The Boyfriend Chronicles

The Boyfriend Chronicles: TimSeptember 2002?There is some argument – well, in my head at least – about what actually qualifies as a one-night stand. Maybe I'm a purist, maybe there's some OCD involved, but I feel obligated to separate solitary encounters into subcategories. Just because you never...

The Boyfriend Chronicles: RobbyApril – May 2002Rob and I met in a highly isolated training environment, where the rules were many and the enforcement strict. When he arrived, I had already been there a few months and had adjusted to the almost juvenile mindset required to survive in such surround...

The Boyfriend Chronicles: IricAugust – September 2000Not too long ago, although it feels like a lifetime, I had another online diary. In it, I was a slightly different person, but whether that was because I was hiding behind a heightened version of myself or because I've changed since then, I'm n...

The Boyfriend Chronicles: UnspokenThere is one missing. There will always be one missing.I don't think I've ever told the truth about him. I don't want to, but neither do I want to lie. He deserves to be cast in a better light than either option would shed on him. He loved me. He confided in…

The Boyfriend Chronicles: JasonNovember 1999Early in 1999 I left my graphic design position and the decadent extracurricular opportunities of the phone company for a job closer to home. I was hired by a fitness equipment manufacturer run by a cadre of ultra-conservative, right-wing, soul-saving, ...

The Boyfriend Chronicles: BruceSummer 1999The summer I turned 25 I got an offer from a friend of a friend to fly shotgun in an airplane race. Stu owned a small, single engine plane and needed someone, "light, smart and quick" to co-pilot it for an annual race event. He offered to pay all my expen...

The Boyfriend Chronicles: DarrenJune 1999Darren. What a disaster. I've always said (well, since 1999 anyway) that if there was one guy I could erase from my past, it would be him. He is my 'What was I thinking?' guy.It wasn’t that he wreaked all kinds of havoc with my emotional life, or that we h...

The Boyfriend Chronicles: CraigOctober - December 1998, July – August 1999If relationships were measured by the amount of damage left in their wake, my brief encounter with Craig would have been akin to the aftermath Force 5 hurricane chewing through a trailer park. The damage done to him in his ...

The Boyfriend Chronicles: Eric TwoSeptember 1998 – early 1999When asked who I would choose if I had to select a future husband from among my ex-boyfriends, my answer is always Eric Two. Although I'm well aware of my tendency to recollect the past in a rosier shade than it occurred, I really do th...

The Boyfriend Chronicles: Patrick OneSadly, I barely remember Pat. No, that’s not right. I remember him, just none of the circumstances surrounding our sexual encounter. Yeah, you heard me – encountER. Singular.Pat was my first one-night stand.He was a friend of a friend who worked with me at the...