Yard Girl

(Based on actual events, except the untrue parts.👀 ) Hiya! Yard Girl here!  I promised to write back, and here I am!  Before I begin, I'd like to say that I love Love, I love to see relationships that work, and I like to be constantly reassured that I am not crazy to want to get it right in choosing a partner. When I tell people my relationship status, they first doubt me and then proceed to name all my qualities, reaffirming how improbable it is for me to still be single. I'm not single because I want to. Scratch that, now that I think about it, I am single because I want to be. This thing called settling, because I can't afford to not have someone call me 'babe', is not for me. In this brief blog post, I'll share my honest, random thoughts on relationships. You might not agree with everything you read, and that's okay.  Let's dive right in! The Gist I almost fell in Love some time ago. I thought I had met 'The One'. It felt great, really. This...

Hiya! Yard Girl here! I am back like I went to buy bread!  It's been a minute. I’ve missed writing here and also reading your amazing contributions. A lot has happened since the last time I wrote to you. Adulthood is steadily showing me shege but I'm dealing with it. (Abba doing his thing as usual.) I’ll give you the gist in bits. I do not want to bore you. Lol. Let’s dive right in. Now, I have had a lot of conversations surrounding the subject of setting boundaries.  What struck me the most was the fact that some people do not believe that boundaries should be defined in their relationships. They mistake random people for friends, and allow these 'friends' have a say in how they look and feel.  Boundaries according to psycologytoday.com , can be defined as the limits we set with other people, which indicate what we find acceptable and unacceptable in their behaviour towards us. Here's the story behind this post:  So, I cut my hair last year. Honestly, there was no ...