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Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud

I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist

Ex-boyfriend and new husband: the one thing they had in common was me

December 23, 2016 by Kate Mayer Leave a Comment

First love met last love one embarrassing night
Throw back to the days when my rather attractive husband had hair, and I was nervous to give a lap dance.

Once upon a time a Christmas Eve – a million years ago – the boy I lost my virginity to met the man I married, due to no fault of my own.

I shared how this went down during the Three Wordsmiths at the 2016 Newtown Arts Festival, but if you missed the open mic, here’s your chance to read what it’s like to be me, published live on Good Housekeeping.com.

Click here for a first row seat to the ghosts of Christmas past, and thanks to Good Housekeeping for telling me this essay was “pure joy” cuz it sure didn’t seem like it then.


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An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...

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