A Rose by Any Other Name...

So what else happened in April, the Month Without Blog? (Dun dun dunnnn.) Well, in the comments section of my last update, an Anonymous commenter asked about the Rose.

Well, folks, I'm sorry to say that the Rose and I are no longer a couple. We broke up about a month ago, and no, it wasn't acrimonious in any way. We're still friends, we still chat often, and we've hung out since our break-up. So don't worry about talking about it or asking questions, we're good.

Since we met last August, Rose has talked about leaving Edmonton, citing her hate for this city and its lack of support for artists. While I disagree that Edmonton is an anti-arts city, I will not stop her from pursuing whatever dream or desire she has. My inability to leave Edmonton due to my having grown roots here--she refers to it as me "not loving her enough to go with her," which is technically true--was one contributor to our relationship's dissolution. And on my side, I've had a lot of trouble with women taking advantage of my good nature, so it takes a while and some work to break down some of the emotional barriers I have, and Rose and I simply weren't together long enough (due to my crunch time and then her living back in Sherwood Park) for that to happen.

That's it, really. We didn't fight about it--our fighting happened earlier, when I was in crunch time--and neither of us cheated on the other (tough to do in an open relationship where we talked about this sort of thing), she just felt it would be better to do this now than when she moved away, possibly for good, later in the year.

And that's fine with me, honest! I've been preparing for this since we started going out, which probably contributed to those emotional barriers staying up longer. So ladies, if any of you are looking for a short, polyamorous, geeky ninja who can be pedantic, gimpy, nerdy, childish, or all of the above, just call.

Have a great night, internets!