Tag Archives: relationships

Love in the Time of COVID

Posted on March 18, 2025 by mitchteemley

Today is our 40th Engagement Anniversary. And so, exactly five years ago today, my wife and I celebrated it, as we always do, with a candle-lit dinner and a bottle of wine. Only this time we ate at the world’s … Continue reading →

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How to Handle a Waiter From Hell

Posted on January 7, 2025 by mitchteemley

Note: My Real Memoir will return next week. Meanwhile, here’s a (non-chronological) memoir moment. All I wanted from our server was for him to tell us what the specials were, to make a few recommendations, and then bring us our … Continue reading →

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My Computer Crashed!

Posted on October 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

Well, OK, it didn’t exactly “crash.” I mean, there was no hole in the wall. There were no other bleeding computer owners standing around threatening to sue my pants off. Seven years (and one computer) ago, I somehow managed to … Continue reading →

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My Life Was a Farce

Posted on October 15, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image: Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire My Real Memoir I had the worst employer ever: Me. My micro-career in directing musicals for dance studios had produced exactly nada buckaroos, and my micro-career in producing rock bands had resulted in precisely zilcharooney. My dad, who’d … Continue reading →

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“Complete” or “Finished”?

Posted on October 9, 2024 by mitchteemley

A linguistics professor was asked to explain the difference between the words complete and finished. “Well,” he explained, when you marry the right woman you are complete. But when you marry the wrong woman you are finished. And,” he added ominously, “if the right … Continue reading →

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Confession: I’m in Love With Another Woman

Posted on September 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week My wife and I just celebrated our 39th anniversary. Does that make this a bad time to tell her I’m in love with someone else? I mean, when an ex-friend introduced his wife to the woman … Continue reading →

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Disappointed With My Life

Posted on August 27, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I needed a reboot. I didn’t know the term yet because it was only 1972, and I wouldn’t own a computer for another decade. But computer programmers coined the term reboot that year in reference to having … Continue reading →

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Few Things Are Harder

Posted on August 24, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Few things are harder than regaining the trust of someone who believes you’ve betrayed them.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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Life, Meet Purpose

Posted on June 6, 2024 by mitchteemley

I was leading the performing arts ministry at a large Southern California church (the one featured in the movie Jesus Revolution). There was a girl in the group who was very attractive and ridiculously easy to talk to. We blended … Continue reading →

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Love and Benches

Posted on May 31, 2024 by mitchteemley

What is it about love and public benches? (P.S. Don’t miss the quotes after the photos.) Click on any image to enlarge it, or to begin slide show. “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, … Continue reading →

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