http://www.posatigres.com Creative Nonfiction by Sarah Menkedick Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:26:26 -0400 hourly 1 http://www.posatigres.com/2010/07/27/encounters-with-ex-boyfriends/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 The Turkish Life Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:26:26 +0000 http://www.posatigres.com/?p=1187#comment-1011 Beautiful piece and a very apt comparison... I've been living in Turkey for just over two and a half years and it is truly disorienting to go back to where everything is orderly, understandable, and available. I always end up shell-shocked in some store or another, staring at a shelf full of chewing gum or beer or toothpaste, completely unable to make a decision when faced with so many choices. I love living in Istanbul, but unlike you, I think I'll probably return to my hometown (San Francisco) someday. I don't regret my decision to leave, but there are still many things I love and miss about it. Much like how I feel about <em>my</em> ex-boyfriend, actually... Beautiful piece and a very apt comparison… I’ve been living in Turkey for just over two and a half years and it is truly disorienting to go back to where everything is orderly, understandable, and available. I always end up shell-shocked in some store or another, staring at a shelf full of chewing gum or beer or toothpaste, completely unable to make a decision when faced with so many choices. I love living in Istanbul, but unlike you, I think I’ll probably return to my hometown (San Francisco) someday. I don’t regret my decision to leave, but there are still many things I love and miss about it. Much like how I feel about my ex-boyfriend, actually…

]]> http://www.posatigres.com/2010/01/20/winter/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 joshywashington Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.posatigres.com/?p=736#comment-1009 I am in love with your winter. Room by the fire? I am in love with your winter. Room by the fire?

]]> http://www.posatigres.com/2010/07/27/encounters-with-ex-boyfriends/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 joshywashington Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:21:23 +0000 http://www.posatigres.com/?p=1187#comment-1005 damn girl! Heart shaped box came on my play list as I was reading this, nice touch. I love your way with bending, striving sentences. good late night reads! damn girl! Heart shaped box came on my play list as I was reading this, nice touch. I love your way with bending, striving sentences. good late night reads!

]]> http://www.posatigres.com/2010/07/27/encounters-with-ex-boyfriends/comment-page-1/#comment-1000 maya Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:19:20 +0000 http://www.posatigres.com/?p=1187#comment-1000 oh my gosh, sarah, thank you so much for this. thank you for capturing precisely how it feels to come home... when home isn't home anymore. oh my gosh, sarah, thank you so much for this. thank you for capturing precisely how it feels to come home… when home isn’t home anymore.

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