B001NLKW62 EBOK (5 page)

Proposed under windchimes,

gusty winds ahead.

—
Melissa Marlene Laurie

 

 

Second time, for

love and money.

—
Ronald Zalewski

 

 

Said good-bye. Murdered

our future forever.

—
Twanna Hines

 

 

Marriage coaching didn’t

work. I’m faking.

—
Laurie Schmidt

 

 

Lust walked in.

Love walked out.

—
Amy Sedivy

 

 

Marry me, boy, said

the cougar.

—
Kat Shehata

 

 

Happy in convent.

Then grace left.

—
Amelia Perkins

 

 

Remaining married despite

infidelity and in-laws.

—
H. D. Driggers

 

 

He lied, cheated, left;

bestselling memoir.

—
Laura Fraser

 

 

It’s worth it, despite your mother.

—
Samantha MacFarlane

 

 

In his smile I saw forever.

—
Aliviah Sauers

 

 

Never thought I’d marry a

mortician.

—
Meaghan O’Neill

 

 

Monogamists meet at sex

party, marry.

—
Molly Ditmore

 

 

Critical, clenched

husband. Heavy, heavy

heart.

—
Natalie Shrock

 

 

Thought Yiddish.

Married British.

Oy! Oi!

—
Rachel Pine

 

 

Preferred brunettes but

kept the blond.

—
Rebecca Stadolnik

 

 

He liked me for my race.

—
Tommy Wong

 

 

Still have hope. Maybe

he’ll change.

—
Ariel Leve

 

 

Love, a rose. Velvet petals,

thorny.

—
Sharon Haymes

 

 

We married twice.

We divorced twice.

—
Veronica Honer

 

 

Love

almost

always

leads to

heartbreak.

—
Raoul Felder, Esq.

 

 

I cleaned. He cleaned me out.

—
Naomi Major

 

 

Love at first

sight is blind.

—
Jace Albao

 

 

I came. He conquered.

We divided.

—
Jen Kocher

 

 

I married three times too

many.

—
Winnie Shrader

 

 

Tried men.

Tried women.

Like cats.

—
Dona Bumgarner

 

 

He cut his hair:

thrill gone.

—
Rosie Clarke

 

 

She called. Friend answered.

Lost both.

—
Ellis Reyes

 

 

Overly romantic soul,

born wrong era.

—
Elisa Shevitz

 

 

Found love at forty-six.

Who knew?

—
Dixie Feldman

 

 

Leap of faith.

Shit, no parachute.

—
Katherine Yunker

 

 

6'3" guy in my Neon

backseat.

—
Kelly Kovaleski

 

 

You loved, lied, cheated,

me too.

—
Kristin Knudsen

 

 

At twelve found soulmate,

still together.

—
Nancy Miner

 

 

Despise him. Desperately

seek his approval.

—
Beth Linas

 

 

Inevitably, his

obituary didn’t

mention me.

—
R. Sue Dodea

 

 

My heart is

my strongest

muscle.

—
Shanna Katz

 

 

Heartbroken, until

the bitch finally

died.

—
Christopher Moore

 

 

Incest: Nothing was

ever the same.

—
Laura Davis

 

 

Kissed

many frogs.

Finally found

prince.

—
Lacie Cannon

 

 

Good as friends,

disaster as lovers.

—
Shani Friedman

 

 

He told me he was

single.

—
Esther Newberg

 

 

Loved. Lost. Loved

again. Worth it.

—
Erika Jakubassa

 

 

He e-mailed again

and I deleted.

—
Molly Antopol

 

 

Love: eight pounds and six ounces.

—
Kenny Clark

 

 

Walking away, never saw her face.

—
Robert MacLeod

 

 

Right people. Wrong time.

Wrong place.

—
Tina Wells

 

 

My tattoo,

his name,

our secret.

—
Susan Breeden

 

 

I should have seen

him coming.

—
Kelly Bruce

 

 

He always

stirs my

chocolate

milk.

—
Sarah Thornburg

 

 

Their divorce, his Viagra,

her insurance.

—
Kathy Service

 

 

She wanted Gatsby.

Got “Gets By.”

—
Beth Connellan

 

 

Therapist:

"You went

back after

that?"

—
Neil Thornton