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Colleen Sheehy Orme
Colleen Sheehy Orme

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Just F’ing Love Me It’s Not That Complicated

Excuse me while I vent about love and marriage — I’m not sure who coined the oxymoron ‘Happily Married’ but I wasn’t. I tried to do the honorable and expected thing and cover it up. Only sadly, I don’t do unhappiness well. Eventually, I had to come clean. I had to share. I had to talk about it. It seemed…

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Just F’ing Love Me It’s Not That Complicated
Just F’ing Love Me It’s Not That Complicated
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ILLUMINATION

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I Lost Everything I Owned

But this is what made me cry like a baby — I’m walking my dogs this morning when tears fill my eyes. It’s been a month. I shouldn’t feel this sadness. I tell myself I’m being silly. I lost my home in a divorce. I lost 4,500 square feet of belongings. I lost a beach house and a rental property. …

This Happened To Me

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I Lost Everything I Owned
I Lost Everything I Owned
This Happened To Me

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Hello, Love

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You Need to Ask Yourself this One Relationship Question

To know if your relationship is healthy or unhealthy. — By the time I sought relationship counseling, I was in deep. You know what I’m talking about. He’s the love of my life and all that good love stuff. It was all about him. How could I reach him? How could I live without him? …

Love

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You Need to Ask Yourself this One Relationship Question
You Need to Ask Yourself this One Relationship Question
Love

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Hello, Love

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How to Know When It’s Too Late to Save a Marriage

This short business story might give you that answer — As a marketer, I once consulted with a car wash that was losing money in one location and breaking even in another. It was no small task. The car wash business is a cash cow for owners but employee pay is minimal. I was walking into a business that had…

Relationships

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How to Know When It’s Too Late to Save a Marriage
How to Know When It’s Too Late to Save a Marriage
Relationships

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About Me — Colleen Sheehy Orme

I have always been motivated by love — I call myself a southern New Yorker much to the dismay of my true Nu Yawker buddies. I blame it on my native Brooklyn parents and a large Irish brood that makes The Big Apple home. I am also a declared Jersey girl despite the protests of my Sea Isle…

About Me

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About Me — Colleen Sheehy Orme
About Me — Colleen Sheehy Orme
About Me

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11 hours ago

The Kind of Man I Want to Meet After My Divorce

5 Things that are my definite deal-breakers — It took me a long time to feel ready to date. At times, I’m still not sure I really am. But I’m definitely making progress. I no longer joke with my boys that if they get married I’ll throw my body across the altar. C’mon that’s some forward movement, isn’t…

Relationships

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The Kind of Man I Want to Meet After My Divorce
The Kind of Man I Want to Meet After My Divorce
Relationships

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Hello, Love

·21 hours ago

5 Married Behaviors that Would Have Made Me Run From My Husband While Dating

Instead, I crawled under the covers with my newlywed tears. — I didn’t date a good guy. I dated a great guy. Everyone loved him. I loved him. No one had a bad thing to say about him. He was a tall handsome drink of water with a charismatic demeanor. And then… I married him. “What happened?” …

Relationships

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5 Married Behaviors that Would Have Made Me Run From My Husband While Dating
5 Married Behaviors that Would Have Made Me Run From My Husband While Dating
Relationships

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The Virago

·1 day ago

My Husband Wanted Me to Brutally Suffer Just Because I Divorced Him

And he enjoyed his sideline view — how messed up is that?! — “Get a job,” says my husband. “I need a car,” I say. “Mine is ten years old and every time it’s in the shop you leave it there for weeks refusing to pick it up.” “You wanted to divorce me,” says my husband. “You can get your own car.” “I…

Relationships

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My Husband Wanted Me to Brutally Suffer Just Because I Divorced Him
My Husband Wanted Me to Brutally Suffer Just Because I Divorced Him
Relationships

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Hello, Love

·1 day ago

I Regret Being Such a Pleaser and a Fixer Throughout My Marriage

My husband was an adult I shouldn’t have been his rescuer. — I motion to my husband and mouth some words quietly. “Put that customer on hold,” I say. I can tell my husband is annoyed and this isn’t going to be the best customer service call. “Put them on hold,” I say again. “Let me talk to them.” We are newlyweds…

Relationships

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I Regret Being Such a Pleaser and a Fixer Throughout My Marriage
I Regret Being Such a Pleaser and a Fixer Throughout My Marriage
Relationships

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The Virago

·2 days ago

I Did This Man a Favor for Almost 30 Years

And then he refused to pay me back — I paid my way through college so I learned to be pretty good with a buck. There was a friend of mine who totally wasn’t. He was a really nice guy, but he couldn’t manage the money his parents sent him each month. “It’s okay,” I would say. …

Feminism

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I Did This Man a Favor for Almost 30 Years
I Did This Man a Favor for Almost 30 Years
Feminism

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Colleen Sheehy Orme

Colleen Sheehy Orme

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National Relationship Columnist, Journalist & Former Business Columnist. I cover love, life, & relationships— #WomanResurrected colleen.sheehy.orme@gmail.com

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