30-Something, Flirty, and Thriving - You can't make this stuff up

           I am afraid that I have become someone that we have all been annoyed by at some point in our lives. But you know what??? I'm honestly not even sorry...…as they say (lol) SORRY NOT SORRY! I may have become the dreaded girl that talks about her boyfriend ALLLLL the time (usually without even noticing that I am doing it) and let me tell you why I offer exactly 0 apologies for it!? I am 38 years old, and I have never been in anything but TOXIC relationships. I don't know maybe, once you are in a few bad relationships, you start to think that toxicity is normal, but I'm here to tell you that it's not. It may be what is common in 2023, but it is not how it actually should be. I could tell you some stories that would make your skin crawl!   I had a boyfriend tell me that I was so big that I weighed down my side of the bed. One that refused to take me to Immediate Care when I broke out in hives all over my body and was having trouble breathing because, "That was

"What Doesn't Kill You, Makes You stronger" Have you ever said that to anyone or has someone else ever said that to you?      I'm not saying that I don't think that statement can be true sometimes, but boy oh boy, do people love to tell you something like that, especially when you least want to hear it. But then again, we all know that some things are easier said than done at times.       Many years ago, I was guilty of this myself, so I am only writing this to inform, not to bash anyone!  I have been diagnosed with severe  depression.  I have dealt with this for more than ten years now.  There was a time when I first started struggling that I literally either slept or sat on my bed crying every day, for almost 3 months.  It wasn't until my (ex-boyfriend's) mom called to check on me. She then told me that I couldn't keep living like that, so she called my family doctor and made me an appointment for that afternoon. Before I started feeling that way, wh