Erin Schroeder 

writer, bookworm, kayaker, crocheter, overthinker -- from iowa.
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I’m not usually a t-shirt-as-declaration-of-personality kind of person, but I would wear the heck out of a shirt that says “I just want good cheese and bad TV.”

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Last night, I woke up every few hours agonizing about how I should end the relationship, so imagine my surprise to see that my letter to Polly was answered and in my inbox this morning. A letter that I hastily wrote and sent and immediately felt like I did a poor job explaining and gave even poorer examples? I considered sending an amendment, but decided against it, thinking that the broad questions have been answered over and over, and I should invest instead in figuring out my own feelings, i…

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And yeah, tell him to sit and point it down. A pedestal toilet isn’t for target practice.

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“Once you stop living behind a veil of sadness and shame, you’ll be able to put down your defenses and let him in. That’s where a solid love starts: on undefended territory, where you can both admit that you are just imperfect humans who make bad choices over and over and there’s no real way around it.”

This is so beautiful and so true. After 54 years, my husband’s flaws are the same flaws he had when he was 19. And I suspect my flaws are the same too. I reckon he’s OCD, he reckons I’m a slob. H…

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