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Moving On With My Broken Life

Posted on June 3, 2025 by mitchteemley

Back Bay, Newport Beach, California My Real Memoir Ten-year-old me had loved gliding down the street while standing on his bicycle seat. And twenty-year-old me had relished climbing over guard rails and sitting on the edges of tall buildings. I’d … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Broken Hearts Club

Posted on April 1, 2025 by mitchteemley

Image by Obsidian Planet My Real Memoir I’d done the right thing, right? Saying no to an affair with a blazing hot married woman had to be fairly high on the virtuosity scale. But I didn’t feel virtuous, I felt lonely. Ruby had … Continue reading →

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Moving Out and Moving On

Posted on March 4, 2025 by mitchteemley

Photo by Mantas Hesthaven My Real Memoir Being the director of a bohemian arts academy, at age twenty-five, gave me a certain “successful young artist” veneer. I barely made rent, but I dated a lot of our students. Pauline wasn’t a stunner, but … Continue reading →

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Love, Longing, and the Absurdity of Life

Posted on February 18, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Following the break-up with the girl I loved, my existential crisis escaped from the cellar, and began raging about the house again. Who was I? Why was I? These were the questions that drove existentialists to despair. Therefore, I’d … Continue reading →

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It’s Hard Being the Short Month

Posted on February 5, 2025 by mitchteemley

April: Let’s throw a party! October: Awesome! Who shall we invite? April: Oh, you know, all the cool months. October: What about what’s-his-name, February? April: Oh, him. Everybody loves his partner Valentine’s Day, but kind of ignores him. So he … Continue reading →

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42 Years Ago My Life Changed Forever

Posted on January 23, 2025 by mitchteemley

Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~G. K. Chesterton Forty-two years ago this week, I met a woman who would change my life forever. Two years later, I asked her to marry me, and she said … Continue reading →

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The Magic of Being Wanted

Posted on December 17, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: Wedding Sparrow My Real Memoir More than anything else, I wanted to be wanted. My college girlfriend no longer needed me, maybe never did. My current quasi-girlfriend Janet liked me, but liked other flavors too. Just to be clear, I was … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Bigger Love

Posted on December 10, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I’d found “the One,” and then lost her. Twice. By which I mean I’d fallen in love with my high school sweetheart, then told her I wasn’t sure I still loved her, then decided I still did, then been … Continue reading →

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A Fake Life

Posted on September 24, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir It seemed everything I’d ever wanted or trained to be was just a handful of beans, and there was no beanstalk in sight. I was making a living pretending to be an electronics engineer, while the girl … Continue reading →

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Love: Turning It On and Hoping It Works

Posted on September 10, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by whitedaemon  My Real Memoir My girlfriend Dar and I had had too few opportunities to be intimate. So we moved in together. I’d been hired to install Sensormatic anti-shoplifting devices, just as Dar had landed a job at … Continue reading →

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