{"id":609,"date":"2009-11-11T19:50:35","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T00:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adam-jackson.net\/?p=609"},"modified":"2009-11-11T19:50:35","modified_gmt":"2009-11-12T00:50:35","slug":"relationship-status-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/11\/11\/relationship-status-single\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 “Relationship Status: Single”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is the first of three that will be coming over the next 2 months. Each of these changes are pretty big and I don’t know exactly when they’ll happen so I have to be careful about timing. Stay tuned and thank you for your continued support.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I’m embarking on a new stage in life. Most of you know that I’m an extremely open person but I won’t be sharing all of the details this time. First of all, my openness has been my most valuable asset as it enables people to feel like they are a part of something. My life isn’t a big deal, nor is it a life that everyone wants to have. Trust me, you don’t want to walk in my shoes. I have learned that living so transparently will get people on your side (if you’re a good person) and thus help you get through some of the hard times. To all of you that follow me virtually, thank you.<\/p>\n

It’s difficult for me to not speak from the heart on this because, most of you started following me after Laura entered into my life. Not very many of you know I’ve been at this for over 10 years, blogging, traveling and writing. I didn’t start taking things seriously until 2006 which is when I started dating Laura. So throughout our relationship, you’ve known “Adam & Laura” and now it will just be Adam. It’s a more difficult split since we were so open about our relationship.<\/p>\n

The risks of having such an open relationship aren’t apparent while you’re doing it because things are going so well but like Chris and Tara, there are risks when things are over. Their “breakup” was chronicled in San Francisco Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, I became single. It’s a weird thing to put in writing and I’ll talk more about it on a future post. In summary, I was in a 3.5 year relationship in high school and then a 3.75 year relationship with Laura. There wasn’t anything in between so it’s odd being a bachelor at 23. The only details I will add is that I left her but it wasn’t because of her. She’s a wonderful person but we just were on slightly different paths. I know the haters will speculate and guess what happened. Save it because you’ll never be able to guess and you’re only wasting your time.<\/p>\n

Going forward, I’ll continue to work my ass off and Laura will as well. We remain great friends and our friendship hasn’t changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This post is the first of three that will be coming over the next 2 months. 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