Tag: betrayal
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Devastated
Sometimes I feel like I should crawl into a hole and never attempt to have a relationship of any type with anybody. Sometimes…. Well, probably more than just sometimes. Like it would be best if I didn’t have any feelings at all because, damn it, feelings just seem to get in the way. From the…
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A Sudden Sense of Reeling
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Curves. It was one thing to have the recent online attacks, the vicious ones focusing on my religion, confirmed today as coming from a woman I worked side by side with and considered a trusted friend…years ago. We’ve grown apart. Her recent shenanigans don’t hurt—I’m agitated…
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Bi, Bi, Miss American Pie…
Sometimes I think I’ll just be a hermit. No more relationships. Not with friends, not with lovers, not with anyone. I’ll just hide in a cave and ignore the human race. I’ve had too many disappointments over the past few years. People pretending to be something they’re not. People lying to me. People trying to…
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Tangled Webs and a Death of Innocence
How do I maintain my innocence when over half my life has been a lie? And not even my own lie but someone else’s? I knew for years that something was amiss, but when you love someone with all your heart, you give them the benefit of the doubt. You shut down that niggling in…
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“Get Closure—Now, Damn It!”
room with me, most of them backed away, not knowing what to make of my very public breakdown. We were all there for a 2-hour training session on the new Justification and Approval Guide from Part 7 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and yet I was on my knees with my face in my hands.…
