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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 pass the Bechdel test)
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BONUS MATERIAL: THE LONG MESSAGE EXCHANGE WITH PATRICK BATEMAN, THE FSU FILM STUDENT
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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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PRESENT DAY SNIPPET: A TRIBUTE IN MEMORIAM OF DEREK LEYLAND, A TRUE GENTLEMAN AND LOCAL LEGEND
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#78 MY GERMANY LIFE WITH MY EX/FIRST HUSBAND
What it’s like to be a US Army officer’s wife (but not a good one)
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#77 A NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS: STARTING LIFE WITH MY SECRET NEW HUSBAND, THE SUBTLE CUES OF ‘HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE’, AND ATTENDING MY COUSIN…
Our first trip to England together and meeting my family
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BONUS MATERIAL: THE EMAIL I SENT TO BRITTANY ABOUT MINE AND BENOIT’S JAUNT TO ENGLAND
It’s a long one but I emailed Brittany a practical step-by-step of the moving process from the US to Germany (plus a trip to England to see family)
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#76 THAT TIME I GOT SECRETLY MARRIED: OUR COURTHOUSE ELOPEMENT IN GEORGIA
Why we had to keep it a secret I have no idea
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#75 BUYING A HOUSE IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA AND GETTING ENGAGED: SHOULD I HAVE NOTICED THESE RED FLAGS?
Hindsight vision is perfect, right, but even knowing what I know now, I’d have made the same choices again
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#74 THE GUY I WENT ON A DATE WITH AFTER MEETING MY FIRST/EX HUSBAND
An absolute gem of a guy who came along at the wrong time (like so many before him)
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PRESENT DAY SNIPPET: WE MADE IT!
Gaddings Dam, walks in the hills, my husband’s new photography skills, the Yorkshire Dales, Bettys Tearoom, and our ‘staycation’
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#73 THE FIRST DATE WITH MY EX/FIRST HUSBAND
Wined, dined, lavished with gifts, grinning like a Cheshire cat, the journey began
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#72 HOW I MET MY (EX) HUSBAND, AKA THE FOURTH PERSON I MET AT STARBUCKS
The guy who swept me off my feet…and later discarded me like last week’s rubbish (but first, our meeting)...
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Why We Met
Why We Met
British-American millennial editor, examining past relationships. Why do we choose the wrong people? How can reflecting help? Follow the journey of 'Why We Met' (i.e. how I met my gem of a Yorkshire husband). Rom-com versus reality. Occasionally NSFW.
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