephanie yet won't have a relationship with her. Me: I like Stephanie. ...

Primo: Why do my parents have to be so difficult? Me: I dunno. Primo: Jack [his brother] told them that Michael and Maria [Jack and Stephani...

I repeat: I am usually grateful for the thought behind any present I get. I don't want to sound like an ingrate. But. With Sly and Doris...