I’ve Been Single For 800 Days

Jonathan Morris Schwartz
4 min readSep 5, 2022

And boy do I miss a couple of things…

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Humans need socialization, including the kind that leads toward physical romance and pleasure. I’m not immune, but — good gosh almighty — I’ve enjoyed my freedom these past 3 years.

Married at 23, married again at 33, and single again at 53, for twenty years, I enjoyed the comfort, security, and warmth of having a partner to plan, dream, and overeat…

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Jonathan Morris Schwartz

Jonathan Morris Schwartz is a speech language pathologist living in Ocala, Florida writing about love, politics, philosophy, and consciousness.