My stepdad was great. He treated my mom with respect and was so good to her. He was kind to my brother and I. I couldn’t be happier for the two of them. But I have the major hots for his younger brother, Vince. I’d wanted to jump his bones…

I couldn’t believe Jace just did that. We had barely seen each other since going away to college and I was looking forward to spending time with my boyfriend of three years over the Thanksgiving holiday. Except when I went to see him that Wednesday night, he dumped me and…

Thanksgiving was the first time I was home since going off to college. I didn’t mind my family, but I was having way too much fun in school to leave. And even though I loved to party, good grades were also extremely important to me. …

Part Two (Read part one here: https://medium.com/sammi-starlight/i-took-a-vacation-from-our-marriage-1d7cca481048) The next day Jake and I headed back to the beach. My stomach was in knots, wondering if we’d even see my handsome stranger again. Maybe he was headed home today. Or maybe his wife had arrived. …

I loved our lazy mornings together. We were both early risers, often awake and out of bed before the sun came up, even after making love. We would read together and have our coffee, enjoying the peacefulness and each other’s company. My favorite thing was to be woken up with…

(Part one) It was our first trip in twenty-three years without kids and I couldn’t be more excited. It was the dead of winter at home in Maryland, so Jake had the idea that we go somewhere warm. …

I paced the kitchen nervously, chewing on my thumbnail. I glanced up at the clock over and over again. The meeting started twenty minutes ago and I anxiously waited to hear from him. I knew it could any minute now or could even be hours. He had a big proposal…