Advice: Abusive Boyfriend Nearly Chokes Girlfriend

Disclaimer:  Miss Love is not a psychologist, psychiatrist or any other type of trained counselor.  She is merely a gal trying to apply common sense to relationship problems.  If you have a serious problem, please seek professional help.

To protect everyone's privacy, we used the initials C. H. for the woman's boyfriend.

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Dear Miss Love,

My boyfriend C. H. and I have been going out for 4 and a half months. 

A few weeks ago he got angry when I got off the phone with a girl friend of mine.  C. H. was suspicious and he thought I was talking with a guy friend that he’s jealous of. 

I tried to reassure him that it wasn’t my guy friend.

C. H. thinks that my guy friend and I went out as boyfriend and girlfriend before.  I keep telling my boyfriend that we didn’t.

Then C. H. put his hand on my neck.  He didn’t choke me; he just put one hand on my neck.  He’s never laid a hand on me before. 

Book Review: Have Him at Hello

Rating System:

♥  Why did I waste $ on this book?  I didn’t even finish it.  Or thank God I checked it out of the library.

♥ ♥  It’s an okay read.  It passed the test.

♥ ♥ ♥  I loved it, and I would recommend it or give it as a gift to others.

Have Him at Hello by Rachel Greenwald

Reviewed By Miss Love

 

Rating:  ♥ ♥  It’s an okay read.  It passed the test.

The first thing you need to know about Rachel Greenwald's book Have Him at Hello is that the book was once titled Why He Didn't Call You Back: 1,000 Guys Reveal What They Really Thought About You After Your Date.  It has a new title and also some new content. 

Coastal Trails

By Dawson Forrest

I remember the spring time fields by Drakes Bay

They were so green and vibrant with blooms of solitude

Pockmarked here and there with what the previous season had sown

With shades of lavender, blue and pink

The bleeding hearts and the occasional forget-me-nots

Danced ever so slightly in the gritty salted breeze to an unheard tune

Past Arch Rock, the Coast Trail, to Elephant Rock and the Tomales Trail

The blooms lingered in the silent echoes of that salted breeze

Abrasive with its parched kisses from the Farallons

The air flowed along the coastal orchards-caressing and coddling

All the while, raking away at what all the roots grasped

Eroding the remnants of a season long past 

Photo by Dawson Forrest at Drakes Bay in Point Reyes