I wrote to the New York Times about my love life. Enjoy!
How Do You Know When It's Time to Break Up?
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MonkGroupie
3/15/2019 05:00:50 am
I read your beautiful essay from the New York Times on breaking up with someone you love. I had to find out if you’d written anything else, and try to read all of it.
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Thank you for reading my essay, MonkGroupie, and for taking the time to comment. The NYT piece is my first published essay. I also have a poem about a ceiling fan over at www.rattle.com. Aside from the hodgepodge of content on this blog, I am working on a book of short stories. Thanks again for being here.
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Nasreen
3/17/2019 07:52:59 pm
Ha! Honestly, this makes me so happy. Perfect outcome.
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David Shuman
3/15/2019 06:55:45 am
Enjoyed reading your NYT Modern Love piece. It was kind of you to give this man a chance -- his transgressions against your hairbrush and your peanut butter really do exhibit a troublesome lack of judgment. Although I know, as a man who likes to get things done, that to make an omelette, one must break a few eggs, my thought was: damn, dude, not that many eggs, and not those eggs!
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Nasreen
3/17/2019 08:19:03 pm
Hi David! I really like your idea of the reverse time-order winding down ceremony. I believe the great Marie Kondo advocates for thanking each belonging before removing it from the home. What a beautiful ending to recall the relationship together on rewind, in celebration and gratitude, before gently tossing each other to the wind. ;)
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Nasreen
3/17/2019 08:19:48 pm
Thank you, Amy. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
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Jane
3/15/2019 08:48:14 am
I read it!!!! AND I CAME HER TO MEET YOU!!!
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Nasreen
3/17/2019 08:21:36 pm
Hi Jane! Nice to meet you. Yes, he's lovely. I'll make a note that you're next in line. ;)
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Nasreen
3/17/2019 08:26:36 pm
Hi John,
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3/16/2019 09:12:39 am
Very enjoyable, sharply written piece in the New York Times.
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Nasreen
3/17/2019 08:34:57 pm
Hi Bob!
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David
3/17/2019 02:10:34 pm
I read this on the NY Times page. You're a brilliant writer. really enjoyed it! :)
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Nasreen
3/17/2019 08:36:30 pm
Hi David,
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Nasreen
3/19/2019 12:17:43 am
You make good points, Tony. Maybe I should chain myself to Adonis. On the other hand, he hung the curtain rods crooked.
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Grace
3/18/2019 04:36:02 pm
Okay so wow wow wow...
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Nasreen
3/24/2019 08:46:21 pm
Hi Grace!
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John
3/19/2019 11:33:07 am
I thought your partner deserves someone way better than you. He was damned for unspecified reasons - but how bad could they have been? You went back! He should have taken the opportunity to leave. I also hope he approved the article beforehand, which he had a right to do.
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Nasreen
3/19/2019 01:41:53 pm
Hi John,
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Henny
3/19/2019 10:33:13 pm
i truly enjoyed reading your piece, and i loved this response as well.
Nasreen
3/19/2019 11:29:05 pm
Thank you, Henny. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Joshua
3/21/2019 03:53:57 am
I enjoyed your NY Times article very, very much. Humor from the heart is an intoxicating blend.
Nasreen
3/24/2019 08:42:26 pm
Hi Joshua,
Udee
3/20/2019 05:54:06 am
If that article is a cry for confirmation that yes, you need to break up with him, you have spectacularly hijacked your own project. I love it!!
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Nasreen
3/24/2019 08:48:15 pm
Ha. ha. ha. You have me all figured out, Udee. I have hijacked my own project. {slow dramatic bow}
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3/20/2019 07:33:33 am
Nasreen, thanks for the honesty, vulnerability, and laughs in your Modern Love piece. Smoky porridge, indeed.
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Nasreen
3/24/2019 08:52:55 pm
Hi Greg,
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3/21/2019 07:48:03 pm
I just had to find you to tell you how much I LOVED your article in the NY Times. So funny, so much detail and so much heart. I just loved it. He sounds like such a great guy. And I hope you both have figured it out. I really really loved you shared your story with such honestly and I wish I could write like you!
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Nasreen
3/24/2019 08:57:46 pm
Hi Tricia!
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Fatima
3/24/2019 10:38:24 am
Hi, Nasreen,
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Nasreen
3/24/2019 09:07:23 pm
Hi Fatima,
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Jennifer
3/26/2019 08:40:14 pm
Hi Nasreen,
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Jim
3/27/2019 02:00:23 pm
Loved your heartfelt Modern Love essay. And the last line was brilliant. It's one I will revisit when needed - when is love greater than doubt? It's a question in my life right now so perfect timing!
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