-You can get to know your friends again.

-You can go back to the gym, or just go for walks. (Bring pepper spray.)

-You can sit on your back porch and watch the stars.

-You can be proud of yourself…especially when you take out the garbage, wash your car, play chauffer, clean out the cat box, do the dishes…

-You can be especially proud of yourself when you get another silly man to do some of those things for you.

-You can laugh at those same men when you tell them, “Thanks. But no thanks,” and refuse every attempt at dinner, a movie, or anything else.

-You burn candles he was never very fond of.

-You learn how to change the flint in your Zippo.

-You reincarnate the plants that almost died from inattention for a few weeks after it was over.

-You get phone calls from guys you always kinda liked but who stopped calling when they realized you had a man.

-You spend an hour in the shower, making sure that your bikini line looks flawless…just because you want it to.

-You find that one shade of lipstick that looks sexy as fuck. And wear it religiously.

-You can take last minute trips out of town without needing approval or permission and without arranging it around anyone’s schedule but your own.

-You can spend more time with family members that you may have neglected.

-You find out that not all men will really call you.



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