I have a migraine and I need my happy place.  What is your happy place? Is it a sun-filled room, or a childhood hiking trail by the Caspian sea? Is it your grandparents' linen closet, where you'd take turns climbing up to the top of the neatly stacked pillows and blankets? Did you ever take the turn that was … Continue reading Migraine Escapes →

April 13 - I don't know how to pandemic. I don't know how not to feel guilty about having a job while almost everyone around me has become unemployed. I don't know how to be a good partner, or a good daughter, or a good employee, or even a good friend. I don't know how … Continue reading I Don’t Know How To Pandemic →

It's Christmas Day, and my stomach is partly filled with a romantic ham sandwich made by my lovely partner, and partly with coffee and butterflies because I'm about to meet his mom for the first time! The delicious salted caramel Bailey's that I poured generously into my coffee yesterday, has now been replaced with more … Continue reading Meeting His Mom →

I've had many homes. For a decade, I lived in a 3-story building in the Northern part of a big city nestled in the Middle East - built just before I was born. Home was waking up on Friday mornings at my maternal grandparent's house - to the soothing sounds of tea cups and saucers, … Continue reading On Home →

Being on Dating Apps was the lousiest thing I've ever had to go through in my entire life - and that's considering immigration, being culturally torn and restricted as a teenager, using my trauma as an excuse to stay in a 6-year-emotionally-abusive-marriage, and paying RIDICULOUS amounts of money to rent a tiiiiiny bedroom in Downtown … Continue reading How to Date Someone At Work →

There's probably only ONE thing that I'm truly bad at (cause let's face it: Perfect Persian Princess). I obviously can't be bad at writing because I just alliterated the fuck out of that nickname. "Alliteration is for suckers" someone wrote in a Facebook group full of writers. When did alliteration stop being cool??! As a … Continue reading Relationship boundaries →

Somewhere between being an unfulfilled, Persian wife who cooked decently, and an attention hungry, post-divorcee who was dating casually, I finally found a sweet spot for 'girlfriending' loaded with perks. A perfect little world filled with endless amounts of attention, dining and wining, cute texts, mid-day coffee breaks, hours of Netflix and chilling, and all … Continue reading How Do I Girlfriend??! →

My boyfriend is a cat person. I am not a cat person. Growing up as a Persian girl in the early 2000's, the most typical email address, social network ID, or MSN messenger status update you could have created was ♡P3ršìāņ ćäţ♡ - the weird spelling with the numbers and the odd accents was an … Continue reading The Truth About Cats & Dogs! →

      It's been nearly 8 years since I've had a 'boyfriend'!! I use the term boyfriend loosely when it comes to my ex husband, because before we got married we were in a long distance relationship for a year. We never really dated and our relationship immediately turned into an engagement when we met … Continue reading My New Boyfriend →