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#1 WHY AM I WRITING "WHY WE MET"?
Why am I chronicling my life via the story of my dating disasters and my failed marriage, leading to my journey to my amazing current husband? (May not…
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Elaine R. Frieman
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#94 THAT TIME WHERE I SLEPT ON A DATE’S FLOOR: TRYING TO MAKE MY FUTURE HUSBAND JEALOUS
Shitty job fairs, toxic traits, wine on an empty stomach, and despair
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PRESENT DAY SNIPPET: JUNE GETAWAY
It's my 38th birthday – or can I just pretend I'm 25?
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Elaine R. Frieman
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#93 THE OTHER GUY I WAS SEEING (AFTER MEETING MY FUTURE HUSBAND): THE LOVELY UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEACHER
Could I just date multiple people? I learned English people don’t really do that!
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Elaine R. Frieman
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#92 HOW I MET MY YORKSHIRE HUSBAND: PART THREE
Happiness, toxicity, healing, picnics, and playing house
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#27 WHEN I F*CKED THE MARRIED PROFESSOR: HOW KARMA BIT ME IN THE ANKLE
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#38 THE TIME I ACCIDENTALLY SLEPT WITH MY PROFESSOR FRIEND BEFORE HE WAS MY PROFESSOR OR MY FRIEND
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BONUS MATERIAL: THE LONG MESSAGE EXCHANGE WITH PATRICK BATEMAN, THE FSU FILM STUDENT
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#34 THAT TIME I SLEPT WITH MY GORGEOUS MODEL-ESQUE HOUSEMATE’S EX-BOYFRIEND (AND WAS A SHITTY FRIEND) – AND THEN I FLIRTED WITH HIS…
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#91 HOW I MET MY YORKSHIRE HUSBAND: PART TWO
Orchan Rocks, massages, swimming, and the STD clinic
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Elaine R. Frieman
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#90 HOW I MET MY YORKSHIRE HUSBAND: PART ONE
Or the real reason I’m writing ‘Why We Met’
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Elaine R. Frieman
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PRESENT-DAY SNIPPET: HOW MY DELUSION CAUSED ME TO WRITE (FINISH) MY (HOPEFULLY DEBUT) MANUSCRIPT
My first yes in a sea of nos (re publication), Grammy’s birthday, Kit Kat’s dental surgery, and some writer shoutouts
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Elaine R. Frieman
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#89 WHAT HAPPENED TO BENOIT? AKA MY FIRST/EX-HUSBAND AND THE FOURTH PERSON I MET AT STARBUCKS
How he got everything he wanted and I was left holding the pieces of my life (but it's all sorted now)
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Elaine R. Frieman
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#88 MOVING TO ENGLAND ON MY THIRD ANNIVERSARY
The cruelty of the gesture, the hope for a brighter future, the warmth of loving family
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#87 HOW GRANTCHESTER AND ASMR GAVE ME HOPE AFTER MY MARRIAGE ENDED
Some people are a window, a vision, of the kind of life you can have
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Elaine R. Frieman
#86 THE SECURITY CAMERA SURPRISE AND MY MASSIVE DIVORCE SETTLEMENT (KIDDING): HOW I DIDN’T EVEN HAVE A SOLICITOR
The person with the money has the power and I had neither
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Why We Met
Why We Met
British-American millennial editor, examining past relationships. Follow the journey of 'Why We Met' (i.e. how I met my gem of a Yorkshire husband). Rom-com versus reality. Occasionally NSFW. Why do we choose the wrong people? How can reflecting help?
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