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Divorce Diamonds

A few years ago, Joshua Opperman made headlines when he created the website I Do Now I Don't. I'd been engaged for three months. After a tough day at work, I came home to find that my fiancée and all her belongings were gone. Well, almost everything was gone. That beautiful diamond engagement ring was sitting on the coffee table looking up at me as if to say "so, what’s next?" I was devastated: The love of my life (or so I thought) was gone forever, and I was just crushed. How would I even start to recover? I thought a great way to move on was to sell the diamond engagement ring that I had scrimped and saved for. So I took...

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The Best Valentine’s Day Ever

It began with a rocky start (more on that on a later post). But finally being able to see my husband after a week of being apart was simply the best present. I cried like a baby when I came home after work Saturday night and managed to spend the whole day Sunday together. We slept in, watched reruns of How I Met Your Mother, ordered in, and took naps while cuddling. No presents were exchanged; nor did we make any dinner plans. But this was exactly what I needed after my tough week. It was simply perfect. I return to work and my parents' house tomorrow. But after this magical day, I know I can go through the next 4 days with...

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Facebook No More

A few weeks ago, I deactivated my Facebook account. The funny thing is that although I had 350+ "Friends," I'm pretty sure that not one person noticed my absence. Not even my husband. (Thanks, hun!) While the whole prospect made me a bit sad — because this essentially meant that something horrible could've happened to me and no one would know or even care — I began to realize that my life as a whole was better because I've cut Facebook out of my life. Too Big, Too Much I was probably among the first 10,000 to join Facebook in 2002 2004 (thanks Sherry for the correction). My university was only the second or third to have a Facebook network (remember when you were required...

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